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not my fault! said:
was out with the family today, I was amazed how many kids I saw in Barça shirts with Messi on the back. Mostly scousers too which made me laugh, if he does sign I can see all the dads suddenly banning them in the house (the shirts not their kids). But goes to show that kids want a Messi top.
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No, they'll ban the kids too. They're Scousers... very high likelihood they aren't the father anyway.
 
Sir Joe Aguero said:
Reported his wages will be £623mil over 5 years. This is ridiculous, that's an entire squad worth of transfers. Plus whatever fee Barcelona will demand. If we don't win the League or Champions league we have crippled ourselves for a significant amount of time.
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We have no idea if that is accurate. But even if it is, the commercial value Messi will offer to the club is insane.
 
Jeremiah said:
We have no idea if that is accurate. But even if it is, the commercial value Messi will offer to the club is insane.
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I hope so mate but surely not to the tune of an extra 100mil a season. We're not a 2 horse league, Chelsea have strengthened massively, Liverpool look dominant, Arsenal have been much better under Arteta and even the Rags have turned a page since signing Fernandes. It seems a massive gamble for a player who will decline, especially when key players will be the wrong side of 30 soon.

We could sign 2/3 World Class players a season for this kind of money, as well as extending the North stand. We need to think long term rather than risking it all for 2 seasons. I really hope we do the right thing.
 
Sir Joe Aguero said:
I hope so mate but surely not to the tune of an extra 100mil a season. We're not a 2 horse league, Chelsea have strengthened massively, Liverpool look dominant, Arsenal have been much better under Arteta and even the Rags have turned a page since signing Fernandes. It seems a massive gamble for a player who will decline, especially when key players will be the wrong side of 30 soon.

We could sign 2/3 World Class players a season for this kind of money, as well as extending the North stand. We need to think long term rather than risking it all for 2 seasons. I really hope we do the right thing.
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I don't see any other world class players on the market. It's not as if they grow on trees, my friend. We are pretty much net zero this window, so we have the funds to spend greatly.
 
Sir Joe Aguero said:
I hope so mate but surely not to the tune of an extra 100mil a season. We're not a 2 horse league, Chelsea have strengthened massively, Liverpool look dominant, Arsenal have been much better under Arteta and even the Rags have turned a page since signing Fernandes. It seems a massive gamble for a player who will decline, especially when key players will be the wrong side of 30 soon.

We could sign 2/3 World Class players a season for this kind of money, as well as extending the North stand. We need to think long term rather than risking it all for 2 seasons. I really hope we do the right thing.
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From what I read is we would give him equity in city group to make that up. So it’s “worth” that but it’s not what we will be paying out in wages. If we give him an equity etc then ffp basically doesn’t mean crap. I have faith in the club, we are not run by idiots. If they thought doing this would cripple us they would never even attempted to do it. The commercial value alone will be worth it. Imagine how many people will watch and come to Manchester just bc of messi. This goes way beyond just winning champions league and titles in general. We are talking about one of the lost iconic players of no the most iconic in the world right now.
 
Jeremiah said:
I don't see any other world class players on the market. It's not as if they grow on trees, my friend. We are pretty much net zero this window, so we have the funds to spend greatly.
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Maybe but we'll end up missing out on some great signings. Everyone else is busy building really strong squads. If we're not careful we'll fall by the wayside of we pin all our hopes on Messi. Would've loved to have that De Beek fella and Upemecheano. Plus we need another striker at some point. Sergio will only suffer more injuries as time goes on.
 
Sir Joe Aguero said:
I hope so mate but surely not to the tune of an extra 100mil a season. We're not a 2 horse league, Chelsea have strengthened massively, Liverpool look dominant, Arsenal have been much better under Arteta and even the Rags have turned a page since signing Fernandes. It seems a massive gamble for a player who will decline, especially when key players will be the wrong side of 30 soon.

We could sign 2/3 World Class players a season for this kind of money, as well as extending the North stand. We need to think long term rather than risking it all for 2 seasons. I really hope we do the right thing.
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Each to their own, and I think you have a very valid point.

saying that, Lionel Messi is not just a signing for on the field success, he's a player for off the field success for exponential growth as a whole brand and for the City of Manchester itself. He will be absolutely crucial for our development going forward. Even if he breaks his leg and is out for a whole season - he will be absolutely worth what we are paying him in terms of marketing/commercial opportunities this could create for this Football Club.
 
citymad said:
Maybe but we'll end up missing out on some great signings. Everyone else is busy building really strong squads. If we're not careful we'll fall by the wayside of we pin all our hopes on Messi. Would've loved to have that De Beek fella and Upemecheano. Plus we need another striker at some point. Sergio will only suffer more injuries as time goes on.
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Typical City fans - we are going balls deep for the best player ever and still worrying about other Clubs transfer business. It's quite funny actually.
 
I also read somewhere that Manchester is the fastest growing City in the world. As well as City being the fastest growing football brand over the last 10 seasons, Manchester would also benefit from this.

Imagine Lionel Messi in Manchester with City. This City and Club would take off! Not even the TORIES could stop us!!
 
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