Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[eastmanc]

I'd rather watch foden develop over the next ten years than messi wind down for the next two

Why not both?

 

[eastmanc]

I hope we sign him up in January. There will be clubs sniffing but we have enough to lure him. It's only 4 months away. The status he can give us and atleast 2 years will be we worth it.

This.

 

[eastmanc]

Not sure. Just can’t see Messi playing in the French league. Yes they had two teams in the CL semis but it’s a pretty poor league.

Why would he, what is the lure. Proving nothing playing in the French League.

 

[Nellies left peg]

Close the thread he won't come to City and never was likely to. He just makes threats and manipulates to get his own way? Let him stay and gradually waste away his talent

 

[bobmcfc]

I’m pretty fed up And annoyed he’s messed us about again and I firmly believe messi will never wear the mcfc shirt. He will be happy again once Bartomeu is gone and the new board rebuild.

 

[eastmanc]

Elections are in March so I can see victor font winning and convincing Messi to renew.

for me this is done

He doesn’t want to be part of a rebuild. He stated that he wanted to challenge for trophies in his remaining years, he isn’t going to do this a Barca in my opinion.

 

[bobmcfc]

He doesn’t want to be part of a rebuild. He stated that he wanted to challenge for trophies in his remaining years, he isn’t going to do this a Barca in my opinion.

the Barca that’s the love of his life ?He will extend then when his legs are gone he’ll fuck off to MLS. Probably L.A

 

[BluechesterCity]

Do not venture into the Daily Mail comments section! Hahaha - horrible!!

 

[simon23]

Good interview - gutting to know how close we were to getting him.

Barca have made a dogs dinner out of this situation - their president is a fooking numpty!

Looking at that

1. Its clear he wants out and has done for a while

2 How do the board, other players progress from here - he was directly crticial of the board but indirectly critical of the squad - no plan no direction...papering over holes - what will the other players think?

3 He says that him leaving is the "best for the club" - this is a powerful statement - regardless of what happens now he has the barca fans on side as they know if he leaves he is doing it for the love of the club. Messi knows that Barca need o rebuild - and are better off doing ti without him) - this puts pressure on the board now to buy as well (they have just given Rakatic away and Suarez is on his way)

(on a side not ive just read that they will now have to pay him £63m loyalty bonus for not leaving - so thats potentially 163m they could lose with the potential for him leaving on free in the future (factoring in that if they went for a negotiation they could ask around 100m for him) - for a club looking to rebuild and in huge debt (and one that has jut been criticised as papering over the holes recently)

City need t put a bid in to test their resolve. The president is under investigation and has had a vote of no confidence - the rest of the board may look at this and say selling Messi now is in the best interests of everyone -

4 weeks to go and plenty of time for something to change.

 

[MillsyTheMosher]

Still not convinced this has completely played out. Bartomeu could be personally liable for tens of millions of losses if he loses the election. By keeping an unhappy Messi, he'll have to pay him for another season, plus pay a supposed €65m loyalty bonus plus allow him to leave on a free in the summer. So let's say that's €165m at least.

By selling him now, he could potentially get €100-125m in fees then save that €165m. So Barca could be nearly €300m better off selling him now. A company director has a legal duty to act in the best interests of the company, which he isn't doing.

Be interesting to see who blinks first.

Pretty sure City aren’t willing to pay a fee like that for him. It’s been made clear we were banking on Barca letting him walk away for free.
If we were happy to pay 100 plus million for him I reckon he’d already be a city player.