Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Prestwich_Blue]

If you don't understand the analogy, ask!

I do understand it. I just think it's a shit one.

 

[Dax777]

I do understand it. I just think it's a shit one.

Well, we are all entitled to our opinion.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

will love our bids for him, but we need a lot more besides him next summer.

 

[pudge]

I'm firmly in the "it will never, ever happen ever" camp, as;

1) I feel that's genuinely the case
2) Everyone loves surprises

 

[Centurions]

Well, we are all entitled to our opinion.

Correct, sadly that includes the silly ones...

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

Correct, sadly that includes the silly ones...

I heard that!

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Sun reporting we are preparing a world record bid for him in the summer after we have received encouraging signals from his camp

 

[EalingBlue2]

Not sure why everyone is focusing on whether Messi wants to leave the real issue isn't City or Messi but Barca.

Barca have an asset who will depreciate 150m euros over the next 4 years and who will cost them around 80m not that time. It is an asset that is actually worth less to them than to anyone else and an asset they have two replacements for and have shown they can be nearly as good without. Barca have debt and a new stadium to build and they can to choose to cash in and benefit from about 250m p and l boost or they can choose to keep and be marginally better than they would otherwise be ie they are probably the best attacking team in the world even without Messi.

So for me it is not about Messi but about Barca, he will soon get the message if they would prefer the cash and I can't see him staying if he is not their main priority and focus. It is this that will make the move happen and not Messi agitating. The trouble stopping the move is Barca want to come out of this the reluctant sellers so they can pretend they wanted to keep him in front of the fans whilst cashing in. This political game between club and player is huge at the moment.

The Real Madrid game clinched it for me 4-0 win without Messi . My bet is they won't keep both Messi and Neymar and they will cash in on the older one

 

[EalingBlue2]

If we were to sign him then what would happen with the shirt number situations as Kun has only just changed to number 10 and Messi would want it also?

They would both throw a strop and leave and after an injury to Ichy we would go into next season with Bony pir only striker before signing Vardy in Jan

 

[HelloCity]

The only reason Aguero took the number 10 shirt was so he could pass it on to Messi next summer.