Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[BlueS]

if we signed him we'd probably loan him out

 

[Chi-town blues]

The point is not how good Messi is. It's how old he is.

It's potty, but nevertheless justifiable if you pay £200m for a player who you might have playing for you for 5 years and who you then sell for not much less than you paid. If PSG were to do that with Neymar and you work out the annualised cost, it's perhaps not that bad.

But if we paid say £200m for Messi, we'd get 2 good years out of him, 3 max. And then sell him at a huge loss.

It's a completely different proposition. As another poster said, 2 or 3 years ago yes no brainer. But now he's 30? No, not imo. Not unless we got him for a relatively low price.

Regardless of age ,current Messi is way above Neymar in terms of who brings what on the table and impact it has in team's performance.
I think Messi has more stock and more market value compared to Neymar.
Now I'd happily take uefa cup and a few pl cups in 5 years and take a hit in his resale value.
But I'm positive we will recoup enough by then.

 

[borassic]

He needs to get rid of the beard. Definitely slowing him down.

Needs to realise he was about 8 years late on the trend too

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

if we signed him we'd probably loan him out

To Juventus whilst paying all his wages and paying Juve a loan fee!!!

 

[mccity]

Hit the post 3 times tonight, all magnificent long range efforts too.

Not worth a penny ;)

 

[grim up north]

Apparently doesn't look happy

 

[J_MCFC21]

Looks like Yaya when he's having one of his "Lazy games"

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Hit the post 3 times tonight, all magnificent long range efforts too.

Not worth a penny ;)

Hitting the post isn't worth anything in football, maybe he should take up croquet ;-)

 

[Tuearts right boot]

He wont come. If you were him, would you.............He's ingrained where he is.

 

[J_MCFC21]

Didn't crack a smile all night, must have lots on his mind...Like are we gonna get Evans or not.