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Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)
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Haha can you imagine.If I'm one of these players there's no way I'm doing Barca any favours. Any termination better be to my benefit
We've agreed to pay you £52 million over 5 seasons. Here's £10 million would you kindly fuck off so we can pay that 34 year old bloke over there a million a week for 2 years.
Erm how about, no.
deano ou812
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Indeed Bob,if they are giving them termination letters or similar I wonder do they pay up the remaining contract you would think they would have too..If I'm one of these players there's no way I'm doing Barca any favours. Any termination better be to my benefit
Lancet Fluke
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If the numbers floated about of 270k a week are right, then who is going to sign Pjanic even on a free at the age of 31? And it would cost them 42m to cancel his contract. They only signed him a year ago. Who the fuck is in charge of their transfers?
They believe they can just get rid of all these players at a massive loss just to reflect a reduction of the wage bill for this season but long term it isn't good. I don't believe this is healthy in the long run or good for Barcelona debt. Laporta playing the short game imo
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I think we're seeing a set of problems at Barcelona as one single problem. It seems possible, even likely, that Messi is no longer a problem Barcelona face. The club's long term debt is crippling, it's short term debt is destructive and it's having to flog off players for nothing if necessary to meet its short term liabilities and meet the cap on wages imposed by La Liga. It could well be that Messi no longer has anything to do with the club. He wanted to go, his contract has expired, Barcelona have had to accept, perhaps reluctantly, that he can now sort out his own future and they are just trying to put a positive spin on it. I might be wrong but it seems to me to accord with the facts of the situation, as we can see them, far better at the moment than the "Messi is staying" unsubstantiated beliefs.
to me its the fact that barca still mention messi and regard him as their player still, both on social media and on their websiteI think we're seeing a set of problems at Barcelona as one single problem. It seems possible, even likely, that Messi is no longer a problem Barcelona face. The club's long term debt is crippling, it's short term debt is destructive and it's having to flog off players for nothing if necessary to meet its short term liabilities and meet the cap on wages imposed by La Liga. It could well be that Messi no longer has anything to do with the club. He wanted to go, his contract has expired, Barcelona have had to accept, perhaps reluctantly, that he can now sort out his own future and they are just trying to put a positive spin on it. I might be wrong but it seems to me to accord with the facts of the situation, as we can see them, far better at the moment than the "Messi is staying" unsubstantiated beliefs.
to the casual fan who doesnt know messis contract expiry date, it would look like as though he still plays for them
also looking at barca who as a club have not even made a statement acknowledging messi is a free agent, it suggests their confidence that they think he will stay
I think Laporta is more attached to the income Messi brings in rather than Messi himselfI think we're seeing a set of problems at Barcelona as one single problem. It seems possible, even likely, that Messi is no longer a problem Barcelona face. The club's long term debt is crippling, it's short term debt is destructive and it's having to flog off players for nothing if necessary to meet its short term liabilities and meet the cap on wages imposed by La Liga. It could well be that Messi no longer has anything to do with the club. He wanted to go, his contract has expired, Barcelona have had to accept, perhaps reluctantly, that he can now sort out his own future and they are just trying to put a positive spin on it. I might be wrong but it seems to me to accord with the facts of the situation, as we can see them, far better at the moment than the "Messi is staying" unsubstantiated beliefs.
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or they're simply continuing to cash in on the fact he hasn't told the world otherwiseto me its the fact that barca still mention messi and regard him as their player still, both on social media and on their website
to the casual fan who doesnt know messis contract expiry date, it would look like as though he still plays for them
also looking at barca who as a club have not even made a statement acknowledging messi is a free agent, it suggests their confidence that they think he will stay
LongsightM13
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Sounds like Neto or Traore will be off then. Maybe Nuno will be spending some of the Kane proceeds on his old Wolves players…Wolves have signed Trinaco on loan from barca with an option to buy at the end of the season.
21 years old and played 28 league games and 7 champion's league for them last season.
No idea if he is any good.
Uefa the FA could make a rule that every club should not have more than 50% of there turnover on wages give the clubs 5 years to sort it out! For clubs who drop out of europe and there money drops let those clubs for 2 season have 55%, Break those rules and be banned from buying any player till you get it to 45%…
think this is the only way and the right way to stop clubs over spending!
think this is the only way and the right way to stop clubs over spending!
They believe they can just get rid of all these players at a massive loss just to reflect a reduction of the wage bill for this season but long term it isn't good. I don't believe this is healthy in the long run or good for Barcelona debt. Laporta playing the short game imo
Totally true. Only if the players agree to leave without compensation. The Brazilian lad that is getting a year's wages compensation to terminate the next 3, that doesn't do them any short term favours either.
But as always with Barcelona, it is all about how things look, and the projection over the substance.
to me its the fact that barca still mention messi and regard him as their player still, both on social media and on their website
to the casual fan who doesnt know messis contract expiry date, it would look like as though he still plays for them
also looking at barca who as a club have not even made a statement acknowledging messi is a free agent, it suggests their confidence that they think he will stay
Interesting point, about the statement.
I think it will come. Incrementally .
citizen_maine
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What? You mean like some sort of Financial Fair Play or something?Uefa the FA could make a rule that every club should not have more than 50% of there turnover on wages give the clubs 5 years to sort it out! For clubs who drop out of europe and there money drops let those clubs for 2 season have 55%, Break those rules and be banned from buying any player till you get it to 45%…
think this is the only way and the right way to stop clubs over spending!
Scrap ffp first though and only have this one rule for all for every team in Europe it’s better than capping wages or telling clubs they can’t spend 200m what they are looking at with the new improved ffp..What? You mean like some sort of Financial Fair Play or something?
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Yeah, but probably a discussion for another threadScrap ffp first though and only have this one rule for all for every team in Europe it’s better than capping wages or telling clubs they can’t spend 200m what they are looking at with the new improved ffp..
andyhinch
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It’s all part of the 7 stages of grief.Interesting point, about the statement.
I think it will come. Incrementally .
bluesince76
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Which is the same exact issue as FFP - it keeps the current top clubs at the top, as they have the biggest income from winning, sponsorship etc.Uefa the FA could make a rule that every club should not have more than 50% of there turnover on wages give the clubs 5 years to sort it out! For clubs who drop out of europe and there money drops let those clubs for 2 season have 55%, Break those rules and be banned from buying any player till you get it to 45%…
think this is the only way and the right way to stop clubs over spending!
As a friendly, local, trillionaire, if I want to buy my local corner shop and get it to be bigger than Tesco, I can do. If I want to turn my local team into a CL winner, I'm not allowed to unless it's done organically over about 50 years.
If clubs really want to reduce spending, ban any payments from buying or selling clubs to agents. Say Dortmund get £100m for Haaland, Mino will get about £50m from the two clubs. Far better for football if Dortmund got £120m - it costs the buying club less and the selling club have more to invest in more players or improving their club. Agents work for players, so no idea why clubs ever got dragged into a situation where they need to pay a middle man huge sums.
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