Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[River Plate]

Well then I dare comfortably guess the reports coming from Spain are horseshit. As they usually tend to be.

I can see there being a limit to how much of a pay cut an employee can take, in general, to protect people from being exploited. But Messi's contract with Barcelona finished over 2 years ago, I find it completely illogical that it has any relevance to the wage he could agree now.

You seem confident and fair play to you. As I keep saying, rather you were right. I expect him to go for the money. I'd love to be wrong. Time wil tell.

But they can look at Messi's last contract with PSG. Apparently this rule exists as to prevent teams from escaping the Financial Fair Play by signing small contracts but then handing out extra money below the table.

I'm not confident Messi will sign with Barca. I'm confident that's what Messi wants to do. If he doesn't sign with Barca, it will be because Barca didn't get the OK from La Liga, not because Messi preferred the money.

 

[dachoosen1]

But they can look at Messi's last contract with PSG. Apparently this rule exists as to prevent teams from escaping the Financial Fair Play by signing small contracts but then handing out extra money below the table.

I'm not confident Messi will sign with Barca. I'm confident that's what Messi wants to do. If he doesn't sign with Barca, it will be because Barca didn't get the OK from La Liga, not because Messi preferred the money.

Dude that's utter muck, you telling me big Phil Jones and Jessie lingards next contracts have to be similar to their current ones? Pogba dropped 100k a week to return to juve. Barca issue is the wages of their first team is rising quicker then la liga allows, too many free transfers on huge wages, and the fact that so many of their top youth players had to be registered as 1st teamers.

 

[Coatigan]

But they can look at Messi's last contract with PSG. Apparently this rule exists as to prevent teams from escaping the Financial Fair Play by signing small contracts but then handing out extra money below the table.

I'm not confident Messi will sign with Barca. I'm confident that's what Messi wants to do. If he doesn't sign with Barca, it will be because Barca didn't get the OK from La Liga, not because Messi preferred the money.

The first just makes no sense. Sorry, but saying they can't offer lower wages than a previous contract, for another club, in another league, in another country? C'mon, you don't really believe that do you.

I can believe messi wanting to play for Barcelona again. Or wanting to stay in Europe/CL as well. But for big money.

And not because La Liga would make Barcelona pay him a set amount, which just doesn't sound plausible at all, but because that's what he wants. If he gets it, he will stay. If he doesn't, I think he'll go where he can get it. The rest is just a story his camp are spinning.

 

[bluemoon32]

It suits the narrative at Barcelona that Messi wants to come home but big bad La Liga say no.
What a load of shit

 

[River Plate]

Dude that's utter muck, you telling me big Phil Jones and Jessie lingards next contracts have to be similar to their current ones? Pogba dropped 100k a week to return to juve. Barca issue is the wages of their first team is rising quicker then la liga allows, too many free transfers on huge wages, and the fact that so many of their top youth players had to be registered as 1st teamers.

That's what they are reporting.

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

I would prefer Lionel Ritchie at this point.

 

[River Plate]

It suits the narrative at Barcelona that Messi wants to come home but big bad La Liga say no.
What a load of shit

Dude that's utter muck, you telling me big Phil Jones and Jessie lingards next contracts have to be similar to their current ones? Pogba dropped 100k a week to return to juve. Barca issue is the wages of their first team is rising quicker then la liga allows, too many free transfers on huge wages, and the fact that so many of their top youth players had to be registered as 1st teamers.

The first just makes no sense. Sorry, but saying they can't offer lower wages than a previous contract, for another club, in another league, in another country? C'mon, you don't really believe that do you.

I can believe messi wanting to play for Barcelona again. Or wanting to stay in Europe/CL as well. But for big money.

And not because La Liga would make Barcelona pay him a set amount, which just doesn't sound plausible at all, but because that's what he wants. If he gets it, he will stay. If he doesn't, I think he'll go where he can get it. The rest is just a story his camp are spinning.

This is from when Messi first left Barca, but I guess it is the same rule that is applying today:

"It broke Messi's heart and once again he feels betrayed by the club he has given so much to. Barcelona had asked him to accept a 50% reduction in wages and he accepted without even trying to negotiate it.

'In fact a 50% reduction is the legal maximum anyone can be compelled to take, so even if Messi had been prepared to accept a bigger reduction, the club would have been breaking the law had they agreed to it.'"

The frustrating reason Lionel Messi couldn't take a bigger Barca pay-cut

'Why doesn't he just play for free?' We are sure that, over the past few days, a friend or colleague has not asked that question of Lionel Messi.

www.google.com

 

[dachoosen1]

This is from when Messi first left Barca, but I guess it is the same rule that is applying today:

"It broke Messi's heart and once again he feels betrayed by the club he has given so much to. Barcelona had asked him to accept a 50% reduction in wages and he accepted without even trying to negotiate it.

'In fact a 50% reduction is the legal maximum anyone can be compelled to take, so even if Messi had been prepared to accept a bigger reduction, the club would have been breaking the law had they agreed to it.'"

The frustrating reason Lionel Messi couldn't take a bigger Barca pay-cut

'Why doesn't he just play for free?' We are sure that, over the past few days, a friend or colleague has not asked that question of Lionel Messi.

www.google.com

That's for a contract renewal not a new transfer man.

 

[River Plate]

That's for a contract renewal not a new transfer man.

No, it's not. This is from this year, but it is in Spanish.

"En los estamentos del organismo se aclara que cuando un club ficha un futbolista se toma como base salarial de cálculo “al menos el 50%” de lo que percibió en sus últimas dos temporadas. Es decir, que para las cuentas de La Liga, Messi cobrará en Barcelona no menos de la mitad de lo que cobra actualmente en PSG (USD 44,3 millones). Este mecanismo funciona para evitar una trampa ya que el ente descree que en un jugador sea capaz de rebajarse tanto su salario de un año a otro."

Los problemas que impiden al Barcelona contratar a Messi por más de que acepte jugar gratis

La versión sobre que el futbolista podría marcharse del PSG a final de temporada es cada vez más firme y el club español asoma como posible destino

www.google.com

Basically it says that a player can't be signed for less than 50% of what they made the previous 2 years. Messi, having made 44,3 millions dollars, can be signed for half that at the cheapest, and that's still too expensive for Barcelona.

 

[Chi-town blues]

I would prefer Lionel Ritchie at this point.

To each their own but I rather prefer Nicole .