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

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Posturing by Barca to appease fans and members.

This deal is all but signed between the clubs imo. They know he is gone and they know we are the destination.

My thoughts too. They had to off load him to reduce wage bill and ‘move on’ football wise. This is a good way to do it by publicly stating they want to keep him but appearing to ‘reluctantly’ accept city’s offer....whatever that is eventually.

A court battle only damages the Messi legacy and does not assure Barca they will win...so there is risk

 

[mccity]

Because Messi is adamant he's leaving for nowt and Barca are now on a war footing with City as a result.

There is presently no negotiation between the two clubs as a result.

I will interested to see what comes out of the Barca press tomorrow.

So no 100m/150m + 2/3 player exchange? Just signing on a free?

 

[mosssideblue]

So......

Messi leaves, Signs a 2 year contract with us, City then put on their website "We have Messi" (City have had no contact with Barcelona, because they believe that Messi is out of contract)

Barcelona says "Messi is still a Barca player"

What then?

He gets done for bigamy

 

[Neville Kneville]

So......

Messi leaves, Signs a 2 year contract with us, City then put on their website "We have Messi" (City have had no contact with Barcelona, because they believe that Messi is out of contract)

Barcelona says "Messi is still a Barca player"

What then?

Surely Messi can say that he is buying his contract out, if there is a ruling against him ?

So at most, he would have to pay Barca for one season & we could agree to cover it ( preferably when he retires & visits Abu Dhabi).

 

[kaz7]

Has tebas been struck dumb ?

One tap for yes ,one tap for no

 

[blueparrot]

We don't need to deal with Barca at all surely?

Messi either leaves for free or buys his contract out ?

Either way, we are dealing with Messi, not them surely ?

He’d need his registration with the spanish league cancelled though , so Messi would need Barcelona agreement.

 

[Dirty Harry]

We don't need to deal with Barca at all surely?

Messi either leaves for free or buys his contract out ?

Either way, we are dealing with Messi, not them surely ?

Seen a few items saying Messi approached us, I’m wondering now if that’s a deliberate ploy in an attempt to leave us out of the equation legally ?
just a thought anyway .

 

[deano ou812]

Pep wants him on a plane next week!!!!

This could get very ugly in the next 48 hours.

The contact in Abu Dhabi says he is ours.

Absolutely zero reason to doubt him either.

Bloody hell. I'm gonna stop posting tonight or I won't get any sleep.

Sounds like more encouraging movement on Koulibaly too.

Fair play to you tolmie,but as you have posted in the past about transfers,and I don’t want to be a doom and gloom merchant but a lot can change in hours never mind days,until messi is at the Etihad holding up a city shirt I’ll try and not get to giddy ...

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Has tebas been struck dumb ?

One tap for yes ,one tap for no

Double tap for that racist ****.

He's too busy waiting for our knock at the door...

 

[bobmcfc]

Pep wants him on a plane next week!!!!

This could get very ugly in the next 48 hours.

The contact in Abu Dhabi says he is ours.

Absolutely zero reason to doubt him either.

Bloody hell. I'm gonna stop posting tonight or I won't get any sleep.

Sounds like more encouraging movement on Koulibaly too.

Hoping this is real and we get this done.