Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Marvin]

Messi remains on strike. That indicates from Messi's point of view that he's left Barcelona.

Another way of looking at it is that barca offered them renewed terms and they have not accepted, or maybe have yet to accept.

 

[Rammy Blue]

 

[SWPISHOME]

Days if not weeks of this yet.

Definitely not days. Weeks looks far more likely.

 

[asahartford1]

I come on here for insightful info on pending transfers. There's a fair few on here that talk absolute bollocks and think they've got there finger on the pulse. You should all apply for jobs at talkshite or maybe become one of Jim whites ssn advisors.

They have their fish fingers on the pulse.

 

[Rammy Blue]

That’s more like it, Jorge refers to the fax saying get fucked.

 

[Marvin]

Did anyone genuinely expect a definitive outcome from this meeting?

Well I thought it possible that the Messi camp might make a clean break and make that obvious.

 

[Cityisland]

Never expected anything different. They were never just going to back down because daddy rocked up.

This meeting is as much about Messi not looking like a dick as it is Barca saving face.

I believe it will still happen. City arent exactly fools and we would never have encouraged Messi to go this far down the rabbit hole if we didnt agree that his contract enables him to leave for free.

Barca are like UEFA in this situation. Bungling buffoons. Hopefully the Messi camp will have expected this and penned a statement...or recorded a video...

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Are Barcelona really going to go to war with their greatest ever player?

 

[Marvin]

Def seems like Barca are gonna make Messi push the big red button. No friendly exit.

Well they were always going to make an offer to him. I thouht that might get rejected out of hand.

I expect each party will leak stuff to their favoured journalists over the coming hours and we will get a better picture.

 

[Cellarite]

I had the Mitchell Brothers down as Tolmie and Zin, Jason Statham as @Cellarite

The missus says I remind her of Karl Pilkington. It was one episode in particular when Gervais called him a gormless, bald, Mancunian chimp. She had a eureka moment.