Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

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Marvin said:
We can't do that until his break from Barcelona is irrevocable, or we have permission from his club. No doubt he is aware there are opportunities elsewhere.

I find ot hard to believe that Messi can go from such an extreme position to another in 24 hours. Perhaps his father has a proposal from Barcelona and just wants to be polite. It doesn't look good though.

I don't think City will be interested at age 34. it's already questionable on purely footballing grounds. Surely now or never.
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Everyone seems to be saying we wouldn’t go for him next year but I’m sure we would, provided there isn’t an alarming drop off in standards. If we’re willing to offer him a 5 year contract, split 3+2 between us and NYC, why wouldn’t we be willing to do a 4 year contract next year? Doesn’t make any sense. We must think he’s good for 3 years in the prem, hence the offer.
 
kupest said:
Does he get a loyalty bonus if he leaves in 2021? How much would that be?
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I don't think any player gets abonus if they ask to leave. I think that forsakes the bonus instantly. Which is why clubs push players to do that.

So messi, by deciding to leave, has already dingied 70m. Plus any fines he would incur while not showing up, if he were to stay and see his contract out.

Which is why i doubt the decision was made lightly, and is as easily reversable as claimed
 
BillyShears said:
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.
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I don’t think the June 10 deadline would have passed without discussions between MessI and his advisors (either this year or any previous year).

A discussion would have taken place pre June 10 but if Messi did want to activate it at that point it wouldn’t have been appropriate to do so while the club was still in the champions league.

Messi won’t have just made a snap decision after the Bayern match - it may have sealed it but clearly this move has been thought about for a good while - even if it was just a serious consideration on June 10 then it would have been negligent of Messi’s advisors to not clarify the situation with the club at that time.

So I’m inclined to agree with you that, whatever happens, it has already been determined a good while ago.
 
TCIB said:
There is nothing in the articles those tweets from deportes cuatro to suggest he has decided to stay at all. They are literally twisting the words Messi's father said when he was jumped by reporters, the "difficult" comments.

The whole basis of him "deciding to stay" is based on what we already know with their own spin on it. That it is "difficult" to stay they have put as "now looking to stay another year". It is complete bollocks. The reports rely on the known info Bartomeu does not want to budge as being the reason they "think", not know, is why he will stay. It is just guess work and spin.

Google translate the links below and have a read for yourselves.

From google translate:
" The first to arrive was Leo's brother, Rodrigo, and later his father did. It was then that the Deportes Cuatro cameras captured the player's father, who hinted at the more than possible option for Messi to continue one more year in Barcelona. ".

They are using those few brief words where he said he has not spoke to City and it would be difficult as teh basis for their reasoning he is staying it looks like. I am not rubbishing the articles because it is what i don't want to hear, there is just nothing to them outside of seemingly fighting Bartomeu's corner with no links to Messi's camp. Even sport.es use the same info to say its not what Barca fans want to hear and it looks grim, in short.

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Graham Hunter has tweeted that all that's happened this morning is reporters caught Jorge Messi waiting to get into the underground car park. They asked him 'Are you evaluating seeing out the last year of contract' and he mumbled a reply 'Si'. Most likely just him saying yes so they fuck off.
 
I believe someone stated that Tiki is in Spain? Pep ha been in Spain and we can assume he spoke to Messi. I think Messi wants to join us.
We have to understand just how much, pride, reputations and especially money are involved in a transfer this huge There will be more discussions today, imo and hopefully a conclusion that suits all parties. This is no ordinary transfer. It is huge.
 
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