Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

Status
Not open for further replies.
Jam Tomorrow said:
After sailing so close to the wind with the CAS victory the last thing we need is another long drawn out saga, if Messi was a few years younger then it may be worth going out on a limb for, but i just don’t think it’s worth the hassle for a 33 year old who could blow a huge hole in our finances. It’s Barcelona‘s problem to sort out, let’s stay well away.
Click to expand...
You do realise that if Messi breaks with Barca it would be a free transfer? If we had to buy him in the transfer market I don't think City would do it because of his age.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
This is between Messi & Barcelona, who are the parties to his contract. If it needs external intervention then it's a FIFA tribunal that will deal with it. City don't need to be involved in any way in legal proceedings.
Click to expand...

Exactly. Only two ways we get involved. Messi decides to end his contract, through a court or via fifa, in which case we make him an offer and agree terms.

Or, Barcelona accept they will release him for a price in which case we come to the table to negotiate with them, and offer terms to messi.

We have ruled neither our, nor hinted we's be interested in either (publicly). The first one could be risky potentially, but more importantly would sour the whole thing, and i feel our barca lot care more about messi and barca than their own president to pursue that, even if it means a freebie.

The other, i personally feel we'd be happy to finance a reasonable fee to enure a clean signing.

Entirely on barca which way they choose to push this, as it seems messi's camp is offering both, with a preference to the second.
 
BillyShears said:
Nothing has changed. Messi is on strike. His only possible destination is City. The rest is a dance or a negotiation.Nothing is ever done until it’s done and I often use the phrase “many a slip b’twixt cup n lip” to talk about transfers but in this instance I feel like this is more a matter of when not if.
Click to expand...
Yes big transfers takes years to complete. This is just few weeks and after all it is messi. So may be next year but it will drag till the end.
 
Marvin said:
We watch on and will likely make a move when it is prudent to do so. If Messi's agent has had enough with barca and makes some kind of statement announcing an irrevocable split, then we will probably move.

Messi could back down.

barca could also sense the game is up and compromise on a fee.
Click to expand...
cutting out a lot of the bullshit flying around in the media and (dare i say) on here, it is a very interesting saga.

my spider senses are telling me he has had enough, and wants to finish his career still challenging for trophies at City. our chumps lge form is piss poor, but our football in general is better than i have ever seen except the early pep barca years.

hopefully that is what is attracting him to City. if he wins the chumps lge with City he will go down as a folk hero at 2 massive clubs. he may feel stale at barca now, needs a new challenge in the premier league. i for one would love to see him just in the premier lge, but if there is even a sniff he will play for City then it is something worth trying for.
 
burning blue soul said:
we will (again) be painted as the pantomime villain of the piece. whatever happens we will be trashed.

we get him and we have ruined a football love story with our corrupting oil millions.

we dont get him and our corrupting oil millions cant break a football love story.

the club are playing this well so far. we are the admiring suitor, but the player has to push the move. by doing that he proves he wants to go, and proves he wants to come.
Click to expand...
I used to worry about how we were perceived but nowadays I don’t give a f*** what they say

if you want to see how we are perceived by the media then you only have to look at the difference in reporting for Raheem Sterling stories and the recent Harry Maguire situation... pretty disgusting and why I no longer give a shit
 
burning blue soul said:
cutting out a lot of the bullshit flying around in the media and (dare i say) on here, it is a very interesting saga.

my spider senses are telling me he has had enough, and wants to finish his career still challenging for trophies at City. our chumps lge form is piss poor, but our football in general is better than i have ever seen except the early pep barca years.

hopefully that is what is attracting him to City. if he wins the chumps lge with City he will go down as a folk hero at 2 massive clubs. he may feel stale at barca now, needs a new challenge in the premier league. i for one would love to see him just in the premier lge, but if there is even a sniff he will play for City then it is something worth trying for.
Click to expand...

I wouldn't want to see him in the Premier League, unless it was only with City.
 
It seems barca are not willing to let him go. If with intensive pressure they are willing to let him go, in that scineratio they will ask for such big money that it will be virtually impossible for clubs to pay. May be 200 million (that is a bif if reducing 700 million clause). That is a very big sum for us. Even 100 million plus messis wage is too much for us.
The more i think about it the more my head spins.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top