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

[Easy]

Messi could be done in 2 years time. Insane spending 200m on him. We would become Messi FC, spending unlimited money in an attempt to get that UCL trophy.

He’s not a strong leader, young amazing players would have to step aside, he won’t contribute to defending, his wages would ruin our structure. I wouldn’t want this for one bit and I really believe it’s a story made up by journos.

This signing would be taking a u-turn for everything this club has put in place.

commercially fantastic move. Footballing wise, not so sure. He doesn’t guarantee the CL. He can also get injured knowing our luck recently. We’d break the wage structure to accommodate him. With a couple of signings we’ll have a great chance to win the league even without Messi. Don’t see the point.

Think this is political from Messi, when they were leading La Liga everything was fine then Barca collapsed lost the league and lost 8-2 to Bayern and now he wants out.

Messi wants to put pressure on the board, they have everything to lose if he goes as does the Spanish League. Ronaldo already left.

Barca will do everything to keep him.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Well Real did. They sold him for 100m just at the right time and brought in a younger Eden Hazard, injuries aside, is one of the best in the world and at his peak. Compare the Ronaldo who joined Real in 2008 to the one at Juventus now. The Ronaldo they got now can’t even dribble past defenders and the Ronaldo at Real was unstoppable for ten years.
The same would happen here. Messi is past his best and we’d be paying 200m and insane wages on what’s left of this superstar.

Yet Ronaldo is still banging the goals in. Didn’t he break a juventus record for his goals this season?

 

[skyblues]

If we make the signing it’s because our owners, who have done everything possible to get us to the top, think it’s worth doing and don’t believe it will set us back or have us become ‘Messi FC’
They haven’t let us down yet so I think I’ll trust their judgement over a few fans who are worried it might make us look silly.

When will it all be enough? Are we buying all superstars until we get that trophy? 20 billion spend? I hope the people who runs this club knows better because it would ruin its reputation completely. If you want City to become the laughing stock of world football, this is exactly how we should behave.

 

[richards30]

When will it all be enough? Are we buying all superstars until we get that trophy? 20 billion spend? I hope the people who runs this club knows better because it would ruin this club and its reputation completely. If you want the club to be the laughing stock of world football, this is exactly how we should behave.

doesnt everyone hate us anyway?

 

[sir baconface]

Just been told that a company (unknown sorry) has invested £500m into CFG. Sorry I don't know any more details. Might be bollocks just thought I'd share.

Messi Ferguson?

 

[skyblues]

doesnt everyone hate us anyway?

If we want City to become one of the biggest and greatest clubs on earth, we need more of love and less of hate from fans.

 

[sir baconface]

Weve seen many a player who's been exceptional in other countries come here and struggle.
Messi would last about 2 years and with the pace of this league, at his age I think would potentially struggle.

Two years gross...less time out injured.

 

[chesterbells]

the Messi rumour is starting to gain some traction in the mainstream media - may mean very little but the story/possibility is starting to spread

They follow TH on here as well then do they? ;-)

 

[mosssideblue]

Don't worry about chelsea. The players they signed were not courted by other bigger clubs but are good enoughg for them and they neede them badly. They have signed good players but not extraordiniary players.

When will people learn that you don't need extraordinary players to make an extraordinary team

 

[Theo555]

It's about how many Barca scored, not about Messi's personal stats. Barca scored fewer goals than fucking Atalanta.

'He is not a guarantee for goals' means he doesn't guarantee we will score more goals with him than without him, NOT that he won't be scoring goals. I'm not saying that Messi will score just 10-15 goals but that the overall effect including the negative effect on our ability to press and defend from the front won't be worth the enormous money, specially in the context of the crisis.

I might be mistaken, of course, time will tell.

Most teams scored less than Atalanta this year