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Dribble said:
I'd complain. Messi's THIRTY FIVE YEARS OLD & earns £40m+ in wages per season. Now why would City prioritise a 35 year old Lionel over a left back or a replacement for Gundog?

We already know we're in need of younger, fresher legs in midfield, so why would we go backward in that respect?

Would you rather we invest in Messi for 2 seasons, or Bellingham for the next 10 seasons? ManUre had similar ideas about Ronaldo & look how carrying him for a season & a half affected them?
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1. Never said it should be a priority signing. We can sign a left back if we decide we like left backs again, and we *will* sign at least one midfielder, probably multiple.

2. Ronaldo is a very different presence in a dressing room than Messi is. About the same kind of personality difference as Mou vs Pep.

3. If it’s a straight choice one or the other, I guess I’ll take the hundred million pound young midfielder, sure. But it’s not.
 
Blue Llama said:
That's 3 players out of 11. Keeper makes that 4. I assume that you would want a defence, that's another 4 even allowing for a fullback to be a part time midfielder. So far we have 8 players and will always need Rodri or Rodri type player. That's 9 on the pitch. Which 2 more are you playing to do Messi's chasing back, cover the wings, back up the fullbacks etc? Or do you just play everyone out of position to accommodate a 40+ year old who you get 1 season out of?
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paska said:
1. Never said it should be a priority signing. We can sign a left back if we decide we like left backs again, and we *will* sign at least one midfielder, probably multiple.

2. Ronaldo is a very different presence in a dressing room than Messi is. About the same kind of personality difference as Mou vs Pep.

3. If it’s a straight choice one or the other, I guess I’ll take the hundred million pound young midfielder, sure. But it’s not.
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1. If £40m+ per season in wages isn't a priority signing, then what is?

2. Is this the same Messi who rinsed Barça dry & who was consulted over managerial & player acquisitions?

3. Have you not considered FFP? OF COURSE it's a choice of a £100m young midfielder & their wages, or Messi & his £40m+ wages per season.

City are a business, not a charity for pre-retirement footballers, even if the are called Lionel Messi... He's THIRTY FIVE!
 
Dribble said:
That we can both agree on. The circus that will follow him & the narrative the press will spin as he's sat on the bench with Lewis, Perrone & Palmer, will become crushing.

Nah... Messi's the past & City need to be progressive. We have far more effective players, who're younger, cheaper & who sync in with the squad dynamic.

We'd be mad to upset that harmony just to accommodate Messi on his farewell retirement tour.
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The time for City to sign Messi has gone.

He will want so much money that it would likely be uneconomic; especially as we don't have a slot in the team that we would need him to fill. We are building a differnt kind of side these days.
 
He only ever wants/wanted to be at barca.

If they could have paid the multimillionaire Messi millions he'd have never left in the first place. He'd walk over broken glass if they could find a few million to pay him.

He'd be a disaster here and would create a circus, we've got our world superstar in Alfie jr....no need for him even if he actually wanted it.
 
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