Not Danny Mills would be my bet.So La Liga are backing Barca to keep La Liga's most marketable player. who would have thought it?
I agree. The La Liga statement does not solve the underlying dissatisfaction of the player. Trust has been lost. Thereis no way out other than to maximise terms. That's probably underway right now, and we are just getting distracted by Tebas's stunt.Whether this ends in a free transfer or us paying Barca a sweetener to get him. I'm convinced Messi will be a City player either way. Think about it, if you were in Barca's shoes and had a player who is the highest earner, who you know isn't going to give his all and doesn't want to be at the club. Why keep him. Doesn't help Barca, doesn't help Messi.
Right, glad that's sorted. Onto the restI don't know the finer detail concerning the message Messi filmed to convey.
I do know Messi will never play for Barcelona again and this is a very dark last chapter for a club he has done so much for.
City didn't want to become publicly embroiled/portrayed as an aggressor to rip him from their grasp.
Barca, however, have chosen a different path for us to take and it is just a question of how they are now forced to submit.
We don't need to be unduly concerned, the greatest player in the world only has eyes for us and now has the weight of City behind him.
Such is the worldwide focus of this transfer, it will get done quickly enough, too many reputations to salvage.
I'm guessing that this is in here somewhere but it was new to me so thought I'd share it for what it's worth.
This thread is bigger than the “Boom” thread .I don't know the finer detail concerning the message Messi filmed to convey.
I do know Messi will never play for Barcelona again and this is a very dark last chapter for a club he has done so much for.
City didn't want to become publicly embroiled/portrayed as an aggressor to rip him from their grasp.
Barca, however, have chosen a different path for us to take and it is just a question of how they are now forced to submit.
We don't need to be unduly concerned, the greatest player in the world only has eyes for us and now has the weight of City behind him.
Such is the worldwide focus of this transfer, it will get done quickly enough, too many reputations to salvage.
I don't know the finer detail concerning the message Messi filmed to convey.
I do know Messi will never play for Barcelona again and this is a very dark last chapter for a club he has done so much for.
City didn't want to become publicly embroiled/portrayed as an aggressor to rip him from their grasp.
Barca, however, have chosen a different path for us to take and it is just a question of how they are now forced to submit.
We don't need to be unduly concerned, the greatest player in the world only has eyes for us and now has the weight of City behind him.
Such is the worldwide focus of this transfer, it will get done quickly enough, too many reputations to salvage.
Do you really think after the year we have just had that the board would knowingly subject the club to a risk like that?Everyone in UEFA & G14 are rubbing their hands thinking they can use this to finally nail us. If we’re not careful- they will. They’ve failed miserably to stop our Tsunami so far but this unfortunately might be the situation they’ve been waiting for.
Cos as TH alluded to.. he won’t play for them againi absolutely trust everything that TH and everyone else is posted so this is a genuine question...
Why is the fact that La Liga posted their statement seemingly good news for us...it seemed to support what Barca are saying - ie they wont let messi go as he is contractually obligated to them for another 12 months (unless a release clause is payed)
cheers
Cos as TH alluded to.. he won’t play for them again
La Liga did the same when Neymar was going to PSG. They refused PSG
i absolutely trust everything that TH and everyone else is posted so this is a genuine question...
Why is the fact that La Liga posted their statement seemingly good news for us...it seemed to support what Barca are saying - ie they wont let messi go as he is contractually obligated to them for another 12 months (unless a release clause is payed)
cheers