Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[waspish]

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.

The only circumstance I can see if we do break even is if most of our sponsors had a bonus activated if we got out of champs league group..

 

[eversince 76]

My guess is the British media will bring up the gossip about Messi and City.
Where as for the Spanish (or Catalonian) press it'll be Kompany joining Barcelona.
Yawn ...

 

[Big Dave Watson]

Seems highly unlikely considering the club can't see the immediate need to strengthen certain positions to ensure a succesfull season this time around (like when we won the prem then stood still).

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

There is simply no way we will be close to breaking even in the forthcoming accounts. The only question is whether the loss will be low enough for us to squeeze through the first licencing period. But the advantage of Messi as opposed to buying a group of players such as Luke Shaw, Pogba, Ramos, etc is that he wil bring additional revenue that they simply won't.

I'm not absolutely sure on this but I suspect that we have an agreement with Nike & Etihad that they will pay us more if he comes. That could involve another £15-20m from them alone. And don't forget the BT Sport TV deal has kicked in, which gives us over £30m a year more without lifting a finger. And there's all the other commercial deals that would follow him. Do 4 or 5 of those at £5m a pop and that's his gross wages paid.

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

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 ?

Of course I'd like to see him in the sky blue however it's common sense. Simply type in "Messi wil never leave Barcelona" or words to that effect and then you'll see endless different quotes from him. Even on FIFA if you bid enough he says he want's to stay at Barca. There's more chance of us spending the money Messi would cost on a couple players.

 

[Damocles]

Without any uplifts from currently existing sponsorship deals, do you think we could do it financially PB?

 

[silvasleftleg]

Would be a great signing if the fee was in installments or with the help of sponsors or something.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

There is simply no way we will be close to breaking even in the forthcoming accounts. The only question is whether the loss will be low enough for us to squeeze through the first licencing period. But the advantage of Messi as opposed to buying a group of players such as Luke Shaw, Pogba, Ramos, etc is that he wil bring additional revenue that they simply won't.

I'm not absolutely sure on this but I suspect that we have an agreement with Nike & Etihad that they will pay us more if he comes. That could involve another £15-20m from them alone. And don't forget the BT Sport TV deal has kicked in, which gives us over £30m a year more without lifting a finger. And there's all the other commercial deals that would follow him. Do 4 or 5 of those at £5m a pop and that's his gross wages paid.

yeah we may struggle on the accounts we're about to publish, but next year I envisage a huge jump that will set us way on the road to a long term immensely profitable future, I can't wait for 12 months time.

 

[Anonymous]

There is simply no way we will be close to breaking even in the forthcoming accounts. The only question is whether the loss will be low enough for us to squeeze through the first licencing period. But the advantage of Messi as opposed to buying a group of players such as Luke Shaw, Pogba, Ramos, etc is that he wil bring additional revenue that they simply won't.

I'm not absolutely sure on this but I suspect that we have an agreement with Nike & Etihad that they will pay us more if he comes. That could involve another £15-20m from them alone. And don't forget the BT Sport TV deal has kicked in, which gives us over £30m a year more without lifting a finger. And there's all the other commercial deals that would follow him. Do 4 or 5 of those at £5m a pop and that's his gross wages paid.

It's simply not conceivable that City would sign Messi and then UEFA would ban City from their preeminent tournament for failing to pass FFPR.

IMO there's way too much over analysis of how a transfer like this would effect FFPR. Frankly I'm sure that there would be a compelling case, even if the figures did end up the wrong side of FFPR, for the transfer to be treated as a special case. He's arguably the greatest player ever and it'd be tantamount to serious restraint of trade if no club could be allowed to pay his market value due to UEFA regulations.

This will come down solely to what Messi wants. If he wants to stay at Barca he will. If he wants out, he'll be a City player.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

As far as I'm concerned without the stardust and romance of someone like.....errr.......united we've got fuck all chance of him coming here.