Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Falz]

What's Jorge up to today?

 

[uwe rosler 28]

If it's us or nobody and UEFA have to decide, what do you really think would happen?

I'd say us as uefa would have messi in the champs lge to not have him in it would be a financial disaster for them.

 

[BimboBob]

What's Jorge up to today?

Sky have reported he had a nice sleep, Egyptian cotton sheets, awoke refreshed to a breakfast of orange juice, pork sausages cooked in veal fat, 12 day old cured bacon and eggs, sunny side up, before taking a refreshing shower.

 

[colesy]

What's Jorge up to today?

Catching up for a spot of lunch with Lionel, Pep, Ferran and Txiki

 

[Marvin]

After sailing so close to the wind with the CAS victory the last thing we need is another long drawn out saga, if Messi was a few years younger then it may be worth going out on a limb for, but i just don’t think it’s worth the hassle for a 33 year old who could blow a huge hole in our finances. It’s Barcelona‘s problem to sort out, let’s stay well away.

You do realise that if Messi breaks with Barca it would be a free transfer? If we had to buy him in the transfer market I don't think City would do it because of his age.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

What's Jorge up to today?

 

[Neville Kneville]

Time for a fish pun, methinks.
Is Tricky_Tev dropping a hint with his brilliant gif…? It does bring us back to the maritime habitat, after all.

I think it's halibut done

 

[Coatigan]

This is between Messi & Barcelona, who are the parties to his contract. If it needs external intervention then it's a FIFA tribunal that will deal with it. City don't need to be involved in any way in legal proceedings.

Exactly. Only two ways we get involved. Messi decides to end his contract, through a court or via fifa, in which case we make him an offer and agree terms.

Or, Barcelona accept they will release him for a price in which case we come to the table to negotiate with them, and offer terms to messi.

We have ruled neither our, nor hinted we's be interested in either (publicly). The first one could be risky potentially, but more importantly would sour the whole thing, and i feel our barca lot care more about messi and barca than their own president to pursue that, even if it means a freebie.

The other, i personally feel we'd be happy to finance a reasonable fee to enure a clean signing.

Entirely on barca which way they choose to push this, as it seems messi's camp is offering both, with a preference to the second.

 

[nmc]

It's almost like 'the gang's all here'.

 

[himalayan_blues]

Nothing has changed. Messi is on strike. His only possible destination is City. The rest is a dance or a negotiation.Nothing is ever done until it’s done and I often use the phrase “many a slip b’twixt cup n lip” to talk about transfers but in this instance I feel like this is more a matter of when not if.

Yes big transfers takes years to complete. This is just few weeks and after all it is messi. So may be next year but it will drag till the end.