Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Keith Moncrieff]

Garibaldi?

Rich tea I’d imagine, FFP biscuit

 

[Keeper!]

If a company was paying me as much as he was being paid and been there 20ish years I might not want to leave, 2020 he did at least hand in a Burofax but gave up the fight as didn't want it dragging into court, but this is now a different prospect and for the moment he's already left barca, (I wonder how much they regret not releasing him last summer)

Totally agree but he , Messi clearly did not want to leave, and after watching Laporta earlier, it looks very much that Barca did want him out, the deal they offered him was crazy, however good he is.

They could have banked 50m easily last summer and probably got out of a considerably loyalty bonuses to the player, madness in their financial situation.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Best keep him away from the shellfish then.

I was tempted to say Messi can't agree a deal with Barca because he's just being shellfish. But you beat me to it!

 

[Scottyboi]

Well Dembele was basically the next BEST WINGER in the World so obv he would get some money. Coutinho also made sense since Messi was the only one who was creative on the field and Coutinho‘s playstyle comes close to Iniestas. Griezmann was absolutely nonsense and imo the reason for all those problems. Signing someone who plays the position as your best player to put him in a position where he is just some average player makes no fuxkin sense.

at least they got Fati and Pedri. One of those gettin #10 probably too.

When you include the transfer fees and the wages i've never seen anything like it, all whilst paying Messi and increasing his wage year on year.

 

[feelymcfeel]

Rich tea I’d imagine, FFP biscuit

Get the hobnobs out, the media will go wild.

 

[loio]

C'mon! I have 2 percent hope..

 

[manimanc]

Pep knows what's happening. He knows what to say and what not to say.
Fonzie playing a blinder.

 

[Robanompivenov]

I'd LOVE Messi at City. It's a shame that there's a tiny minority of absolute freaks who seem to think there's something wrong with wanting one of the greatest players ever at the club. You see it in this thread almost weekly. There's at least one clown giving it "he's never coming FFS close the thread".

The greatest ever

 

[I'm Blue]

for Barca

Soz yeah

 

[dannyboiblue]

Interesting that Pep said we signed Grealish because we were committed to him but in the same sentence said we were convinced Messi was staying at Barcelona.

It makes you think we wouldn't have signed Grealish if we knew Leo was going to be available. He looked a bit gutted when he said it too. Now that could just be down to the fact that the greatest player of all time is leaving the club he supports or it could be because we've just added another 200k to the wage bill which has effectively made it impossible to sign Messi.

I'm not saying Pep doesn't want Grealish because he clearly does but I can't believe that everyone at the club aren't kicking themselves that they didn't know the news about Messi's departure sooner.

All of this is irrelevant now anyway because we can't afford him. Grealish is already done and Kane is too far down the line, there's no way we're going to pull out of that deal now.

I don't mean any of this to sound like I'm underwhelmed at the prospect of signing Grealish and Kane because that would be incredibly spoilt, they are two very good acquisitions. It's just the thought that the ultimate dream of signing Messi could actually have happened this time if we had known he was leaving just a couple of months earlier.

Jack is here for 6 years plus. It has nothing to do with signing Messi. If anything it would be kane who would lose out if anything.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I don’t see Messie cutting it in the prem under anyone other then Pep and anywhere other then City .. he would be sloged to death at Chelsea , Pep could get a tune out of him as he could pick and choose when to play him but couldn’t see Chelsea paying him a fortune and not wanting him to play most games. If he goes Chelsea I’d expect him to have a mussel problem January to March and recouping in a warmer climate.

Ah yes, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. Very nasty.

Damn ... too slow.

 

[Kippaxpete]

I was tempted to say Messi can't agree a deal with Barca because he's just being shellfish. But you beat me to it!

Cod do better but salmon had to say it.

 

[I'm Blue]

Come on agent Sergio, two words will do it “different gravy”

 

[LIBlue]

Lads, let’s be realistic here… Even Pep seems confused on what to do

 

[Deleted member 81382]

Jack is here for 6 years plus. It has nothing to do with signing Messi. If anything it would be kane who would lose out if anything.

Messi's wages would probably be around the same as those two combined. I can't see how we could afford Messi unless we didn't sign either of them.

 

[bluesince76]

You keep repeating this despite the fact it's completely made up nonsense.

These rules have been in place since 2013.

During which time La Liga has seen

Bale - new world record fee
Dembele - €140m
Coutinho - €165m
Griezmann - €125m
Hazard - €150m
Felix - €120m

I don't know where you've gotten the idea that the La Liga financial caps stops clubs spending but it simply is not true.

'repeating' = said once

It's a salary cap, so the fees paid are meaningless, it's the salaries that are the issue. La Liga wants to reduce the proportion that can be spent by a club based on their income, hence Barca's issues this summer (based on years of ridiculous salaries). If they don't find a way to resolve that, Barca and presumably Madrids and others are not going to be able to compete with other leagues. So when Mbappe is on a free next summer, he's less likely to end up in Spain.

I just don't see that happening, they're pissed about the PL as it is and the more stars who start appearing elsewhere the more difficult it becomes for La Liga to attract money and if incomes drop, wages will need to drop further.

Hence why I still reckon this gets sorted through some playing about with numbers and Messi stays. Am I right, literally no idea, it's an opinion and we should find out in the next month or so

 

[domalino]

'repeating' = said once

It's a salary cap, so the fees paid are meaningless, it's the salaries that are the issue. La Liga wants to reduce the proportion that can be spent by a club based on their income, hence Barca's issues this summer (based on years of ridiculous salaries). If they don't find a way to resolve that, Barca and presumably Madrids and others are not going to be able to compete with other leagues. So when Mbappe is on a free next summer, he's less likely to end up in Spain.

I just don't see that happening, they're pissed about the PL as it is and the more stars who start appearing elsewhere the more difficult it becomes for La Liga to attract money and if incomes drop, wages will need to drop further.

Hence why I still reckon this gets sorted through some playing about with numbers and Messi stays. Am I right, literally no idea, it's an opinion and we should find out in the next month or so

Its a salary cap based on the previous years revenue.

as soon as their revenue returns to pre-covid levels, they will be able to have €500m wage bills again.

La Liga doesn't want to reduce anything. These rules have been in place for nearly 10 years and have been very successful at managing the finances of the clubs.

If you're going to try and lecture people at least know something about the topic.

 

[glyntowen]

I can't see la liga folding on this, tebag has boxed himself into a corner over FFP and his comments about us and PSG so cannot be seen to give his 2 main clubs a handout.

Add in to the mix both Real and Barca aren't playing ball with his deal with CVC it is actually his chance to put them back down after years of out of control spending


Even with Messi I don't think the la liga rights are worth much as at best it is usually a 3 horse race but usually 2

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Messi's wages would probably be around the same as those two combined. I can't see how we could afford Messi unless we didn't sign either of them.

The.CFG can pay that from the left sock, also the wages are a shadow of the potential commercial gains, its always been the justification to any deal!

 

[LevyBee76]

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