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It's Quiet thread 14 - 'do one' edition
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Neville Kneville
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But he won't do that at Barca because he's sulking and will deliberately skupper the chances of the club he supposedly loves and that presumably his kids support? Whilst also ruining the reputation he's built both at Barca and as a worldwide brand?
I guess a 34 year old who's played a handful of games in a season and not scored will have teams falling over themselves to give him a big contract when he drags his crying kids away from their mates next summer.
Did you see Barca, with Messi, v Bayern Munich ?
How is it working out for them ?
Did they look like a happy team, to you ?
We go again. Etc and so on.
This is the logical next step. Flood the media with news that we are going to sign him to a precontract on the first day of the January window.
Take away the 1 victory Bartomeu is claiming - that Messi won't leave the club under his presidency.
After that he's faced with Messi being unhappy and mouthing off, a growing pressure at the club and in the fans that he's betrayed their greatest player, and the realisation that €200m+ that he desperately needs is walking out the door.
sir baconface
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And the briefing starts
How could he in all conscience ever join us after saying what he did about his family’s brutal drama?
All sounds good but to be honest I don't trust Messi. He overplayed his hand when he didn't have the cards. Resigned, didn't train etc but turns out his contract wasn't so clear cut. Got us on board. And then at the last minute pulls the plug.Some people need to get a grip.
Look at his statement
1. He clearly wants to leave - he has stated that. - We all know its us he wants to come to - there is no other team he wants - look at his use of the word project - that says city all over it.
2 He has absolutely destroyed the ownership of Barca - when has any other player ever come out and taken such a blatant swing at a club chairman and board before
3. He has said he has been unhappy for a while - in his football, in the dressing room, at training - this wont sit well with his team mates.
4. His best friend (Suarez) is being sold
We as club havent done anything but support him - he will know this.
Id expect city to put a bid in for him...now this is where it gets interesting - Remember Barca have publically stated they want Garcia - there is no way we will sell Garcia to them if they refuse to even negotiate for Messi - and which is worse..having the best player in the world and your club capt/legend unhappy or a 21 year old squad player? We can let Garcia sit in the stands for a year (we already have Ake and will get another centre half) - we risk losing 15m tops by letting him go on a free - Barca risk losing 80-100m plus for Messi - and they are in a financial mess - we aren so who is more desperate for the money?
If we put in a bid now the pressure on the board to sell will be from all angles; players, some of the fans (reluctantly) and Messi himself as well as the financil pressure - they need to rebuild- they want Garcia they wont get him without doing business with us - there could even be pressure added from that angle.
Worst comes to the worst - he doest go anywhere, signs a pre-agreement with us in January and we get him for free - even for a year minimum thats worth it -the only thing that would stop that is a bad injury to him
Whether this was done with other motives we can't be sure. But I reckon Khaldoun etc will not be amused.
In addition if he were to sign a pre contract in January the rest of the season will all be about his arrival rather than the team.
andyhinch
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On a brighter note, my biryani was very nice, it’s only a football transfer don’t know why people get so worked up.
Not for me. It was now or never. He has 2 years at the very top left imo.
He's the best player in the world now.
If in 12 month he's only the best player in the PL, and in 24 months he's only a good starting player for us, you still sign him, he still has the transformative effect off the pitch.
He just doesn't get anywhere like as much money.
Neville Kneville
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How could he in all conscience ever join us after saying what he did about his family’s brutal drama?
He still said he was ready to drag them away, tbf.
Just that they would all be screaming when he did it.
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