Month left of the transfer window however.
Try those limited edition Raspberry ones, less messy too.
He did say that. But then said he wanted to leave.
At no point did he say he wants to stay. And certainly at no point did he say he wanted to stay because his family wanted to.
The only reason he gave for staying is that Bartemeu won’t let him leave.
Well now I'm in a pickle, why can't anything on this fucking thread be straight forward! :-)
For him great, and it wouldn't surprise me at all.I don’t normally care for England games, but how good would it be if he started at 5pm today, and put on a MOTM performance.
I'm willing to buy whatever dreams you're selling, but surely, surely, Barca would never sell Messi in January?Messi was convinced we could do it for free and played his cards as strongly as he could, but my contacts have stated this morning that even the video yesterday was part of a plan B strategy.
I expect another power play before this window closes and if Barto is still there, a final negotiation in January involving Garcia.
Messi was actually very smart yesterday, he ticked a lot of boxes - love for Barca, love for his family, wanting to love the remainder of his playing days - even box checking the terrible toll COVID has had on the world.
His entire narrative was an appeal for empathy, wanting to draw people to his struggle.
Not that we'd behave like that but imagine if we'd decided not let DS leave this summer, instead asking Real Sociedad 40m for his services.That's.....disappointing. My original feeling on this deal was a bit meh, 33 year old, 1 club player, best in the world but fading or due to fade in the next year or two, will he have the drive/heart to start again in a new country, new club. Assuming he does, what does that do to the balance a team made up of front foot runners who get in the face of the opposition the moment they lose the ball.
Then this morphed into "but it's Messi" even if it is only for a year or two, we adapt to play to his strengths, just maybe it's worth a go, and had he shown the courage to go toe to toe with Bart, then maybe I'd still want him, but he didn't, he did what he's done before. I understand his loyalty, I do, but it's exactly that that makes me swing (ooer) back to my original instincts on this.
I'd rather we'd gone in for Werner (though according to the media we did?) or one of the promising young strikers, and if we are in the market for a front player, then I'd still rather we did that.
I did enjoy the circus, but I have no real inclination to repeat it.
<dons tin helmet, digs in, and awaits incoming>