Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

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Now it's the time to make an offer - he burned all the bridges with the senior management and they need the money.
 
Genuine question to everyone who thinks this is dead. What if we knew nothing and out of the blue Messi gave that interview and we found out the only club he wanted and was talking to was us. This place would go nuclear and everyone would say is defo coming to us and could never play for Barca again after what he said about the hierarchy and quality of current playing staff. There is no way this is over.
 
chaddblue said:
He's also done it at international level.. whereas Messi's international career has been relatively underwhelming
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Bit of a myth.

Got to a World Cup Final and lost to a far superior side. Not only that but Argentina would have won if not for Higuain ballooning an absolute sitter in normal time.

Also lost two Copa America finals on pens which we all know can go either way.

Ronaldo’s Portugal finished 3rd in their group when they won the Euros. Any other year they would have been eliminated. He also didn’t do anything in the final after going off right at the beginning.

That’s football. It’s fine margins. Do Argentina win the WC if Maradona doesn’t handball it? Etc.

In terms of goals their records are identical when it comes to major tournaments I believe.

That’s the thing about Messi that people don’t seem to get though. Ronaldo is all about the goals and he’s one of the best ever.

With Messi he’s got -

The goals of Ronaldo
The dribbling of Maradona
The passing of Zidane
The free kicks of Beckham
The touch of Cruyff

The only comparison to be made between Messi and Ronaldo is that they’re supreme goal scorers. The difference in overall ability however is huge and always has been.
 
Nellies left peg said:
I for one would be happy if he stays at Barca, he ain't gonna win fuck all with them and we can spend the money on properly strengthening in the right positions. If he came to us it would totally unstabalise the team and he's better where he is as Barca won't be a major force this year even with him. I'm sick of all these rumours every year, will he or won't he?
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We definitely have more pressing issues regarding our first 11.
wattle said:
Genuine question to everyone who thinks this is dead. What if we knew nothing and out of the blue Messi gave that interview and we found out the only club he wanted and was talking to was us. This place would go nuclear and everyone would say is defo coming to us and could never play for Barca again after what he said about the hierarchy and quality of current playing staff. There is no way this is over.
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its over for about 10 months anyway.
 
Right I'm over it. Decided we dodged a bullet

- It would have meant we wouldn't have been able to close the transfers we should really be concentrating on
- It will have held back Phil who can be OUR Messi
- It might have pissed off senior world class players, seeing Messi get all the acclaim and getting paid 2 or 3 times more than them
- It would have been a ridiculously expensive project that could have brought UEFA sniffing again
- He was only coming for a final pay day and a jolly with his old mates
- The speed and physicality of the PL would have taken him by surprise and he would have been a shadow of his old self
- This in turn would have led to fatigue and injuries and we wouldn't have got enough minutes out of him

I'm sure there's more reasons if I gave it serious thought...
 
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