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

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

I think something will kick off at Barca this week. Too much tension for it not to.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Messi was stripped of his captaincy.
How can he lead a team on the field when he doesn’t want to play for them any more?

Messi still has a few moves left up his sleeve I think such as being disruptive and being a negative influence on the team.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Barca are trying to sign Depay and Gini for a combined €55m apparently, I can still see us offering around that figure plus Garcia for Messi. Then the chain starts, Gini to Barca - Thiago to Liverpool - Gundogan to Bayern and finally Aouar to City..... We can all hope!

I don’t see Pep letting Gundo go...

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

I think something will kick off at Barca this week. Too much tension for it not to.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Messi was stripped of his captaincy.
How can he lead a team on the field when he doesn’t want to play for them any more?

Messi still has a few moves left up his sleeve I think such as being disruptive and being a negative influence on the team.

Total nonsense. Messi is bigger than the dressing room and will continue as captain.

As for him being disruptive on his return- again just won't happen. He loves Barca too much to hurt them like that.

 

[g180aj]

I don’t see Pep letting Gundo go...

What if he wants to go?

 

[Bluemanc100]

What if he wants to go?

I guess that changes things... I worked with a German guy for years who was a Bayern Fan and also a massive Gundogan fan... he told me that he was “better than KDB” before his injury so never say never I guess ... I’d be relatively happy with him going as he has only shone in patches

 

[City Raider]

Barca might be a mess off the pitch but on it they’ve still got good players. Their problem has been choice of manager and not sure Koeman changes that. Who saw this season from Bayern coming? Just need the right man.

 

[Keeper!]

What if he wants to go?

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Total nonsense. Messi is bigger than the dressing room and will continue as captain.

As for him being disruptive on his return- again just won't happen. He loves Barca too much to hurt them like that.

That’s one of my points. How can Messi seriously lead a team he has no desire to play for anymore and the world knows that, including the dressing room.

Yes, he loves the club symbolically, but he doesn’t love being part of it currently. Far from it.

 

[manimanc]

Total nonsense. Messi is bigger than the dressing room and will continue as captain.

As for him being disruptive on his return- again just won't happen. He loves Barca too much to hurt them like that.

He won't be disruptive but he's already done the damage. You give your club a coating then expect to go back and get high fives from all in there. He's made his bed now he has to lie in it.
Koeman won't want him, he was a Barca legend in his heyday and has been brought in for one thing only and that is to tell players that they aren't wanted, he knows the Barca way and I'll be doing things differently.
It will end up a war of words between him and Messi.

 

[Man City Gr]

It ain't over.