Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[halfcenturyup]

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

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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.

No way Mbappe is going to Madrid then :)

 

[14aguero]

My wild guess is that Messi would end up at Barcelona. Messi would float the talks of English clubs, and Tebas would come around after entertaining the ideas that Messi might be in the clutches of the nouveau riche and that his only marketable player is his best friend Vinicius Jr.

 

[Keeper!]

My wild guess is that Messi would end up at Barcelona. Messi would float the talks of English clubs, and Tebas would come around after entertaining the ideas that Messi might be in the clutches of the nouveau riche and that his only marketable player is his best friend Vinicius Jr.

As you say WILD.

He is a greedy little scrub, Saudi it will be.

 

[Tevez City]

Fifa should apply their unfair financial rule in Saudia Arabia as well, why let Ronaldo & others benefit from the crime of spending owner money instead of club revenue ?

 

[14aguero]

As you say WILD.

He is a greedy little scrub, Saudi it will be.

Or that. He is undeniably one.

I am hoping for the best out of the situation, which is that he would at Barcelona reproduce the selfish play he showed at PSG. Mbappe and Neymar did the running for him while Messi stayed in offside position near oppositions' penalty area, so much as I actually felt a little sorry for Mbappe and Neymar. Messi at Barcelona would stunt what little progress that club have made in their rebuild.

 

[Coatigan]

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.

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So it is Not what they are claiming then. It is what they claimed 2 years ago, and you are guessing it still applies today. Now I am 100% convinced it is wrong.

EDIT. seen your subsequent post, ok it is not you guessing, it is a claim by someone else. Which I still struggle to believe.

Let's pretend it is true (makes zero sense). His dad is wasting his time as are Barcelona pretending they want the move. His focus could be on elsewhere in Europe that doesn't have such a bizarre posdibly fictional rule, the US, or Saudi. Where do you think he'll end up.

 

[Coatigan]

@River Plate , this below at the end also mentions that 50% 'rule' as it was claimed 2 years ago, but then states that this year it is up to Messi, with no attempt to link the previous claim to his PSG contract. Which is a lot more believable.

Explained: Can Barcelona actually afford to sign Lionel Messi this summer? | Goal.com UK

La Liga have denied Barcelona's proposal for the return of Lionel Messi, casting doubt as to whether a deal to sign the Paris Saint-Germain star can be reached this summer

www.goal.com

When this was suggested two years ago, someone on here pointed out it wasn't a La Liga rule, but a general Spanish law to stop employees being exploited. And some also claimed it wouldn't apply to Messi back then, as he had terminated his contract and could sign a new one at any amount, i.e it only applied to enforced pay cuts.

Either way, apart from the infobae (whatever that is) article nobody else seems to have tried to link that claim from 2 years ago, to a new player coming from another league/country. Reads like a poor assumption on their part. Given there is an article in a more widely recognised sports paper that suggests otherwise, I feel comfortable questioning it. And am slightly intrigued. Sounds like a lot of excuses being set, but let's see how it plays out.

 

[Kinkladze's crazy skills]

I would prefer Lionel Ritchie at this point.

 

[M16 citeh]

Messi to Newcastle? Would be hilarious

 

[Keeper!]

Messi to Newcastle? Would be hilarious

Hilariously stupid, why mess up what is shaping up to be a superb project, the Geordies are serious players not a circus.