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Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)
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not my fault!
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Why is this taking so long? Surely an independent lawyer could read through the contract and say yes or no whether the release clause still applies.
If it does, we walk away, not paying £700m for anyone. If not, Barca can't stop us asking Messi to sign a contract with us.
How is it not that simple? Either he still has this clause in his contract or he doesn't. We don't need to be playing these stupid political games with the Barca president or Tebas or anyone else.
Because both Barça and La Liga have to do paperwork to facilitate the deal regardless of if he’s registered with them now or not. Both are refusing to accept it and both saying they’ll not do the relevant forms.
How many clubs can say that they had player who could legitimately claim to be the greatest of all time play for them?
Pele - Santos, NY Cosmos.
Maradonna - Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Boca Juniors, Argentinos Juniors.
Cruyff - Ajax, Barcelona, Feyenoord.
Ronaldo - Barca, Real, Inter, PSV, Milan.
Messi - Barca, .....?
The list of clubs who can say they had these players for multiple seasons or when they were the best player in the world and still breaking all sorts of records is even slimmer.
And there's no English clubs on that list. I suppose United fans would champion Cristiano Ronaldo and Best, but I looked up about a dozen lists from all sorts of newspapers and no one ever puts them in the top 3.
It really is uncharted territory for the Premier League and City.
Pele - Santos, NY Cosmos.
Maradonna - Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Boca Juniors, Argentinos Juniors.
Cruyff - Ajax, Barcelona, Feyenoord.
Ronaldo - Barca, Real, Inter, PSV, Milan.
Messi - Barca, .....?
The list of clubs who can say they had these players for multiple seasons or when they were the best player in the world and still breaking all sorts of records is even slimmer.
And there's no English clubs on that list. I suppose United fans would champion Cristiano Ronaldo and Best, but I looked up about a dozen lists from all sorts of newspapers and no one ever puts them in the top 3.
It really is uncharted territory for the Premier League and City.
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Messi wants to leave the club on amicable terms, which means he and his Agent (father) will explore every avenue to an agreeable exit before blowing it up.
Jorge as Lionel Messi's agent will be working to get his fee as low as possible so that more money goes to his son (and him) and the ckntrsft offer is more flexible. He will know that big fee = longer contract for amortisation of that fee.
The fact that the only like you've got is from the forums other spunkbubble @Ezzy tells its own story.Folks, this is going to turn into an unbearable saga. There is only one option for city to purchase Messi. They most convince Barcelona to sit and negotiate a transfer under 100 million euro. City cannot under any circumstances pay more than that amount and this has been filtered to the Spanish press who are very close to Soriano, Pep and Bereguistain.
It’s becoming more and more clear that Messi was terribly guided by his close circle and attorneys and they are now arriving at a bad juncture.
If indeed Messi is a free man why hasn’t he been signed ?
If he is free to leave why are city researching and filtering potential offers. The last info that was leaked to a member of the press in Spain of the most popular soccer show in Spain, indicates that city under no circumstances can go over 100 because of the FIFA fair play concerns and they are looking to offer players included in that 100. In particular Eric would be a player that Barcelona has shown serious interest for.
Now if Messi decides that he feels confident in the fact that he is in the right, he would always be able to get a provisional transfer by FIFA but the matter would lead a resolution by the courts and that could ultimately leas to City having to pay 700 million euros. There is absolutely ZERO chances that city will take that chance if Messi’s father this coming Wednesday does not reach a deal with Barcelonas president.
Barcelona’s president and club and at this juncture are not willing to let him leave for 100 under any circumstances.
Messi’s dad is in Rosario and he will arrive and meet with Barcelona on Wednesday or the latest thursday. This is a key date in terms of seeing how serious Barcelona is about their stance. Mind you Barcelona are in dire need of money to balance their sheet in order for the current president and him executives not to be financially responsible with their own assets for the losses, because these assets were used as collateral to obtain loans.
Messi made a clumsy mistake of challenging the club in the hopes that the president would fold with the social pressure and because he only has a couple of months of his tenure left, Barcelona’s president who is worn with Messi constant threats throughout the year has said, not this time pal.
Messi right now is not in a good spot and it’s starting to show by the hour. He’s very very close to signing with city; but it’s all a smoke screen until Barcelona caves in.
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mexico1970
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How many clubs can lsay that they had player who could legitimately claim to be the greatest of all time play for them?
Pele - Santos, NY Cosmos.
Maradonna - Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Boca Juniors, Argentinos Juniors.
Cruyff - Ajax, Barcelona, Feyenoord.
Ronaldo - Barca, Real, Inter, PSV, Milan.
The list of clubs who can say they had these players for multiple seasons or when they were the best player in the world and still breaking all sorts of records is even slimmer.
And there's no English clubs on that list. I suppose United fans would champion Cristiano Ronaldo and Best, but I looked up about a dozen lists from all sorts of newspapers and no one ever puts them in the top 3.
The rags fans voted Cantona better than Best very recently, Best wasn't THAT good he was a recipient of the first foray by the media into building the rags up for obvious reasons.
not my fault!
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How many clubs can legitimately say that a player who could claim to be the greatest of all time played for them?
Pele - Santos, NY Cosmos.
Maradonna - Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla, Boca Juniors, Argentinos Juniors.
Cruyff - Ajax, Barcelona, Feyenoord.
Ronaldo - Barca, Real, Inter, PSV, Milan.
The list of clubs who can say they had these players for multiple seasons or when they were the best player in the world and still breaking all sorts of records is even slimmer.
And there's no English clubs on that list. I suppose United fans would champion Cristiano Ronaldo and Best, but I looked up about a dozen lists from all sorts of newspapers and no one ever puts them in the top 3.
I’d add Ronaldinho and Roberto Carlos in there, maybe the tier below with Iniesta, Edgar David’s type players. But there’s been some amazing footballers through the years who you could class as the top draw. It’s all about personal opinion. Van Baston another for example.
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