I watched a bit of Sky Sports News yesterday and they were interviewing some City fans down at the ground. I don't know if its Sky Sports just editing for their own agenda, but every fan seem to mention that they didn't think it would be a good idea as he is too old, too costly in wages and could unsettle the club. Sky Sports are absolutely quaking in their boots at the thought of Messi joining us.
I know football is all about opinions, but anyone that is worried about our long term future if we sign Messi, i have a message for you... you seriously need to get out more and look at the bigger picture. You have to really question if you are really a REAL football fan that wants to see REAL football (totaalvoetbal).
If we sign Messi, as i have already alluded to in previous comments, he will move the project forward. If we do sign him, even when he eventually leaves this club, don't you think this will catapult the club onto a level they have never been before? Don't you think City will make a lot more revenue through this one signing and grow hugely as a brand? Don't you think players in the future will want to join City because of Messi?
It would be an absolutrly enormous signing for the club, it would be a watershed moment similar to when we won our first league title in 44 years. Yes, it is not as important as winning the league in the last min against your derby rivals will never be topped, but it is on a similar level for me. It is an absolute game changer. I don't know about anyone else, but if we do sign him and it is still a big IF, i will be hit with an overwhelming sense of emotion. I am 30 years old now, but i remember when i was about 7 or 8 and i said to my father, "why do we support City? They are rubbish dad." He turned round to me and said... "well if you have been a naughty boy and been badly misbehaving, we would not swap you for a good boy. We stick with you because we love you." Everytime we achieve something brilliant, win a league, win trophies... i always think back to these moments. I think back to how many years my father suffered watching City and for all the pain, the emotion, the misery... it has all been worth it. Winning the league in 2012 would never feel as good if we had not have been on this emotional rollercoaster throughout the decades. To think that back in 1999 we was in a division 2 playoff final to 21 years on and we have broken countless records, beat our manc rivals in the last min to win our first league title in many years, win the league with 100 points, win a domestic treble and now be in with a chance of signing the greatest ever player to play the game, it is just absolutely overwhelming. It is a pinch yourself moment, is this really happening?
Even if we don't get Messi, we do have to appreciate everything we have seen. We have witnessed things we never thought we would ever see. Sheikh Mansour and Khaldoon have made dreams come true regardless of what the spiteful, jealous, hateful media say. We are Manchester City, we are a juggernaut and we are not going away.
