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

[domalino]

Im guessing there will have to be significant movement of players out as well

3 gone already - Sane, Bravo and David Silva

Other outs? - Zinchenko, Ota, Garcia

I cant think of anyone else that realistically we would look to sell other than Stones but with Garcia more likely to leave I would imagine th club will want to keep Stones and work on him becoming the player we know he can be

If Messi arrives, Mahrez would become redundant and at 29 I suspect there's still a market out there for him to get a decent fee of 50m+. He's also one of our top earners.

 

[citytill1die84]

6 new signings for the 1st team?

Absolutely no chance.

 

[Gio's mate]

If Messi arrives, Mahrez would become redundant and at 29 I suspect there's still a market out there for him to get a decent fee of 50m+. He's also one of our top earners.

With this in mind, Mahrez, Garcia & Angelino, in exchange for Messi should easily cover the £100m being banded about.

 

[zepenedo]

With this in mind, Mahrez, Garcia & Angelino, in exchange for Messi should easily cover the £100m being banded about.

I don't think they'd take Mahrez given his age and he fact that they're aiming to rejuvenate their squad.
I could easily see an italian big team (Milan, Inter) paying a good fee for him though.

 

[mosssideblue]

Yeah - I guess Messi is pissed off at the moment butt here is always a chance he could calm down and decide that he is being a bit rash by wanting out. Heat of the moment type of stuff.

There is that but, on the field Barca are declining rapidly and he may feel now is the time to jump ship

 

[adam.marrett]

This week. All for the 1st Team

We want them all to be ready for "Pre-season"

6 in week? When would the first one be and who?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Yeah,

I can see it already - CFG and a very creative way of funding Messi that sees him play for city, then NYC then take a controlling stake in an Argentinian club that’s part of CFG in the near future, messi football schools everywhere and a branding agreement with CFG not Manchester City that bridges the income gap for messi short and long term.

UEFA and FIFA trying very hard to find a way of stopping it, is sailing close to the wind but getting away with it as it’s ‘legally acceptable’.

That’s how I would do it anyway........

Haha - we did pitch the soccer schools idea to Kaka, but this would ceetainly be a different level.

I don't think we could go down the same path with someone like Messi, so readily identifiable as a Barcelona legend.

If I recall rightly, Neymar's £40m signing-on fee to PSG was paid separately, to become the global ambassador for the Qatar World Cup?

Could certainly see Abu Dhabi citing some kind of precedent, front-loading a massive part of his salary as a signing-on fee or giving him a small but significant percentage in the CFG (think about it...)

We would still have to pay him £500k a week salary through our own wage bill, purely for the optics, but the majority of his current earning power could be done well in advance and off the books.

Between us and the bedpost, Sheikh Mansour could push a button tomorrow that would see £50m land in Messi's bank account and another £20m to his dad.

Unless someone hacks Messi's banking details or he fails to pay the tax, there is fuck all our bitter rivals or Uefa could do about it.

 

[Rammyblues]

Personally don't care about how much he costs if we can get him, it would piss on everyones chips, rags, dippers and all the scum media. The cost is down to the club to sort, the players formation and tactics are for Pep to sort out I am not going to second guess how Pep would play Messi. Fuck, you have to pinch yourself if he does come to us and this is not another excuse to get a few more euros out of Barca.

 

[argyle]

Besides Messi rumours, anything for the other positions/players that need strengthening/replacing?

 

[domalino]

6 new signings for the 1st team?

Absolutely no chance.

Aké, Torres, done. Koulibaly, Aouar seem pretty likely.

Messi is being worked on apparently.

A LB wouldn't surprise anyone. Nor would a GK if Steffan decides he wants to play more than 5 games a season.