Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Danparkes11]

Follow the Spanish guys. They are the ones with the connections to the personalities. And of course Tolmie.

Who is this Tolmie guy?

 

[Glauber Berti]

Nope he didn’t pull it out of his ass. Report close to the operation and as published in Marca in Spain. He will cost Manchester City 750 million euros.
5 seasons ( 3 @ City, 2 @ NYC ) with a gross salary of 100 million per year

250 million as a sign on bonus to be executed when he joins NYC to avoid issues with the financial fair play.

This would obviously be the arrangement if we gets to leave Barcelona for free.

Utter madness. I have a hard time believe FIFA would not have something to say.

whether this transfer happens or not - I'm past bothering.

just can't wait till you fuck off.

 

[blueinsa]

am being a simpleton here, but if this is the case(and i truly hope it is) why isn't he holding our shirt up in front of pep's dugout

Optics, posturing and politics.

Ferran, Txiki and Pep certainly have zero wish to be sticking 2 fingers up at Barca and neither does Messi. Bart wants Messi sold for as much as possible, he wants the fans and membership to see how tough he was and what a good deal he got in the end and at the very least, how he fought tooth and nail to keep him.

Football transfers are akin to the WWE wrestling these days or the pre bout boxing slanging matches where everyone talks the talk and acts the big man.

City will say zero until such a time it suits us to say something and that will be when he is holding the shirt up and not before. Until then Barca and the media can say whatever they like, it means nothing. ONly thing that matters is what is agreed between us and Messi.

 

[nmc]

Are Barca fans the Dippers of Spain?

Yep... Real are the Rags and Barca the Dippers.

 

[chickaroon]

Trying to scare Khaldoon's legal entourage away from a court battle, how brain dead could they be?

Any court battle is between Messi and Barcelona. We have no need to get involved. If Messi and his team win, then we win.

 

[andyhinch]

Who is this Tolmie guy?

Nobody knows ;-)

 

[Metal Biker]

Who is this Tolmie guy?

 

[raghavk]

Any court battle is between Messi and Barcelona. We have no need to get involved. If Messi and his team win, then we win.

Can't we just send our best lawyer as an intern to Messi's lawyer, just for bantz and an assured win?

 

[mcfc1632]

I thought Barcelona were too deep in the financial brown sticky stuff to make crazy large offers. Even if they did, it would affect the rest of their budget. Messi cannot beat teams on his own as Bayern demonstrated.

Oh I agree, but....

Politically they are are deeply in the shit and a quick solution would be to offer whatever it takes to get Messi to stay and then worry about the money later. I suspect a lot of sponsorship is linked to Messi being at the club

 

[citizen_maine]

Nope he didn’t pull it out of his ass. Report close to the operation and as published in Marca in Spain. He will cost Manchester City 750 million euros.
5 seasons ( 3 @ City, 2 @ NYC ) with a gross salary of 100 million per year

250 million as a sign on bonus to be executed when he joins NYC to avoid issues with the financial fair play.

This would obviously be the arrangement if we gets to leave Barcelona for free.

Utter madness. I have a hard time believe FIFA would not have something to say.

What would FIFA have to say about it?

 

[blue oli]

Nobody knows ;-)

The only clue is that he is NOT ginger (apparently) ;-)

 

[SWP's back]

Nope he didn’t pull it out of his ass. Report close to the operation and as published in Marca in Spain. He will cost Manchester City 750 million euros.
5 seasons ( 3 @ City, 2 @ NYC ) with a gross salary of 100 million per year

250 million as a sign on bonus to be executed when he joins NYC to avoid issues with the financial fair play.

This would obviously be the arrangement if we gets to leave Barcelona for free.

Utter madness. I have a hard time believe FIFA would not have something to say.

You have a hard time avoiding dribbling on your Velcro shoes, I’d imagine.

 

[travelman]

Who is this Tolmie guy?

All we know is " he's not ginger"

 

[moomba]

Nope he didn’t pull it out of his ass. Report close to the operation and as published in Marca in Spain. He will cost Manchester City 750 million euros.
5 seasons ( 3 @ City, 2 @ NYC ) with a gross salary of 100 million per year

250 million as a sign on bonus to be executed when he joins NYC to avoid issues with the financial fair play.

This would obviously be the arrangement if we gets to leave Barcelona for free.

Utter madness. I have a hard time believe FIFA would not have something to say.

It's a clearly made up contractual arrangement.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Landing at Luton shortly. DAMN!

It’s landing at ringway now mate

 

[discopop]

Simon Jordan making a fool of himself on Talkshite as we speak

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

You have a hard time avoiding dribbling on your Velcro shows, I’d imagine.

Bet you wished you’d typed shoes!!!

 

[Danparkes11]

My worry is that we get him and next march after the presidential elections his mate Xavi is installed as manager and we then have months of stories that he wants to go back "home" and City end up letting him leave.

Don't get me wrong only a fool would turn down the chance to get him on a free but if we have to pay millions for the privilege of having him here he'd better be here for 3 years at least or else we'd be better off going for a Sancho or an Haarland.

Personally I think he's just doing a bigger version of the annual Messi dance. Happy to be proven wrong of course.

Agree with what you're saying.

However I really trust the city bosses. I think we've learnt from past dealings that City will never overpay for a player and definitely have the ability to stand their ground with other clubs. I can imagine Pep wants Messi, just like he wanted Alexis Sanchez and Mahrez (1st time round) but if the numbers don't add up then we will literally move on with no F***s given!

City have a very well oiled machine and we get absolutely no credit for this.

 

[SWP's back]

Bet you wished you’d typed shoes!!!

Fat fucking fingers and stupid tiny phone.

 

[Gumzy97]