Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

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malg said:
Just seen on the Bleacher Report that odds on Messi leaving Barcelona have been cut from 33-1 to 5-1 after rumours about City. Has Messi got contract negotiations coming up?
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No but Neymar doors and apparently he wants parity with Messi. Which means Messi will want a new contract.
 
The odds of Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona for a record fee in 2016 have been dramatically slashed from 33-1 to 5-1 in the wake of reports linking him to Manchester City.

Per Sport's Tomas Andreu, City are willing to pay big money to recruit Messi, and that has seen the odds regarding a move severely fall with betting company Ladbrokes, according to Metro's Mark Brus.

Per Brus' report, Alex Donohue of Ladbrokes said: "Rumours of City tabling a colossal bid for Messi at some point this year have sent the odds of the transfer record being broken into free fall."http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/02/lione...d-being-broken-in-2016-5595499/#ixzz3wBwj8S9F

Barcelona are enduring some well-documented financial struggles but are nevertheless determined to keep hold of their biggest stars—Messi being the brightest of them all—so it would take a record-breaking bid for the Blaugrana to even entertain the notion of letting him go.



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Even then, City would probably still have to match his reported £177 million buyout clause, per Sport (h/t Joe Ridge for MailOnline).

The Argentinian has bagged 13 goals and six assists this season despite spending a significant spell on the sidelines through injury, and he recently reached an incredible milestone at the Camp Nou, per Grup 14:
 
I cant help but worry that the team who eventually throws a ridiculous sum of money at getting messi might end up a little underwhelmed with the outcome. For that reason I really hope it isn't us as it could be a very costly mistake. 29 at the start of next season but with a lot of miles on the clock to go with it. No club experience away from Barcelona. The only thing guaranteed is the prestige factor but the rest of it is a huge risk for me. Would rather we stopped chasing barcelona's shadow, built our own identity and spent the money on the fullback and centre midfield positions.
 
geoff clipp said:
I cant help but worry that the team who eventually throws a ridiculous sum of money at getting messi might end up a little underwhelmed with the outcome. For that reason I really hope it isn't us as it could be a very costly mistake. 29 at the start of next season but with a lot of miles on the clock to go with it. No club experience away from Barcelona. The only thing guaranteed is the prestige factor but the rest of it is a huge risk for me. Would rather we stopped chasing barcelona's shadow, built our own identity and spent the money on the fullback and centre midfield positions.
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Don't be silly shirt sales would take our branding to another level he would cake walk our league,
 
geoff clipp said:
I cant help but worry that the team who eventually throws a ridiculous sum of money at getting messi might end up a little underwhelmed with the outcome. For that reason I really hope it isn't us as it could be a very costly mistake. 29 at the start of next season but with a lot of miles on the clock to go with it. No club experience away from Barcelona. The only thing guaranteed is the prestige factor but the rest of it is a huge risk for me. Would rather we stopped chasing barcelona's shadow, built our own identity and spent the money on the fullback and centre midfield positions.
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Fuck him he is cup tied anyway...shit little Argie, money grabbing. ****
 
birchwoodgingerste said:
Don't be silly shirt sales would take our branding to another level he would cake walk our league,
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I just think that when you're looking at paying £170m or whatever figures are being quoted, you'd want a player with his best years still ahead of him rather than behind him. In fact i'd want three players with their best years still ahead of them for that money. As for shirt sales, whilst i'm sure they'd recoup some money, nobody really knows how much. His shirt sales as a barcelona player won't translate to the same numbers as a city player.
 
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