Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[nmc]

A United fan - who doesn’t know where OT is - said to me yesterday. You lot are gonna have to pay Messi obscene wages to play for you.... I said you lot paid Sanchez obscene wages to play for someone else. End of conversation.

 

[City Raider]

5 pages this thread if you take away fake quotes, GOAT and instagram names.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

Sorry chaps, I know ur not gnna like this. But I would seriously be happy if he went to PSG than us. The pressure is way too much for the club. At PSG he would piss all over that league, play in capital with Neymar and Mbappe. And would have a better chance of winning trophies. And better shot at champs league. Wouldn't have to play shit loads of games.

Over here he would be number1 target from the anti-city bandwagon. Opposing teams will try and kick him where possible, if we dont win the league media will start attacking this team "we beat u with Messi in your team" etc etc.

Great player, love him. But really we need to learn to walk before running. Baby steps.

The press will be happy with him being here - 'Messi snubs charitable foundations set up by Liverpool, Rags & Arsenal by refusing to donate his toe nail clippings'. They get the clicks from his name and can stick to their agenda.

It could be worse, he could be black...

This kind of post gets on my wick....

 

[leo_city]

The interesting thing for Koeman is that if elections are indeed called earlier than Spring then his continuity is not guaranteed despite signing for 2 seasons, same applies irrespective if elections are not brought up sooner.

What exactly is Bartomeu achieving by ridding of Messi? Elections are near, he could resign, it's not like he can get re elected anyway. Can see why Koeman is the safe choice to come in and be the mouthpiece to tell some of the established players at club like Suarez that their time is up.

Plus they cannot scapegoat him if things go wrong as he's a club legend as you said. Is this the same reason Xavi rejected the role as well? Because of this board?

 

[01cravend]

Fuck the cost, fuck what anyone would think and say, fuck the financial implications, fuck everybody... it's Lionel Messi, the best player to ever play this game.

 

[mosssideblue]

Sorry chaps, I know ur not gnna like this. But I would seriously be happy if he went to PSG than us. The pressure is way too much for the club. At PSG he would piss all over that league, play in capital with Neymar and Mbappe. And would have a better chance of winning trophies. And better shot at champs league. Wouldn't have to play shit loads of games.

Over here he would be number1 target from the anti-city bandwagon. Opposing teams will try and kick him where possible, if we dont win the league media will start attacking this team "we beat u with Messi in your team" etc etc.

Great player, love him. But really we need to learn to walk before running. Baby steps.

Sorry chaps, I know ur not gnna like this. But I would seriously be happy if he went to PSG than us. The pressure is way too much for the club. At PSG he would piss all over that league, play in capital with Neymar and Mbappe. And would have a better chance of winning trophies. And better shot at champs league. Wouldn't have to play shit loads of games.

Over here he would be number1 target from the anti-city bandwagon. Opposing teams will try and kick him where possible, if we dont win the league media will start attacking this team "we beat u with Messi in your team" etc etc.

Great player, love him. But really we need to learn to walk before running. Baby steps.

Put some big boy undies on today

 

[manimanc]

Sorry chaps, I know ur not gnna like this. But I would seriously be happy if he went to PSG than us. The pressure is way too much for the club. At PSG he would piss all over that league, play in capital with Neymar and Mbappe. And would have a better chance of winning trophies. And better shot at champs league. Wouldn't have to play shit loads of games.

Over here he would be number1 target from the anti-city bandwagon. Opposing teams will try and kick him where possible, if we dont win the league media will start attacking this team "we beat u with Messi in your team" etc etc.

Great player, love him. But really we need to learn to walk before running. Baby steps.

What the funk have I just read there?
I mean what the actual fuck?
Another one of these posters with a low post count against us getting Messi, it's a recurring theme on here lately.

I'm not even going to get into an argument with you about who you support as I know you're not a blue.
Ffs another one.

 

[mosssideblue]

True that re: Silva. They tried, and he still came out on top.

Just being a pssy about the likelihood of sht falling apart if he does make this move to us and teams beat us. The gloating will be painful.

You need to calibrate your expectations if you think we win every game

 

[kdbrise]

Messi is more than just a footballer

Messi is a commercial wet dream, Sponsors, Kit Manufacturers, noodle suppliers will all be climbing over themselves to be associated with Messi and City by proxy

Messi offers the city project something beyond money - messi offers instant Legitimacy - this is more than a financial transaction, this is the endgame.

All the practicality’s can be worked out later — this is an opportunity you simply don’t pass up on because he wants a different shirt number

This transcends football

This is the kind of content I need.

 

[manimanc]

A United fan - who doesn’t know where OT is - said to me yesterday. You lot are gonna have to pay Messi obscene wages to play for you.... I said you lot paid Sanchez obscene wages to play for someone else. End of conversation.

I hope you went home immediately and had a shower.

 

[JoshH7611]

Messi is the biggest sports star ever. He's a financial phenomenon.

We might get a load of fake fans in our stadium just coming to watch Lionel Messi, and it might be difficult to get a ticket to watch our side, and if you don't want that then go and support Hyde United.

If you want to be the biggest club in the world we need those fake fans to buy our merchandise like they do over the road at the swamp or at Barcelona. Messi would catapult us onto a level we never thought we'd be.

 

[mosssideblue]

What the funk have I just read there?
I mean what the actual fuck?
Another one of these posters with a low post count against us getting Messi, it's a recurring theme on here lately.

I'm not even going to get into an argument with you about who you support as I know you're not a blue.
Ffs another one.

They're shitting themselves

 

[waspish]

Espn chat about Messi all saying he won’t hack it in the premier league haha really.

 

[waspish]

Sorry chaps, I know ur not gnna like this. But I would seriously be happy if he went to PSG than us. The pressure is way too much for the club. At PSG he would piss all over that league, play in capital with Neymar and Mbappe. And would have a better chance of winning trophies. And better shot at champs league. Wouldn't have to play shit loads of games.

Over here he would be number1 target from the anti-city bandwagon. Opposing teams will try and kick him where possible, if we dont win the league media will start attacking this team "we beat u with Messi in your team" etc etc.

Great player, love him. But really we need to learn to walk before running. Baby steps.

You never watched Silva play?

 

[MaineDAWG2008]

What the funk have I just read there?
I mean what the actual fuck?
Another one of these posters with a low post count against us getting Messi, it's a recurring theme on here lately.

I'm not even going to get into an argument with you about who you support as I know you're not a blue.
Ffs another one.

its a forum where everyone has an opinion. what's so hard to comprehend?

 

[ShaunMCFC]

You need to calibrate your expectations if you think we win every game

I love the banter, part of what makes football what it is.

"We beat you with Messi in your team"

That statement alone gives me a semi.. Messi in our team? Who? Little old City? Magic

 

[bugsyblue]

I’m someone who probably sits in the middle of the pros and cons of this. I don’t think it’s a given we will win the league with Messi in the side but then the romantic in me can’t wait to see messi - the greatest player to ever live - pull on the shirt of my club. What a ride.

 

[MaineDAWG2008]

You never watched Silva play?

many times. just thought with the goat in our team. They will come more harder than ever. But as one of the previous posters put it, what the oppositions do is the least of our worries. So point taken. Lets get this guy on board.

 

[BluechesterCity]

Espn chat about Messi all saying he won’t hack it in the premier league haha really.

That's the kind of crap you'd hear from an agency worker you've met on a fag break. :)

 

[Dobsy]

I love the banter, part of what makes football what it is.

"We beat you with Messi in your team"

That statement alone gives me a semi.. Messi in our team? Who? Little old City? Magic

Haha exactly. My comeback would simply be "yeah but we had Messi in our team".

For all the short term talk of squad planning and his age etc., the bottom line is that it would transform the image of the club forever to have had him sign for us.