The Riot Club
Well-Known Member
He won't leave, it's another ploy to get a bigger contract or scare the Barca board into spending some cash on new players.
If we weren't willing to pay £200m for Neymar or £150m for Mbappe (annoyingly!) then I don't see us spending £275m to get Messi. Feels like the purse strings have been tightened unfortunately, especially as it seems we're bargain hunting for centre backs. Shame really, we could have absolutely dominated this league like PSG will do in France, but too many signings turning out shit over the past few years, corrupt ffp and huge tv deals even for the likes of Stoke and West Brom seem to have pissed on our chips a bit.
If we weren't willing to pay £200m for Neymar or £150m for Mbappe (annoyingly!) then I don't see us spending £275m to get Messi. Feels like the purse strings have been tightened unfortunately, especially as it seems we're bargain hunting for centre backs. Shame really, we could have absolutely dominated this league like PSG will do in France, but too many signings turning out shit over the past few years, corrupt ffp and huge tv deals even for the likes of Stoke and West Brom seem to have pissed on our chips a bit.