Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

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SPIDERBOY said:
Yeah,PB...but what I'm saying is,rather than a sponsor/partner up the deal with city,if they gave him a personal sponsorship,they get him endorsing their product,he gets his money,we get the player and there's fuck all on our books,bar the fee and an average wage...no?
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I suspect it would be a bit of both. As happens with Rooney, he'd get some commercial income through the club for joint deals and some outside.
 
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Is it feasible in your opinion?
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I know it's feasible as I'm led to believe it's all been sorted out and signed off in Abu Dhabi. I suspect FFP has got in the way so far, as well as Messi's tax issues.

But we're free of the FFP restrictions now and in the 2016/17 financial year (which is the first one that would be impacted if he signed this summer) we should be reporting substantial profits. We could probably absorb his purchase even if we didn't bring in an extra penny. But we would bring in extra revenue of course.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
I know it's feasible as I'm led to believe it's all been sorted out and signed off in Abu Dhabi. I suspect FFP has got in the way so far, as well as Messi's tax issues.

But we're free of the FFP restrictions now and in the 2016/17 financial year (which is the first one that would be impacted if he signed this summer) we should be reporting substantial profits. We could probably absorb his purchase even if we didn't bring in an extra penny. But we would bring in extra revenue of course.
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Cheers.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
I know it's feasible as I'm led to believe it's all been sorted out and signed off in Abu Dhabi. I suspect FFP has got in the way so far, as well as Messi's tax issues.

But we're free of the FFP restrictions now and in the 2016/17 financial year (which is the first one that would be impacted if he signed this summer) we should be reporting substantial profits. We could probably absorb his purchase even if we didn't bring in an extra penny. But we would bring in extra revenue of course.
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Bloody shame he won't leave barca then PB, typical city, lol
 
im not sure messi would be right for us,we need to look to the future and tonight I saw the future, Darren Pratley is the new messi, Bolton are in a messi I reckon they would snap our hand off for 100m , we get the new messi,they get some much needed cash, win win ,lovely jubbly
 
With the new investment, shirt sales would go through the roof in China if he came to City
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I would assume a lot of personal money (signing-on fee/agents/dad/the true cost of his weekly wage) could be offset by a one-off, up-front payment, outside of Manchester City.

The push of one button is really all it would take.

Even if we promised to pay him £1m a week in wages, as long as the figure on City's books is commensurate with what he earns already, nobody would be any the wiser.

Perfectly legal, as long as the Messi family remember to pay their own private tax affairs.
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Even if signing Messi is feasible, I feel like we are forgetting one important issue. Why would he want to move from Barcelona to Manchester?
 
Sergio Picasso Aguero said:
Even if signing Messi is feasible, I feel like we are forgetting one important issue. Why would he want to move from Barcelona to Manchester?
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He has won everything there is, is already a legend there, the tax stuff over there might have taken a toll on him, and he can't go outside for a stroll without being jumped by supporters.

I'm sure Kun, Zaba and the rest of our Argies have told him about how life is over in the UK - and how the fans are a lot more respectful towards the players. He'll also get a new challenge in a competitive league, a pay rise, and the chance to play with his best friend and several other fellow Argentinians.

I'm not saying I think he'll come - who knows what he's thinking - but I don't think it's an impossible scenario at all. It's up to him.
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ar-Premier-League-financial-restrictions.html

Barcelona are being pushed to the absolute limit of their finances as they fight to keep Lionel Messi and Neymar from the clutches of the Premier League.

The club are determined to hold on to their biggest assets despite interest from Manchester City and Manchester United, but they will have to speed through the sale of naming rights for the Nou Camp and drastically reduce their transfer budget to do so.
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It's this summer or never for Messi to City I reckon, due to his age. What a time to do so as well with so much global interest at the door.
 
Could just be a wind up but saw something on Twitter that suggested the £256m would primarily be used for short-term transfer spending. I don't think all of it would be but there's surely enough in that for Messi + other needs, with cash left over
 
CitizenTID said:
It's this summer or never for Messi to City I reckon, due to his age. What a time to do so as well with so much global interest at the door.
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This infatuation with Messi has to be funny to Barcelona fans. I mean imagine Liverpool holding out hope they could get Silva off us? That's how ridiculous this whole thread sounds.

Ask yourself, why would the best player in the world leave the best club in the world who are currently playing the best football in the world for a lesser club?

It's an amusing thread though.
 
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