Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Anonymous]

It won't happen, in fact I'm that confident I'll donate £100 to charity and take a perma ban.

Unless you're actually Messi or his dad, I'd suggest you haven't got the first fucking clue about whether or not it will definitely happen. Surely as a City supporter you can go along for the ride. Or are you afraid of your mates taking the piss ?

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

It won't happen, in fact I'm that confident I'll donate £100 to charity and take a perma ban.

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[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

as a few have said would it not be better for the squad to spend the money on a few players?? for £200m we could get the following: pogba £40m, reus £40m, ramos or hummels £40m, luke shaw £25m? leaves a load of change for wages and improves the depth of quality in the squad!

hart
zab
vinny
ramos/hummels
shaw
yaya
pogba
fernandihno
silva
reus
sergio

looks good eh?

Looks awful actually rich, I'd take 2 of those in hummels and shaw, fern needs a stronger player defensively than pogba next to him, reus is a waste when Nasri has excelled this season, you've also omitted negrado who should be praised in the positive effect he's had on agueros game....... Also the reason we won't spend that money elsewhere in that manner is simple, that money comes back in within 18 months if he signs, also as clear as a guarantee as you can get in footballer terms.......

 

[Damocles]

I see no reason why Messi would join us nor could we afford him under FFP.

This is all a bit fantasyland as far as I can tell.

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

If all it would take is to trigger his release clause, and we are prepared to do it … why haven't we?

 

[bluemooninho]

If all it would take is to trigger his release clause, and we are prepared to do it … why haven't we?

that's the €250m question!

 

[Damocles]

If all it would take is to trigger his release clause, and we are prepared to do it … why haven't we?

We can't afford him. We're already going to fail the first monitoring period for FFP and ask UEFA for dispensation because we're moving towards profitability. Even if Barry goes, Lescott goes, and Dzeko goes we still can't afford him.

Let's say each of them are on an average of £7m a year. We save £21m on wages.
In amortisation costs we'll save £2.2m on Barry, £4.4m on Lescott and £5.5m on Dzeko adding up to a saving of £12m a year.

So just by moving these on we'll move towards profitability another £32m.

If we then sign Messi and he costs the reputed £200m/£300k on even a 6 year deal would mean that he completely wipes out that £32m saving in amortisation alone, it being £33m a year, and his wage on top would be another £15m.

I've done that horrible thing where I've tried to prove my case and actually convinced myself of the opposite. Presuming revenue growth continues and we don't have to slash the wage budget to make savings, and presuming Messi would bring in over £15m of revenue a year, this could make sense financially. That's a lot of presumptions but the deal could be done, potentially

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

If all it would take is to trigger his release clause, and we are prepared to do it … why haven't we?

We can't afford him. We're already going to fail the first monitoring period for FFP and ask UEFA for dispensation because we're moving towards profitability. Even if Barry goes, Lescott goes, and Dzeko goes we still can't afford him.

Let's say each of them are on an average of £7m a year. We save £21m on wages.
In amortisation costs we'll save £2.2m on Barry, £4.4m on Lescott and £5.5m on Dzeko adding up to a saving of £12m a year.

So just by moving these on we'll move towards profitability another £32m.

If we then sign Messi and he costs the reputed £200m/£300k on even a 6 year deal would mean that he completely wipes out that £32m saving in amortisation alone, it being £33m a year, and his wage on top would be another £15m.

I've done that horrible thing where I've tried to prove my case and actually convinced myself of the opposite. Presuming revenue growth continues and we don't have to slash the wage budget to make savings, and presuming Messi would bring in over £15m of revenue a year, this could make sense financially. That's a lot of presumptions but the deal could be done, potentially

So what about when we announce a profit in the next 30 days?????

Very shortsighted viewpoint for someone with your intellect, most major deals are subsidised by blue chip companies, also using comparable incomes is allowed in FFP for player acquisition, that means projected shirt sales, sponsorships etc etc.

Not only can we afford him, we'll also make a profit on him within 18 months!

 

[Damocles]

I'd be absolutely shocked, and more than a little suspicious if City announced a profit in their next accounts. i just can't see where that money could come from.

 

[waspish]

Just think how many shirts with his name on we would sell?!

even I would buy one with his name on and I'm not one for buying city shirts and I've never had a name number on the back also...