So the possible saga plays out as follows
1) New president says he’ll do anything he can to keep messi
2) Barca come out as skint
3) president says it’ll be ok. They’ll offer him what they can and are super confident he’ll stay
4) Barca sign his best mate (this is the bit I don’t get in this scenario)
5) Barca legend Pep strangely says Sergio is going to play with messi (making sure pep keeps his Barca legendary status)
6) tebes states Barca must sell double of what they sign to avoid sanctions
7) president says he’s hopeful but confident they’ll re sign him
8) Sergio says he’s trying to convince messi every day to stay
9) messi runs down contract therefore eligible for 40m loyalty bonus from barca
10) Barca say everyone including messi and pep/tixi/far want him to sign new contract but they can’t offer new contract due to financial disaster left by previous president
11) messi waivers loyalty bonus to save Barca from bankruptcy
12) city sign poor Lionel who is heartbroken but very happy and excited about his new challenge
13) city top load the 40m Barca loyalty bonus somewhere into his city contract
14) everyone comes out of it looking good except the previous Barca regime
15) the bbc news reports a strange smell of boiling piss all across the country
how does that sound
@tolmie's hairdoo ?