Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[SWP's back]

I’ll miss this thread when it’s all over. It’s been ages since I’ve had a thread where I click on and see 20 new pages and actually take the time to catch up.

 

[blueinsa]

I’ll miss this thread when it’s all over. It’s been ages since I’ve had a thread where I click on and see 20 new pages and actually take the time to catch up.

My business wont miss it.

I've got fucking work to do and this is like crack fucking coke!

 

[Ashleymcduff]

Explains the rates

This morning messi to sign for city was 1/2 on: meaning for everyone 2 you put on you’d win 1..

he then went out to 11/1 meaning every 2 you put on you’d win 22 lol ,

all the time to stay went to heavily odds on with the share amount of money backed on the exchanges ..

it’s balancing out now but you can still get the same odds for messi to join as before this saga started .

 

[LIBlue]

This morning messi to sign for city was 1/2 on: meaning for everyone 2 you put on you’d win 1..

he then went out to 11/1 meaning every 2 you put on you’d win 22 lol ,

all the time to stay went to heavily odds on with the share amount of money backed on the exchanges ..

it’s balancing out now but you can still get the same odds for messi to join as before this saga started .

Mate I was agreeing with you, the influx of bets caused rates to fly

 

[Claytop]

I’ll miss this thread when it’s all over. It’s been ages since I’ve had a thread where I click on and see 20 new pages and actually take the time to catch up.

And it is invariably absolute nonsense.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

My business wont miss it.

I've got fucking work to do and this is like crack fucking coke!

It's not even one thread to keep track of it's two!!!

 

[Parisian]

I think about the greats at the club and their exits, perhaps it is not a surprise considering the contentious nature of politics & money. Some saw it coming from day one, I figured they would push him out eventually but I did not envision it like this

Of course, I also did not envision Bartomeu running the club (into the ground) this poorly much less socis doing little to nothing about removing him. As I say, sometimes you get what you deserve rather than what you need. Bartomeu is the devil but club members, they let this happen and so they share culpability IMHO. Many of us have complained & campaigned to do something but it all too often fell on deaf ears or was drowned out by the propaganda machine of the board - this is not revelatory since we see similar tactics in US politics

I am (or I will be once this sideshow ends) thrilled to see Leo with a smile and playing under Pep again, presumably with a formidable supporting cast to enthrall us all

You thought the anti-City narratives & biases were insufferable before, just wait - the CR debates are only the tip. But it will be wonderful to watch

Great speech !

He's a brilliant talent but a shite professional, I don't see that changing and there's no reason to be disappointed by it - lacking that singular focus is a trait only a handful of the greatest footballers had

Meanwhile, PSG will never get the fee they are touting, particularly when they effectively dumped him onto the market and that peak Neymar was 4 years ago. His value could only be less than it was 2 seasons ago but Qataris only seem to understand indentured servitude and oil - business much less football, not at all. And no, despite the exit from the Parisian gulag being next to impossible they have not contended with brand Neymar in this regard - I believe there will be plenty of drama ahead

I'll quote one of the greatest posters of this forum who had perfect insight about the issue:

Bartomeu only seem to understand indentured servitude and politics much less football, not at all. And no, despite the exit from the Catalan gulag being next to impossible they have not contended with brand Messi in this regard - I believe there will be plenty of drama ahead.

Also, can't believe how shite professional Messi is. Not even showing for training... But i guess that money isn't what all great footballers are after. Messi is looking for more than just a club and money.

Go Messi !

 

[FCBarca]

A bit late in all of this but it does beg the question of why Messi hasn't hired a better agent than his own father to facilitate his exit better

Trust is difficult in this game and Leo is super cautious in that regard but surely there's an agent that could be better served to deal with a scoundrel like Bartomeu

 

[TCIB]

Dailymail have deleted their headline that he may stay based on that mis-quote from the Spanish press.

 

[Big Yaya Wilko 12]

How do we know if that Argentine is right though? Isn't it just one person's word against another? ha

EDIT - I think you're right, apologies.

I just watched it myself. I was one who thought if he did say 'yes' it was over. But he definitely says 'no se'. I lived in Buenos Aires for a little while and when I speak Spanish I have an Argentine accent and it's clear as day. He mumbles it too. So might still be on!

 

[Anne’sCoats]

Dailymail have deleted their headline that he may stay based on that mis-quote from the Spanish press.

Amateur hour

 

[JoshH7611]

On a positive side if we don't get him, getting Messi could halt us signing players for the next 3 summer transfer windows just purely due to his wages irrespective of his commercial wealth he brings into the club.

Maybe the best approach is to go for a player who's going to be the next big thing like Chelsea have with Havertz. We could sort 3 problem spots out in our squad this summer and get Messi on a free next summer. He could still be the best player in the world at 34.

Just a suggestion.

 

[domalino]

Remember when KDB got pushed into saying he was staying at Wolfsburg?

And then 30 minutes later Patrick de Coster was desperately trying to tell every news outlet it wasn't true, he'd misunderstood a question in German etc.?

Klaus Allofs every day speaking to the media as if he'd never heard Manchester City existed, let alone was buying his best player.


Now that was a good transfer saga.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

On a positive side if we don't get him, getting Messi could halt us signing players for the next 3 summer transfer windows just purely due to his wages and .

Maybe the best approach is to go for a player who's going to be the next big thing like Chelsea have with Havertz. We could sort 3 problem spots out in our squad this summer and get Messi on a free next summer.

Just a suggestion.

Players like that don't exactly grow on trees.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

I know this sounds mad but Argentinian Spanish sounds different to Spanish Spanish hence why this misunderstanding has happened. It's also lazy journalism but who is surprised by that.

 

[DMA's]

Just caught up 30 pages and still none the wiser what the fuck is happening.

 

[JoshH7611]

Players like that don't exactly grow on trees.

But if he doesn't come we could - as suggested sort a deal out for the Summer of 2021.

 

[himalayan_blues]

I think it is a more realistic assessment of where we are at.

The exit will have to be stage managed. The starting positions were too combative and everyone needed to dial their attitudes back a little bit. Part of that requires both sides to look like they're considering the position of the other. Which I think is where we are.

How does it get from here? Both sides must be thinking they are winning.

 

[Dobsy]

Interesting if he says ok I'll see out my contract but not sign another one. Barca are then faced with the same situation we had with Sane and Garcia. They're in dire financial straits, would be a poor decision to you afford to pass up the opportunity of a €100m transfer fee?

A bit late in all of this but it does beg the question of why Messi hasn't hired a better agent than his own father to facilitate his exit better

Trust is difficult in this game and Leo is super cautious in that regard but surely there's an agent that could be better served to deal with a scoundrel like Bartomeu

It's a question of trust, isn't it. Imagine the sharks who were sniffing around him when he was a kid. No doubt they could use some help now but they mustn't have anticipated Bartomeu's reaction.

Tbh I suspect no matter when the break clause was triggered Bartomeu would have challenged it somehow.

 

[JoshH7611]

SSN just had a good debate on the future of Messi. All in an agreement that Messi's time to leave has got to be now. La Masia is La Missing, his best mate Suarez is leaving the club and nobody knows who's coming or going at the club. They all said he would be better off at a club with a stable future ahead, which would appear to be us.