Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[City Raider]

The top scorer charts currently contains name like Bamford, Calvert-Lewin, Wilson and Watkins.

And people are questioning bringing Messi?

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

No way it works without Garcia going the other way, payments to Messi Snr will make it feel like a transfer fee however, but I think (opinion only) there will be a token fee to Barca too as a face saver.

And I hear domino two starting to fall too

Alaba?

 

[Maly]

Haha, you think Messi would come to City to be on the bench?!?

I think we might loan him to Girona

 

[Keeper!]

Yeah, I can imagine he’s on the bench .

he’ll have more power than El Chapo if he signs, not a prayer he sits out, however, Barca don’t have our defence, we can afford his luxury with the amount of chances he’ll eat up!

He will do as he's told, if that means sitting on the bench, the little guy will be sitting on the bench.

 

[kdbrise]

You still don't understand. Signing Messi will transform the club forever off the pitch. This alone makes him worth it.

10 years from now, imagine Messi coming on Sunday Night Football for the Manchester derby, we are talking about legacy here. Wage structure, age are tenable issues, registering our name in history that the G.O.A.T played for us is not.

 

[kdbrise]

Rewind 5 years and he's in his prime, your post is correct. But in the present your post isn't correct.
Remember when we signed George Weah? Relatively speaking this is the same, apart from the money.

If any of our rivals were doing these figures for a near 34 year old, I don't think there would be any blue who would say that particular club is being transformed.

Those rivals already have the media jizzing over them, they don't need Messi just for the PR. We are different, our achievements would get the much needed validation off the pitch if we get him.

 

[SWP's back]

Should try and tempt them with Mahrez, Garcia and a bit of cash in January. Doubt they'd take it but you never know.

Tbf, Garcia and Mahrez should surely be sufficient for a player with 6 months on his contract without the cash. And it means everyone can play with the numbers on the balance sheet to make it work.

 

[Chris in London]

He'd be coming to help us bridge that gap between CL last 8 to CL winners.


At 34/35 he wouldn't be turning out against the Burnleys, Fulhams, Marseilles and CSKAs of the game.

He'd be used strategically and to make maximum impact where it counts, not to score the 6th in a 6-0 pumping of West Brom in a League Cup game.

Use your fucking head mate.

I call bullshit on this.

These days, Turf Moor is EVERYBODY’S Happy place.

 

[Nails]

He'd be coming to help us bridge that gap between CL last 8 to CL winners.

That's it.

He'd have 1-2 seasons to do it.

At 34/35 he wouldn't be turning out against the Burnleys, Fulhams, Marseilles and CSKAs of the game.

He'd be used strategically and to make maximum impact where it counts, not to score the 6th in a 6-0 pumping of West Brom in a League Cup game.

Use your fucking head mate.

Oh, to be so deluded. Must be bliss.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I personally can't help but think it's an awful idea. But that doesn't mean i'm not locked in for the next part of this thread.