Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Shaelumstash]

Got to hand it to the Barca fans - they must absolutely love Messi and to support his departure must be tough. Now that is worthy of respect!

Absolutely, they seem like a decent set of fans.

If David Silva or Aguero wanted to leave a year early, I’m sure they’d have gone with the blessing of the vast majority of City fans.

It seems pretty clear that Messi is at war with the board, not the club. And the fans are at war with the board, too. It’s a bit of a mess.

 

[Mancity1980]

There’s a poll on the barcacentre twitter.

24,000 votes

88% say Barca should help to facilitate his exit

That’s really interesting, assuming the numbers are representative and considering Barca is effectively ran by the fans this should result in a positive outcome.

 

[Keeper!]

What's stopping messi from retiring, right this moment and then unretiring in a week?

If he has a clause in his contract that he can leave for free, why would he commit fraud?

His name is Messi, not Maguire.

 

[Neville Kneville]

What's stopping messi from retiring, right this moment and then unretiring in a week?

I recon folks would smell something fishy there

 

[Metal Biker]

We respected his decision because the club knew in their hearts he was done.

The point is Barca would never have dreamed Messi would go to a serious rival at the end of his career, IF he was off to the MLS or China, I am sure there would be little fuss.

Barca and the board see an opportunity to make some money out of him in terms of a fee, but the president has already publicly stated he could leave for free this summer, so what were seeing is all political to save face.

Messi told them he wants to leave and his reasons for wanting to are justified. The simple point i'm making is that they've reacted to his request without any class.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

If he has a clause in his contract that he can leave for free, why would he commit fraud?

Same reason *name removed, to prevent for libel* does it.

 

[Messi]

Hola guys,
Don't worry I am leaving.
La liga glory days are gone.

 

[leo_city]

La Liga are a Lionel Messi away from being bracketed by people in the 'farmers league' category, that's how important he is to that league.

The league has already been on a commerical decline, plus a lot of Europe's top talent has not gone to Spain like they did before, they are now looking towards other leagues, what is La Liga's attraction post Messi? Aside history of Barça or Real, Vinicius Jr? Lol

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

Surely Messi could have invoked the Webster ruling last year being over 28 when he signed his new contract? Can’t players 28 and older invoke it after 2 years?

My understanding is as long as he declares he wants to leave 2 weeks after the season has ended and he has served 2 years of the current contract as he is over 28 then he can chose which season will be his last

 

[Keeper!]

Got to hand it to the Barca fans - they must absolutely love Messi and to support his departure must be tough. Now that is worthy of respect!

They have watched him for 20 years, he's given them everything and they have seen him at his best.

Just like us with David Silva, Real Sociedad are getting a wonderful player but we had the pleasure to watch him at his peak for 10 years.