They were fun times. I also Played for Walshaw in the Lancashire League. A far cry from the shit football teams in Beverly Hills where I live now…Gus is a good pal of mine, grew up a stone throw from us, I managed to catch up with him and Clive recently, both look early 40s...
Rob snr had, let’s just say, every edgy kid going in his teams, we won most games without kicking a ball (:, it wasn’t a long lasting team but we won pretty much everything over a couple of years, then we all filtered off, I went to Fletcher Moss from there!
Cos he quite clearly still wants to play for Barcelona. That's obvious, otherwise he'd just not be there now. La Liga, Messi and Barca will sort sumat out financially. Dunno what, but i cant see it ending any other way.
That's interesting when he's such a stickler for rules and regulations.
Laliga can't afford for a weak Barca and no Messi.
The drain of talent can't continue and in my opinion it won't be allowed to in terms of Messi leaving.
Compromises will be made, as you quite rightly say, the rules for the rich, wealthy and famous are different, always have been and always will.
The club are still liable for the wages, like city with Douglas Luiz.I‘m not sure that’s correct - I think there may be terms in football contracts that relate to registration - if the employee can’t ply their trade - I.e. not play; then the contract is “frustrated” because Barca (the employer) cannot deliver a basic element of the contract. It’s the similar if you or me get a contract with Goldman Sachs - if you are struck off and can’t get registered by the FSA or if they cannot register you for some reason (such that you cannot work as defined under the terms of the contract) the contract is frustrated and their is no notice or compensation required. In legal terms the contract never comes into effect.
Yes but the point that interests me is that Garcia and Depay refused offers of contracts from clubs which could pay them to sign for Barcelona. Barcelona then said it could only pay half of what it promised and now can't pay them anything because it can't register them. La liga and UEFA must surely find this unacceptable, as the courts may well, and Barcelona should surely be made to honour the original contract it offered?
The club are still liable for the wages, like city with Douglas Luiz.
Do you mean when he couldn't get his work permit?The club are still liable for the wages, like city with Douglas Luiz.
Yep - work permits and salary caps are not unforeseen events, and the players contracts are pretty water tight. You could lose both legs and if the club want rid of you they need to give 12 months' notice and then then and insurance payout.Do you mean when he couldn't get his work permit?
Ultimately though Barca's debt is unmanageable. Releasing players is massive equity lost. They've actually lost their minds !Not really, he’s a stickler for others complying to rules whilst the likes of Barca and Real break them at will… the definition of a hypocrite.