Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

erm.... do i get reps for being an ITK as i posted this outcome about an hour ago? Before a dodgy site

Yes - followed.

 

[SleepingBlueTiger]

 

[bluemoon32]

Why are people saying he's staying?
Have I missed something?

He's ordered a home delivery from Iceland for next week

 

[not my fault!]

Im convinced Jeniffer Anniston is going to show up one day demanding my manhood in her mouth... Doesn’t mean it’s going to happen (it will clearly but you get my point).

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Ok can everyone who believes he is staying leave the forum now. Thanks

And everybody who believes he is leaving can stay.

I don't know what to believe. Should I leave or stay on the forum?

 

[The perfect fumble]

for me it is very clear messi will not play in barcelona again , i hope the blues win the battle.

No, it's not clear. Messi's statement could have said it doesn't matter about the 700 million clause. That clause applies, if it applies at all in the final year of contract, to a player under contract at Barca, but I'm not under contract at Barca, I'm no longer a Barca player, I said as much when I triggered my end of season get out clause.

But it didn't say that, it argued the terms of his departure as a contracted Barca player, so those saying he's staying for another year are reading it right. Whether he does stay for a year is another matter, this could be just a way of clearing the decks of this silly 700 million bollocks, so that the serious business of buying him can begin. But, be in no doubt, this letter is an explicit recognition by Messi that he's still a Barca player and subject to the clauses in his contract, this letter addressed such a clause, QED he's still under contract with Barca.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

This is true as of right now. Maybe next week it wont be. Doesn't change my reading of it.

The outcomes in probability order are:

City and Barca agree a deal
Messi and Barca go to court (he is ruled a free agent and signs for city)
Messi and Barca go to court (he is ruled a Barca player and has to stay)
Messi agrees a deal to stay at Barca
Messi gives up and stays on his current deal.

 

[jollylescott]

Seriously I’m beginning to hate the person that invented twitter. The amount of garbage on there boggles the mind. This is yet another example.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

No, it's not clear. Messi's statement could have said it doesn't matter about the 700 million clause. That clause applies, if it applies at all in the final year of contract, to a player under contract at Barca, but I'm not under contract at Barca, I'm no longer a Barca player, I said as much when I triggered my end of season get out clause.

But it didn't say that, it argued the terms of his departure as a contracted Barca player, so those saying he's staying for another year are reading it right. Whether he does stay for a year is another matter, this could be just a way of clearing the decks of this silly 700 million bollocks, so that the serious business of buying him can begin. But, be in no doubt, this letter is an explicit recognition by Messi that he's still a Barca player and subject to the clauses in his contract, this letter addressed such a clause, QED He's still under contract with Barca.

In fact, the letter explicitly states its case regardless of "other rights" in the contract. I think they don't want to leave for free but still believe they can.

 

[kaz7]

He's staying for another season until 2021.

He hasnt said anything yet, wait till his camp say what he is doing