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Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)
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bluemoon27
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field of dreams ,build it and they will come.Our owners are intending to buld the Etihad upto 60,000,lets not kid ourselves we are struggling to fill it now on a game after game basis so I genuinely think the signing of Messi was always on the agenda knowing it will fill it every game
CitizenTID
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Messi will want to retire in Argentina surely, so if we spend such a huge sum of money we might expect to have him for what, 3 years until he's 32? He's 29 in June.
Can we recoup the expense in that time from him being here? Or does the money not really matter?
If I was making the decisions at Barca, I'd be heavily leaning to selling him as now is the time to cash in if they need money to reinvest. They have an ageing squad in other positions that need to be addressed.
Can we recoup the expense in that time from him being here? Or does the money not really matter?
If I was making the decisions at Barca, I'd be heavily leaning to selling him as now is the time to cash in if they need money to reinvest. They have an ageing squad in other positions that need to be addressed.
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Prestwich_Blue
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How can they be secret talks if it's plastered all over the Internet?Some crazy figures being banded about,if any of it is true.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...messi-holds-secret-talks-with-manchester-city
His basic is, I believe, £13m a year. Anything on top of that comes via joint commercial deals, which are split between him and Barcelona. So that figure is all we'd have to find out of our own pocket but we'd get that in extra revenue from a renegotiated kit deal with Nike.
How can they be secret talks if it's plastered all over the Internet?
His basic is, I believe, £13m a year. Anything on top of that comes via joint commercial deals, which are split between him and Barcelona. So that figure is all we'd have to find out of our own pocket but we'd get that in extra revenue from a renegotiated kit deal with Nike.
Plus Peps reported £14m wages....£30 odd million on top of what we already pay,is a lot of money,still doable?
Just asking for you opinion mate.
Sure I read somewhere that if the wage bill is over £52m,an increase of £4m is allowed,I may of miss read,dunno.
Prestwich_Blue
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It's all do-able. Just getting to a CL semi-final probably makes it financially worthwhile.Plus Peps reported £14m wages....£30 odd million on top of what we already pay,is a lot of money,still doable?
Just asking for you opinion mate.
Sure I read somewhere that if the wage bill is over £52m,an increase of £4m is allowed,I may of miss read,dunno.
Re the wages thing, you can only fund up to a £4m increae (thinks it's £6m this year then £8m from next) from TV income but as much as you like from additional commercial or matchday revenue. So if your wage bill goes up £10m, £4m of that can come from increased TV revenue and the other £6m from increased commercial/matchday income.
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Imagine having to fit Aguero, Messi, Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva, Pogba and who ever else we have next season into a possible starting line up which will prob be 433 under pep too :-0
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Kompany is King
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One holding midfielder?
But would they get the ball off us, not often I'd guess.
But would they get the ball off us, not often I'd guess.
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