It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition

[bobom]

I don't see how they can't, Marv?

They are caught between a rock and a hard place. Sending Messi to Coventry, yet still having to pay his mammoth salary and image rights, with ten months left remaining on his contract, makes zero financial sense.

Coupled with destroying his entire legacy, they would have no vehicle to make any actual cash off his back while holding him hostage to his registration.

It makes zero financial sense, especially as they need the headroom on wages to rebuild their squad. So they actually need him to go now, because he won't be playing for them next season after this.

The question is, what's the non-financial outcome they are trying to achieve? It's staying in post, presumably, which is why its important to them to be seen to have done everything to keep him.

But if he is going, they will want a) to appear to have been the good guys in this, screwed over by selfish money grabbing Messi/City and/or b) at least secure a mahoosive fee.

Their issue is that they are getting the worst of both worlds - they look like incompetent dicks, AND they're not getting much of a fee. And it's too late to do much about it now. It's been a massive financial and PR cock up by Barca.

 

[cjn]

The lady journo also saying Pep wants Messi to stay.

She started Tier 1, now she bottom

tbf, if anyone actually believes that Pep would go there on behest of the club and then tell Leo to stay it probably should be disqualifying to their status as a journalist.

 

[PistonBlue]

Has the cnut signed yet?

He’s not left the house for three days the lazy git, I doubt he’s even managed to get dressed. So no, probably not lifted a pen either.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

tbf, if anyone actually believes that Pep would go there on behest of the club and then tell Leo to stay it probably should be disqualifying to their status as a journalist.

Pep doing a Clarke?

 

[razman]

tbf, if anyone actually believes that Pep would go there on behest of the club and then tell Leo to stay it probably should be disqualifying to their status as a journalist.

@twosips :)

 

[cookster]

Be typical City if the Rags get taken over by the Ortega family and they pay the release clause ;)

 

[WRicko]

Absolutely correct. In actual fact, City will keep it that way until Messi and his dad tell us the next lay of the land.

There is no need for City to even confirm an interest when it could still go legal. The last thing we want is a tribunal deciding to add an extra £50m because we have confirmed an agreement with the player.

On the offering of players and cash, again, see above. City have made it very clear off the record that Jesus and Bernardo are not for sale.

Messi has filmed his stuff with an Argentine unit, no idea who they are.

I saw something the other day which indicated they where Brazilian

 

[Saggy13]

W

The lady journo also saying Pep wants Messi to stay.

She started Tier 1, now she bottom

When was she ever tier 1 lol?

 

[supercity88]

Not to mention all the top players who went to Barcelona because of him. Top players will think twice about a club which has basically tried to stick it to an icon.

At a time when Barca are desperate to rebuild their team, the hostage situation they’re going down makes no sense. Even for a delusional man like Bartomeu.

There’s an election next year and the club is in debt. No one in their right mind let’s someone on huge money sit at the club, without playing, only to walk away for free next year anyway. You can be sure that all of Messi’s sponsors will want blood for that decision. Money talks and Barca will be getting threats left, right and centre if they decide to go down that route. So many businesses lose if he doesn’t play. They lose, Barca lose and for a long, long time undoubtedly.

Quite rightly, other players would be concerned about their own situations. Will they ever sign up to buy-out clauses for more than £100m? Younger players will be unwilling to sign for more than 2 years for fear they’ll become trapped. Older players will want 5 year deals for fear they’ll be kicked into touch and their contracts not honoured. Huge repercussions for a board already despised by the fans.

I’m sure, to avoid court, if both parties (Messi and Barca) cannot agree that he walks away for free, a nominal sum will be agreed to terminate his contract. The clock is ticking and as much as Messi will want money in his pocket rather than Barca’s, he would probably accept them getting a wedge to rebuild in exchange for an end to this. If he’s to play for us against Wolves the deadline for arriving in the UK is fast approaching. How can I do my fantasy football team with this not resolved. That's probably the most important consideration in all of this.

 

[jay laruja]