Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[HorlocksWalk]

Really pissed off because they are only getting a salary of about £20 million ? Imagine how would you feel if you only got a salary of £20 million and one of your colleagues was paid more. You'd resign or go on strike.

Sadly not human nature, take a look at the pay issues at the BBC.

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Sadly not human nature, take a look at the pay issues at the BBC.

You've probably got a point. If does seem ludicrous though that employees on ludicrous salaries would be upset.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

[ABC] "Real Madrid is filing a criminal complaint against Javier Tebas, Javier de Jaime and the CVC fund "for unfair administration and fraud". Data send to the clubs state that if La Liga maintains the 10% growth rate, CVC could earn up to €229.4B from La Liga while investing 2.7B."

La Liga is falling apart. Best player for the league and Barca gone like nothing, now all that's left is infighting and lawsuits.

They could start a new show called Golfing with Bale to get more revenue.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Dont rule it out yet.

Just heard we’ve booked Beetham Tower next week…

 

[bluenova]

Really pissed off because they are only getting a salary of about £20 million ? Imagine how would you feel if you only got a salary of £20 million and one of your colleagues was paid more. You'd resign or go on strike.

I think would totally have been an issue with Haaland, if it's true that he was asking for huge wages.

Messi - not so much. No-one can say they're close in terms of ability, and frankly I suspect he's just about the only player that most of the City squad would be excited to play with!

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Really pissed off because they are only getting a salary of about £20 million ? Imagine how would you feel if you only got a salary of £20 million and one of your colleagues was paid more. You'd resign or go on strike.

Isn`t modern day slavery a bitch.

 

[Healdplace]

From a PR point of view City are playing this perfectly. They have prioritised giving England's best players - both in their team already and two signings this Summer who are the mainstay of England's near future - over buying a show pony who will make vast sums of money off the pitch and very likely have a good game every few weeks against PL opposition.

The irony is PSG will get kudos for being bold and signing the genius whilst putting their FPP compliance in jeopardy in any sane world.

And despite doing the best thing imaginable for the England team by giving the bulk of them real big games and play against the opposition they must challenge in the Euros and World Cup - the media will still play it as City ruining football by stealing all the good players out of greed.

Time the media actually saw the bigger picture about all the good things City's owners have achieved for lhe local community in the city and are now aiming to achieve for England.

All England fans should be celebrating Pep training the bulk of the England squad.

 

[blue oli]

Pep doesn't 'usually' do that though does he, he hasn't 'created' that before as such. At both Barcelona and Bayern, that was already the case. He bought as many foreign players as he did native ones at both, at at Bayern I dare guess more.

For me if he was looking to do that, probably would have done it 4 or 5 years ago. There may be something in futureproofing against changing quotas but generally I think he is going for the players he happens to think are best fit, and proven in the league. Rather than because they are natives.


Agree with all the rest entirely.

That’s a fair point, he maintained rather than created, but it is something we know he prefers.

Agree on the quotas thing, it’s either due to brexit making permits a pain and very difficult or additional quotas being considered. Either way it seems a sensible thing to do given the wealth of talent in the younger end of the English game too.

 

[Maly]

Try looking at La Liga table and think of the last times Messi's barcelona went up against top European sides:
PSG, Liverpool, Bayern Munich. Cut to pieces.

You’re right Marv, all those 3 teams cut Barca apart. I remember thinking at the time that Messi is terrible at centre back, full back & centre mid. Not sure why they didn’t play him as a forward to create & score goals like he did in at least 2 of those 3 games you mentioned where they got cut to pieces

Bonkers to blame a forward for defensive & midfield deficiencies of a team wouldn’t you agree?

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Just heard we’ve booked Beetham Tower next week…

Rabbit and vimto on the menu

followed by a fab lolly

 

[fulabeer]

Look at this logically…
Lets hypothetically say we did manage to sign Messi. If we paid him say £30m a year for 2 years that’s an investment of £60m! £60m for Messi! That’s peanuts, yes on paper it’s a ridiculous wage but had we got him last year he’d of cost £100m just to sign then a wage on top. It’s a no brainier as a free agent.
The PL would also benefit from him joining, the tv views would rocket, bums on seats would increase and sponsorship for the league would increase be it TV rights, or soft drinks etc. Whatever, but sponsors would line up for City and the Premier League.
I’d argue other clubs would benefit too, smaller clubs would sell out as fans want to watch Messi live. It benefits not only us but the league which is why La Liga have let Barça get away with what they have for so long, they benefitted.
Just my opinion of course… Doubt he’d sign for us but financially it makes sense and commercially it does too.

But PSG are reportedly offering him £35m AFTER tax. Therefore his actually wage would be nearer £75m per year. And we don't even know what the success bonuses are on top...

 

[leo_city]

Dont rule it out yet.

Why?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Rabbit and vimto on the menu

followed by a fab lolly

The chefs have rustled up a Vimto jus for the pan seared rabbit.

It comes with a salty tier ITK crumb.

 

[sd33]

perez and agnelli have landed in barcelona,probabl about super league

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[01cravend]

We'd be signing Messi for the sake of signing Messi. There are no long-term benefits to having him here for 2 years, any fans and increased revenue he brings with him will only fuck off with him when he leaves.
He doesn't want to go somewhere to challenge himself or because he actually wants to go there, he will simply go to who will pay him the most.

 

[blue for life]

I would sign him just for major piss boiling alone

 

[cookster]

Honestly can't get my head around how PSG can finance the Messi deal. Before all the free transfers this window their wage bill was 414m EUR. A lot of creative accountancy needed.

 

[samuelyeboah]

I would sign him just for major piss boiling alone

personally i'd sign him because he's the best player in the world, but ya know

 

[Damanino]

wish now we had the same transfer window rule we had for short time like 2 years ago that our window closes when PL starts not 2 weeks after.

we gonna have Kane and Messi saga still going on on 28/29th of August. 3 more weeks of this lol.

and then we end up with a loan offer for Aguero on the 31st 10pm :))