Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[jrb]

I have no doubt this will become bigger and longer than the Isco thread, which I still haven't recovered from.

In fact, I'm still seeing a Psychologist because of that thread.

 

[decmancity]

If he ever was available I would like to think we have the best chance to get him.

He knows plenty of the lads already here, his dad and himself have a good relationship with Txiki and Ferran and most importantly I believe, we are in the Premier League.

I don't know anything really about Messi but I would like to think that his own ego would choose the Premier League to showcase his talents rather than Ligue 1.

If he came here and did well then it would put a stop to those who go "CR7!1 IS THE BESTEST CUZ HE DID IT IN BPL NOT JUST SPANISH LEAGUES1!!!"

Having success at club level with his close mates Aguero and Zaba would be great as well :)

 

[LoveCity]

Would paying in installments make such a deal more realistic under FFP? Say £40m per year.

 

[deano ou812]

Could we not bring gary cook back,so if this possible transfer went tits up,we could always say they bottled it...

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Would paying in installments make such a deal more realistic under FFP? Say £40m per year.

it will be amortised anyway, best bet would be to offer him a ten year deal or something.

 

[MihaiCity]

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c'mon Txiki and Soriano make it happen make it happen boys

 

[Batman]

Messsiiii Messiiiiiii the best player in the land and all the world !!!

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Would paying in installments make such a deal more realistic under FFP? Say £40m per year.

Makes no difference how we pay it. The key figure is amortisation, which is based on the total amount.

 

[Anonymous]

Would paying in installments make such a deal more realistic under FFP? Say £40m per year.

It doesn't really matter. For the purposes of FFP transfer fees are amortised over the players contract. So in the books the money can be split over the life of the contract. Same as paying in instalments.

The way I see it. At a very simple level it'd mean 50 million euro (41.5 million pounds at today exchange rates) being taken out of our transfer budget per season for the following five seasons. However the value of the commercial deals which signing Messi would land City would go some way to redressing the balance.

City have been planning for this. There's a reason we let Tevez and Balotelli go and want Dzeko off the wage bill too. The contracts that the incoming players are on leave a hell of a lot of room to be able to absorb Messi's wages without making our overall bill spike hugely from where it was 12 months ago.

I think signing Messi would have the kind of long term impact on the club that even Platini wouldn't be able to argue against. The guy is in my opinion the best player ever. The money may well be historic, but there's a pretty compelling argument to say he's worth it.

The question is does he want to come to City. You look around and again you'd think someone had been planning a club to make Messi feel at home. Everywhere he looks there's people he grew up with not only in Barcelona but in Argentina too.

 

[Rammyblues]

Just to get this straight in my mind

Fee 210m over 5 years means about 40m per year.
Wages of 300K per week 15 m per year

Total cost to city each year 55m over 5 years.

What is Messi worth well according to the Professor he is worth 400m divide that by 5 equates to 80m per year which means if we fully cashed in on him would see the club make 25m per year from his signature, but even if we split the twenty five million with him it would still see us make a profit,.