Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

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not sure why people keep saying Sandro's name months after he signed for Juve with his contract almost run down. He'd cost us 30 million now.
 
ancoats said:
well the media are reporting a £800.000 a week thats a lot of shirts to sell and that's without what fee barca want for him but again its got to be well over £100million. so the maths wont add up on the market come the end of any deal Manchester city make if we sign him. but for 1 player if you had the chance yes it would be messi he's got everything other than pace but in that blink of a eye he gone past you with skill that alone makes him look faster than Jesus Navas hahahaha

but I still think the premier league is the key can we protect him over 38 games and fitness wise I dont think we can. he will need to sit out games like the league cup and fa cup. the premier league demands you to play each week and stay on top form any dip will hurt the team if you build a team around him and that's without champions league football

in spain it really is a 2 team league ok you may get the odd year when somebody will punch over there weight and shock barca or madrid but nothing like the premier league it really does test you week after week the bottom club are fighting for points there are coming to fight you for every single game home or away. the speed of the game is fan driven they will not let you walk around with the ball they want action for 90min. if your messi god help you in the premier league you would be given the ball at every chance and the fans would want magic and something all the time and thats impossible

but I am sat here still shaking my head about talk of messi could be coming to Manchester city hahaha little old man city ?? your taking the piss
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Shirt sales are not really what counts as the percentage we'd get from each wouldn't amount to more than a few million which in the big scheme of things would assist our finances, but they wouldn't launch us into the financial stratosphere imo. What would have a significant impact would be the marketing potential of having the likes of Messi based on potential sponsors wanting to use his popularity to promote and boost their brands.

But, I think its sad that the business potential of having a genuine world superstar is as (and some may say more) important to what he can do on the pitch for us. Unfortunately hypothetical scenarios are just a sign of the times.
 
Dax777 said:
It could happen. Anything can happen. But its grossly unlikely. Lets try this for size: Aguero and Silva have nothing else to prove in England. Perhaps they should go join Dortmund and try to challenge the Bayern Hegemony in Germany. Dortmund is building something great.

See how silly it sounds, when you insert our best players for Messi?

Messi has many more records he can break playing for 1 of the 3 best teams in the world. Hes chances of becoming indisputably the best, is tied to the magic he feeds into at Barca.
There really is little value, to him going to join the 'future best club' he is at the current best club, and has about 3-4 great years left. He is currently playing with the other 2 best ball passing strikers in the world.
Frankly Messi, Neymar, Suarez are probably flat out the 3 best players in world football right. You really think they can't tell they are in the midst of something mind numbingly special? Trust me they can. You should watch them. There isn't a closer front line anywhere in the world.

Take off your damned blue lenses for a second, and realize there are special things going on outside of City too. Barca is currently in a special place and no one is leaving it anytime soon. No one leaves Barca willingly. They get pushed out when they are not needed. Check the list. They have a ban, yet players are queueing up to join. One is even sitting out half a season.

Contrary to popular opinion it looks like Barva is getting stronger. Not to mention Messi is acutely aware of the effect of Chemistry. He has a bunch of superstars in Argentina too, yet it doesn't work. But at Barca it does.

Why risk that? But hey, you keep dreaming of Messi. I'd dream of us getting the next one. This one belongs to Barca. Let's go makeor get ours.
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You make some very valid and interesting points in your post.

Having said that, stranger things have happened. Yes I agree that Messi is Barca through and through and I personally doubt very much that he'd leave Barca for anyone including us, BUT Messi has had his nose put out of joint a couple of times in the last 2 seasons. On the playing front he lost the positional battle with his current manager who wanted Messi back out on the right where he viewed him as being most effective as opposed to playing as a false No 9 and then there's the matter of the tax issues he currently has going on.

There may just come a time when he does think, 'You know what, a change of scenery and a new challenge in the best league in the world might just be what I need to revitalise me for my last 4-5 years of top class football'. Who knows what will happen. I agree with you its highly unlikely he'll ever walk away from Barca, but would you be willing to place a bet on it? Well I wouldn't.
 
Dax777 said:
It could happen. Anything can happen. But its grossly unlikely. Lets try this for size: Aguero and Silva have nothing else to prove in England. Perhaps they should go join Dortmund and try to challenge the Bayern Hegemony in Germany. Dortmund is building something great.

See how silly it sounds, when you insert our best players for Messi?
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The silly thing is comparing us to Dortmund. We're a club with a global presence that has everything in place to be globally dominant in the next few years. We have access to cash and influence that Dortmund are unlikely ever to have and are more likely to be the hegemony than the challenger.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The silly thing is comparing us to Dortmund. We're a club with a global presence that has everything in place to be globally dominant in the next few years. We have access to cash and influence that Dortmund are unlikely ever to have and are more likely to be the hegemony than the challenger.
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If you don't understand the analogy, ask!
 
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