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He might be after a new contract but it doesn't mean he will get it. The big question for the Barcelona hierarchy is probably what they could do with £120M or so. I'm sure they could sell him to us and fix all the holes in their entire squad with that money. At his age and with Iniesta and a few others not getting younger a transfer does actually make a little bit of sense.

My argument is do we need him because he doesn't exactly play brilliantly alongside Sergio for Argentina. We also are showing in recent performances that we are probably going to need replacements for both sides of our defence and also a big replacement for Yaya next year, Fernandinho is also 30!

Spending £120M on one player is a bit of a risk to be honest no matter how good he is. With FFP likely to fall apart with Platini's antics then we might stand a chance then but if we still have to fall under those FFP rules then it is a big risk.
 
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He might be after a new contract but it doesn't mean he will get it. The big question for the Barcelona hierarchy is probably what they could do with £120M or so. I'm sure they could sell him to us and fix all the holes in their entire squad with that money. At his age and with Iniesta and a few others not getting younger a transfer does actually make a little bit of sense.

My argument is do we need him because he doesn't exactly play brilliantly alongside Sergio for Argentina. We also are showing in recent performances that we are probably going to need replacements for both sides of our defence and also a big replacement for Yaya next year. Spending £120M on one player is a bit of a risk to be honest no matter how good he is. With FFP likely to fall apart with Platini's antics then we might stand a chance then but if we still have to fall under FFP rules it is a big risk.
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Best. Player. On. The . Planet.
If we're considering the prospect of bringing him in, my guess will be the bean counters have done their homework and if it went ahead it'd be because we can indeed afford him.
 
inbetween said:
He might be after a new contract but it doesn't mean he will get it. The big question for the Barcelona hierarchy is probably what they could do with £120M or so. I'm sure they could sell him to us and fix all the holes in their entire squad with that money. At his age and with Iniesta and a few others not getting younger a transfer does actually make a little bit of sense.

My argument is do we need him because he doesn't exactly play brilliantly alongside Sergio for Argentina. We also are showing in recent performances that we are probably going to need replacements for both sides of our defence and also a big replacement for Yaya next year, Fernandinho is also 30!

Spending £120M on one player is a bit of a risk to be honest no matter how good he is. With FFP likely to fall apart with Platini's antics then we might stand a chance then but if we still have to fall under those FFP rules then it is a big risk.
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Do we need Messi...hahahahahaha

Some folks are utterly bat shit bonkers
 
inbetween said:
He might be after a new contract but it doesn't mean he will get it. The big question for the Barcelona hierarchy is probably what they could do with £120M or so. I'm sure they could sell him to us and fix all the holes in their entire squad with that money. At his age and with Iniesta and a few others not getting younger a transfer does actually make a little bit of sense.

My argument is do we need him because he doesn't exactly play brilliantly alongside Sergio for Argentina. We also are showing in recent performances that we are probably going to need replacements for both sides of our defence and also a big replacement for Yaya next year, Fernandinho is also 30!

Spending £120M on one player is a bit of a risk to be honest no matter how good he is. With FFP likely to fall apart with Platini's antics then we might stand a chance then but if we still have to fall under those FFP rules then it is a big risk.
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Sorry don't get any of your logic, besides it's not our money that's getting spent, if we could get Messi then it would be the biggest statement ever that we mean business, and he would improve our squad somewhat.
 
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Spending £120M on one player is a bit of a risk to be honest no matter how good he is. With FFP likely to fall apart with Platini's antics then we might stand a chance then but if we still have to fall under those FFP rules then it is a big risk.
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FFP won't go away with Platini but in the 2017 financial year, we're potentially looking at reporting profits of £70m. And I suspect the talk of £800k a week is somewhat fanciful as, even if it's anywhere near accurate, it will include his commercial earnings, some or all of which will come with him. It's the same for Rooney with his reported £300k per week; a large part of that (around 40%) is from commercial deals he's involved in on the rags' behalf.

Messi's buyout clause is around £180m, which is £36m a year amortisation on a 5-year contract. But I understand we'd more money from our tier 1 sponsors in addition to what they pay us now, so the net cost of the actual transfer should be nil. The part of his wages paid directly by us would probably largely be covered by other commercial deals we could attract. But even if we paid him £20m a year with no other deals, we'd still be reporting significant profits.
 
What sort of increase in revenue do you think we'd see with Messi in the team? He'd obviously pay for himself. Commercial sponsorships would go through the roof, merchandise would be on another planet and TV revenue would also increase because we'd be on TV all the time. That's before you even mention our probable better results on the pitch.

Not gonna happen though.
 
Only way he leaves Barca is if they decide to sell him or he falls out with them. He's Barca through and through - they were the ones who took a punt on him and funded his growth deficiency treatment when he was still a kid so it would take something out of leftfield for him to move on. It is possible of course and there were rumours that he wasn't too happy with them over this tax business. If it were to happen, I'm guessing much of the huge figures involved would be paid for in terms of increased sponsorship and merchandising.
 
Just haggling for a new contract. Seen this before.
As much as I'd like to see him here it's still highly unlikely.
A pipe dream at best.
 
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