Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

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SebastianBlue said:
Messi potentially leaving Barcelona has made it to National Public Radio in the US.

To put it simply, NPR is generally more “high brow” radio and so pure sport news, unrelated to other events or implications like protests or economic changes, is rarely discussed in the course of normal broadcast. The fact that there was even a minute devoted to this in their news segment is another example of how Messi transcends merely the sport world in to general interest.

It is evidence of why him coming to us would be an unprecedented commercial opportunity (bigger even than many currently believe). This is more consequential than Robinho signing for us (which was seismic at the time), Ronaldo going to RM or later Juve, or Kaka going to RM. It may even be on par with Maguire being arrested in Greece.

People around the world that generally don’t care about football will take note and that will have substantial commercial implications.

And Barca are fully aware of this, which is why they will fight to the death to optimise any outcome that sees him leave, so no one should be surprised by their posturing or combative stance, or the conflicting information coming out of many different reputable (or less-reputable) outlets, or the fact that the entire affair is going to drag out a bit.

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Not a patch on Aston Avenue FM which comes straight outta Fallowfield every night.
 
SebastianBlue said:
Messi potentially leaving Barcelona has made it to National Public Radio in the US.

To put it simply, NPR is generally more “high brow” radio and so pure sport news, unrelated to other events or implications like protests or economic changes, is rarely discussed in the course of normal broadcast. The fact that there was even a minute devoted to this in their news segment is another example of how Messi transcends merely the sport world in to general interest.
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NPR is like the American version of Radio 4.
 
SebastianBlue said:
@MillsyTheMosher has returned to the thread with an apology to the forum.
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@MillsyTheMosher is getting reported the first time he behaves like he was.

twitter is full of attention seeking wannabes. Reacting to tweets from people no fucker has heard off is senseless and does nothing for the forum or threads. Want to get excited about a tweet then wait for the official accounts of Barca and City to comment would be my best advice.
 
News out of Spain today is mostly Barcelona's briefing to the press. Nothing new here, why would Bartomeu take this L so easy, he will make it as tough as possible and try his best that Messi accepts whatever the situation and stays for the remainder of his playing career.
 
Claytop said:
It’s going to be a long weekend on here.
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It shouldn’t be. I’ve been told that it’ll take 7-10 days for this to play out. There’ll be a lot of briefs in that time.

A big issue has been Jorge Messi getting to Spain from Argentina due to COVID. Until he gets there nothing will happen IMO.


Barto wants to sell he just wants as big a fee as possible.
 
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