Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[kevin horlocks wand]

Haha fucking crack pot.

adiós bellend.

i love you.

 

[jay_mcfc]

agreed total distraction.

Grow up. The club isn't stupid.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Grow up. The club isn't stupid.

I agree

 

[Silva2121]

Foden will be brilliant. Just not godlike like Messi.

I'd rather watch foden develop over the next ten years than messi wind down for the next two

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Still not convinced this has completely played out. Bartomeu could be personally liable for tens of millions of losses if he loses the election. By keeping an unhappy Messi, he'll have to pay him for another season, plus pay a supposed €65m loyalty bonus plus allow him to leave on a free in the summer. So let's say that's €165m at least.

By selling him now, he could potentially get €100-125m in fees then save that €165m. So Barca could be nearly €300m better off selling him now. A company director has a legal duty to act in the best interests of the company, which he isn't doing.

Be interesting to see who blinks first.

 

[p.taker]

I'd rather watch foden develop over the next ten years than messi wind down for the next two

Cool. I'd rather watch both.

 

[kevin horlocks wand]

Still not convinced this has completely played out. Bartomeu could be personally liable for tens of millions of losses if he loses the election. By keeping an unhappy Messi, he'll have to pay him for another season, plus pay a supposed €65m loyalty bonus plus allow him to leave on a free in the summer. So let's say that's €165m at least.

By selling him now, he could potentially get €100-125m in fees then save that €165m. So Barca could be nearly €300m better off selling him now. A company director has a legal duty to act in the best interests of the company, which he isn't doing.

Be interesting to see who blinks first.

as one of the intelligent folks what’s the view , is he coming or not in your opinion
obviously the average punter hasn’t a clue really

 

[Petetheblu]

as one of the intelligent folks what’s the view , is he coming or not in your opinion
obviously the average punter hasn’t a clue really

It depends on how fast the court case is heard....it could be to late, Colin might know more?

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

I don’t think it’s over but dont see Barça dealing with us, nor do I see us paying anything near what they’d want. I think he’ll leave but think PSG are possibly the more likely destination when it comes to the money expected.

I see where you’re coming from. It was mentioned at the beginning that we were able to do the transfer but only on a free. That was maybe a ploy to get him on the ‘cheap’, but what the latest ‘Messi is staying’ statement does is to bring other clubs into the game in this window. If we’re wrong and he’s not all about City/Pep, then there’s one club doesn’t mind riding roughshod over ffp (respect) while escaping the kind of scrutiny other clubs get - PSG.

 

[vincent]

I see where you’re coming from. It was mentioned at the beginning that we were able to do the transfer but only on a free. That was maybe a ploy to get him on the ‘cheap’, but what the latest ‘Messi is staying’ statement does is to bring other clubs into the game in this window. If we’re wrong and he’s not all about City/Pep, then there’s one club doesn’t mind riding roughshod over ffp (respect) while escaping the kind of scrutiny other clubs get - PSG.

Like others, I'm not entirely convinced this is done either. If I look at it from Barca's point of view, surely they now know that Messi is going to negotiating a free transfer in January so are they really prepared to lose £100m and wages on an unsettled player?

I'm not really expecting it to work, but from City's point of view I think it's a shot to nothing. After all we were probably half expecting to make a bid of around £100m anyway?

It seems madness to bid for the player now when we could get him for free, but that would be in 12 months time, and there's no guarantee we would get him ahead of a PSG etc

Not sure. Just can’t see Messi playing in the French league. Yes they had two teams in the CL semis but it’s a pretty poor league.

 

[kanovic]

I'd rather watch foden develop over the next ten years than messi wind down for the next two

There is a good chance that Messi’s last few years will be better then Foden whole development

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

Not sure. Just can’t see Messi playing in the French league. Yes they had two teams in the CL semis but it’s a pretty poor league.

Fair point. After their performance in the CL, they may have enough to get him interested. Not many can afford him I suppose unless Juve go deep again and I doubt they can.

 

[kupest]

I hope we sign him up in January. There will be clubs sniffing but we have enough to lure him. It's only 4 months away. The status he can give us and atleast 2 years will be we worth it.

 

[Uffa]

Fair point. After their performance in the CL, they may have enough to get him interested. Not many can afford him I suppose unless Juve go deep again and I doubt they can.

We absolutely cannot.

 

[waspish]

Still not convinced this has completely played out. Bartomeu could be personally liable for tens of millions of losses if he loses the election. By keeping an unhappy Messi, he'll have to pay him for another season, plus pay a supposed €65m loyalty bonus plus allow him to leave on a free in the summer. So let's say that's €165m at least.

By selling him now, he could potentially get €100-125m in fees then save that €165m. So Barca could be nearly €300m better off selling him now. A company director has a legal duty to act in the best interests of the company, which he isn't doing.

Be interesting to see who blinks first.

Apparently he has had his Loyalty bonus so it’s “just” his wages of around 70m.

 

[Corky]

We absolutely cannot.

With some people claiming he is on 10 x KDB's wages no one is going to go near him.

 

[bobmcfc]

Still not convinced this has completely played out. Bartomeu could be personally liable for tens of millions of losses if he loses the election. By keeping an unhappy Messi, he'll have to pay him for another season, plus pay a supposed €65m loyalty bonus plus allow him to leave on a free in the summer. So let's say that's €165m at least.

By selling him now, he could potentially get €100-125m in fees then save that €165m. So Barca could be nearly €300m better off selling him now. A company director has a legal duty to act in the best interests of the company, which he isn't doing.

Be interesting to see who blinks first.

Elections are in March so I can see victor font winning and convincing Messi to renew.

for me this is done

 

[carlosthejackal]

Not equivalent but Garvia wants out and it looks like we'll play him for one year and allow him to leave for free.

Garcia is a nineteen year old who lacks a yard of pace and has achieved nothing, I wouldn’t let Garcia put on a Citt shirt ever again

 

[bobmcfc]

Garcia is a nineteen year old who lacks a yard of pace and has achieved nothing, I wouldn’t let Garcia put on a Citt shirt ever again

This.

 

[s1ty m]

This.

Agreed.