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Eoiyflem said:
I've seen a few people saying Messi can buy out his contract. Where is this coming from? It's clear that this isn't a possibility or it would have been a done deal by now. Happy to be proved wrong
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It of course IS a possibility. It’s coming from being a law. Look up Webster ruling.

Messi doesn’t want to go down that route as it means Court and being sued. No major transfer has gone through this way as it’s a rabbit hole that leaves all clubs open. That’s why it’s all a game of brinksmanship and why City are “officially” keeping their distance until the dispute is resolved.
 
So he can buy himself out, it's a law but he can get sued and it will take years. Sounds like a feasible option...
 
Finally our dalliance with paying hundreds of millions to a 33 yr old genius is now looking unlikely can we now attempt to do what we failed to do last season please ffs buy a centre half infact lets buy one before the start of the season. because every game we play i cannot keep watching through my fingers Just throwing this in but after the attack on PEP BY ULI HOENESS [spelt wrong] when are we going to give BM a bloody nose lets tap one of there players up!
 
Keith Moncrieff said:
Let the war of attrition commence
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A few days in ots wearing but that's because we were primed for atom bombs.

I think we need a mental re-fix. Messi is playing the long game. Every day is a day closer to the transfer window and the vice gets ever tighter. Come October, if Messi has committed so much, he wont back down and in January he can negotiate a free transfer. Is bartomeu prepared to lose everything?

There are no stakes for City. We can chill. For Barcelona they're witnessing the end of an era and the destruction of a legacy.
 
Quick question : What is stopping Messi from using the Webster ruling to buy out the remaining year of his contract?

If a player is over the age of 28 he can buy out his contract after 2 years, so - technically - we could front him the money and he could walk (if he was truly serious about leaving).

Or am I not understanding the rule / his contract / its jurisdiction correctly ?
 
Calv_from_the_frog said:
Quick question : What is stopping Messi from using the Webster ruling to buy out the remaining year of his contract?

If a player is over the age of 28 he can buy out his contract after 2 years, so - technically - we could front him the money and he could walk (if he was truly serious about leaving).

Or am I not understanding the rule / his contract / its jurisdiction correctly ?
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exactly and he said he’s not a Barça player anymore etc as well, so what’s going on!!!

how can he stay for a year if he thinks he’s contract is up lmao.
 
Calv_from_the_frog said:
Quick question : What is stopping Messi from using the Webster ruling to buy out the remaining year of his contract?

If a player is over the age of 28 he can buy out his contract after 2 years, so - technically - we could front him the money and he could walk (if he was truly serious about leaving).

Or am I not understanding the rule / his contract / its jurisdiction correctly ?
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Webster ruling exist but no one is using it. It is a taboo in the game. It is said clubs have a tacit agreement about not using it because it would be the equivalent of opening the Pandora box.
 
Calv_from_the_frog said:
Quick question : What is stopping Messi from using the Webster ruling to buy out the remaining year of his contract?

If a player is over the age of 28 he can buy out his contract after 2 years, so - technically - we could front him the money and he could walk (if he was truly serious about leaving).

Or am I not understanding the rule / his contract / its jurisdiction correctly ?
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That would still cost a huge amount as he's on €1m after tax, so that's at least €80m, probably closer to €100m, I would expect there is also a Spanish law that prevents this if a player has a buyout clause.
 
Neville Kneville said:
And the case can be dropped. If the next Barca president wishes. If not Messi will have earned it twice over anyhow.
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There's also la Liga and tebas. The whole thing is a minefield. There's a FIFA arbitration panel which rule on such disputes but I think they are only triggered by transfers and their opinion is not binding on subsequent legal action
 
Eoiyflem said:
So he can buy himself out, it's a law but he can get sued and it will take years. Sounds like a feasible option...
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It’s an option Barca really don’t want as their layout will likely be £50-60 (his remaining contract) but it’s court and a judge (CAS) gets to decide which leaves liabilities open but in all likelihood Barca won’t get any money for 2-4 years.

City don’t want that as it leaves our players open to also being poached that way in the future.
 
Ashleymcduff said:
exactly and he said he’s not a Barça player anymore etc as well, so what’s going on!!!

how can he stay for a year if he thinks he’s contract is up lmao.
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Well he won't stay for a year, unless he changes his mind, will he ?
If he decides to stay then it's not relevant anymore is it ?

If not he'll go. And we already know, he'd rather not do that via court, don't we ?

So even if he is definitely leaving & willing to go to court if neccessary, he would still be working to avoid all the shit wouldn't he ?

But in reality, you already know all that due to your other 159 questions on it, don't you ?
 
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