Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[JoshH7611]

I am defo jealous of those who do understand and enjoy financial football talk, as they're no doubt an awful lot more well off than me, but fuck me it's boring isn't it? One of the things I hate about football in the modern era. The game is obsessed with the money side of things and regular fans are meant to care about balance sheets too. Fuck that.

Just get @Prestwich_Blue on the phone.

 

[kaz7]

Wonder who got the first punch in ?

I like it that we have a scappy argie sorting this out, i imagine that he has barty boy hanging out of the window by his feet whils jorge has a KFC

 

[SebastianBlue]

Fuckers have sucked the joy out of one of the most monumental moments in the clubs history.

To be fair, these types of transfer threads usually go through similar cycles:

Rumours are something is happening > Could it happen? > Is it happening? > It might be happening you know! > This will change everything > He’ll be the best player in the PL > But how will we afford them? > Will the player *actually* make us better? > Rumours are nothing is happening > It’s probably better we don’t get them > Is he really that good? > Wouldn’t we better off bringing back Kante? > Can he actually do it on a cold, rainy night in Burnley? > I would like to share these 17 paragraphs about the pros and cons of this potential transfer > Have you seen them on YouTube? > I’m starting to have my doubts > WHY HAVE THE CLUB NOT SAID ANYTHING!?! > #TxikiOut > It’s never going to happen so close the ****ing thread > [Tolmie posts video] > HE’S COMING!!! > *Repeat*

I am just trying to nudge everyone back to the slightly more enjoyably jovial section of the cycle.

 

[oakiecokie]

So is this where it starts to go tits up?

Surely it does. No way do City rock up and sign the best player in world without a single hiccup.

Hence our infamous logo "Typical City". ;)

 

[Blue Smarties]

Unbelievable how quickly you got some landed with that. I despair sometimes.....

The internet is serious business mate.

 

[Falz]

Just realised, I have a vested interest in Messi signing for us and wearing no10. My car reg is MCFC10. I bet the plate would be worth more than the car if this goes through.

Sell it to Messi!

 

[JoshH7611]

Sky this morning, pep has been branded a thief for taking messi away from barca,on top of all their other shit this last week tells me the red shites and the rest of the nine have been on the phone lol

It's unbelievable isn't it. I've never seen so many articles about Messi being over the hill at 33.

If he was being linked with United or Liverpool the narrative would be completely different. Makes me sick.

 

[nmc]

You are perfectly within your rights to disagree especially football wise. But on football finances I don't recall you ever responding to anything I have ever said and explained why it is wrong. When you do, we can see who is likely right or wrong.

He’s not saying you are right or wrong - he’s saying he doesn’t agree with you.

 

[oakiecokie]

I’d assume this whole transfer is far further down the line than we are led to believe, consequently Bartomeu knows full well he’s fucked it all up anyway so just being petty now.

We can but wish, RM.

 

[kaz7]

Some obvious issues - we never sold Sane for £55m - the down payment nearer £42m (and it is a one off - we have never sold a single player for that sort of FFP profit before). Messi couldn't be on a 5 year deal at 33 so you'd need to amortise over 3 not 5 years. The wages look wrong according to the leaked contract (https://www.spiegel.de/internationa...si-s-100-million-euro-contract-a-1187549.html) which says he gets €106m from Barca pa before bonuses. It is unlikely to be a free transfer it seems. We haven't sold anyone else yet so it is hard to conclude on that. And we need a top line striker imminently regardless of Messi - that is a signing required in the next 2 periods with a likely cost of £20m amortised plus £10m annual wages.

Can you take that to the thread created for it please, this will move fast now and people want news not economic lessons