Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[OB1]

I don't think it is inconceivable that Messi will decide to try his hand in another league. He might like the idea of helping a second club to become the best team in the world, which would be more of achievement than continuing to win titles with Barca.

Should he fancy a new challenge, I would expect City to be at the front of the queue to try and sign him and more than capable of constructing a deal that would not cause us serious problems with FFP.

I'm not going to get my hopes up.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Given our indifferent start to the season, following a relatively disappointing campaign last term, allied to the residual, but slowly diminishing negativity towards our club from many sections of the press, it is all too easy to forget the distance of the journey traveled for this football club in the last five years.

When the takeover was announced, the presentation of long term strategic goals of our new owners were undermined a little by the clown they got to front the deal in the days following September 1st 2008, Sulaiman Al-Fahim, and the fact that this was, well, City. If anyone could fuck up after a billion quid had been spent, it was us. The Robinho signing was a sign of their intent, but in may ways that signing was about announcing their arrival, rather than being part of any strategic plan. In many ways it was the right signing at the wrong time.

And now, we find ourselves, a little over half a decade later, a football club in many ways unrecognisible from the one that Robinho joined, or even left for that matter. The Etihad Campus forges ahead with astonishing speed, the expansion plans for the ground are a reality which will manifest themselves in a couple of years, we have four truly world class plays in our squad and City are now talked about as a genuine European footballing force.

I don't know whether Messi would want to come here, although I do believe that any great player should consider testing their abilities in more than one league in the course of their careers, but that's just me. What I do know is that the time to sign a truly stellar star is now right for this football club, unlike was the case in 2008. La Liga has lost a bit of its sheen as a result of the collective greed of the big two and despite its teams recent relatively lame showings in the UCL, the Premier League's pull should not be underestimated, especially for a player with a global profile.

Even when your ambitions know no limits, you've sometimes got to wait for the right time to make your move. I wouldn't be remotely surprised to see Messi at City next season and given the journey this club has traveled in the last five years, anyone who would be hasn't really been paying enough attention.

 

[OB1]

Given our indifferent start to the season, following a relatively disappointing campaign last term, allied to the residual, but slowly diminishing negativity towards our club from many sections of the press, it is all too easy to forget the distance of the journey traveled for this football club in the last five years.

When the takeover was announced, the presentation of long term strategic goals of our new owners were undermined a little by the clown they got to front the deal in the days following September 1st 2008, Sulaiman Al-Fahim, and the fact that this was, well, City. If anyone could fuck up after a billion quid had been spent, it was us. The Robinho signing was a sign of their intent, but in may ways that signing was about announcing their arrival, rather than being part of any strategic plan. In many ways it was the right signing at the wrong time.

And now, we find ourselves, a little over half a decade later, a football club in many ways unrecognisible from the one that Robinho joined, or even left for that matter. The Etihad Campus forges ahead with astonishing speed, the expansion plans for the ground are a reality which will manifest themselves in a couple of years, we have four truly world class plays in our squad and City are now talked about as a genuine European footballing force.

I don't know whether Messi would want to come here, although I do believe that any great player should consider testing their abilities in more than one league in the course of their careers, but that's just me. What I do know is that the time to sign a truly stellar star is now right for this football club, unlike was the case in 2008. La Liga has lost a bit of its sheen as a result of the collective greed of the big two and despite its teams recent relatively lame showings in the UCL, the Premier League's pull should not be underestimated, especially for a player with a global profile.

Even when your ambitions know no limits, you've sometimes got to wait for the right time to make your move. I wouldn't be remotely surprised to see Messi at City next season and given the journey this club has traveled in the last five years, anyone who would be hasn't really been paying enough attention.

Ha, ha, ha. When you want to be serious, you are worth reading - no dig intended :-)

 

[Centurions]

Given our indifferent start to the season, following a relatively disappointing campaign last term, allied to the residual, but slowly diminishing negativity towards our club from many sections of the press, it is all too easy to forget the distance of the journey traveled for this football club in the last five years.

When the takeover was announced, the presentation of long term strategic goals of our new owners were undermined a little by the clown they got to front the deal in the days following September 1st 2008, Sulaiman Al-Fahim, and the fact that this was, well, City. If anyone could fuck up after a billion quid had been spent, it was us. The Robinho signing was a sign of their intent, but in may ways that signing was about announcing their arrival, rather than being part of any strategic plan. In many ways it was the right signing at the wrong time.

And now, we find ourselves, a little over half a decade later, a football club in many ways unrecognisible from the one that Robinho joined, or even left for that matter. The Etihad Campus forges ahead with astonishing speed, the expansion plans for the ground are a reality which will manifest themselves in a couple of years, we have four truly world class plays in our squad and City are now talked about as a genuine European footballing force.

I don't know whether Messi would want to come here, although I do believe that any great player should consider testing their abilities in more than one league in the course of their careers, but that's just me. What I do know is that the time to sign a truly stellar star is now right for this football club, unlike was the case in 2008. La Liga has lost a bit of its sheen as a result of the collective greed of the big two and despite its teams recent relatively lame showings in the UCL, the Premier League's pull should not be underestimated, especially for a player with a global profile.

Even when your ambitions know no limits, you've sometimes got to wait for the right time to make your move. I wouldn't be remotely surprised to see Messi at City next season and given the journey this club has traveled in the last five years, anyone who would be hasn't really been paying enough attention.

Good post and if it did come about then since I'm a lifelong Blue in my 50s (been there and all that) I think I may just sit down and cry.

 

[jrb]

Well.

Hopefully when he decides to leave Barcalona, we'll have the new £100mill training Academy up and running, the stadium expanded to 61,000, Pep as our Manager, along with Soriano as our CEO.

Why would he go anywhere else?

And with his arrival, 61,000 seats would be filled every home match. (20,000 empty seats, are you f***ing sure?)

 

[Anonymous]

Given our indifferent start to the season, following a relatively disappointing campaign last term, allied to the residual, but slowly diminishing negativity towards our club from many sections of the press, it is all too easy to forget the distance of the journey traveled for this football club in the last five years.

When the takeover was announced, the presentation of long term strategic goals of our new owners were undermined a little by the clown they got to front the deal in the days following September 1st 2008, Sulaiman Al-Fahim, and the fact that this was, well, City. If anyone could fuck up after a billion quid had been spent, it was us. The Robinho signing was a sign of their intent, but in may ways that signing was about announcing their arrival, rather than being part of any strategic plan. In many ways it was the right signing at the wrong time.

And now, we find ourselves, a little over half a decade later, a football club in many ways unrecognisible from the one that Robinho joined, or even left for that matter. The Etihad Campus forges ahead with astonishing speed, the expansion plans for the ground are a reality which will manifest themselves in a couple of years, we have four truly world class plays in our squad and City are now talked about as a genuine European footballing force.

I don't know whether Messi would want to come here, although I do believe that any great player should consider testing their abilities in more than one league in the course of their careers, but that's just me. What I do know is that the time to sign a truly stellar star is now right for this football club, unlike was the case in 2008. La Liga has lost a bit of its sheen as a result of the collective greed of the big two and despite its teams recent relatively lame showings in the UCL, the Premier League's pull should not be underestimated, especially for a player with a global profile.

Even when your ambitions know no limits, you've sometimes got to wait for the right time to make your move. I wouldn't be remotely surprised to see Messi at City next season and given the journey this club has traveled in the last five years, anyone who would be hasn't really been paying enough attention.

Cracking post mate.

 

[jrb]

Forgot to add.

Another ace up out sleeve would be Sergio, as long as we can keep Barcelona and Madrid away from him next season.

Just like Barca fans, can you imagine Sergio and Messi playing together in the same team. Our team.

100% a Messi transfer bid is on. And it wouldn't surprise me if Sergio has been briefed about the a possible transfer bid.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Well.

Hopefully when he decides to leave Barcalona, we'll have the new £100mill training Academy up and running, the stadium expanded to 61,000, Pep as our Manager, along with Soriano as our CEO.

Why would he go anywhere else?

And with his arrival, 61,000 seats would be filled every home match. (20,000 empty seats, are you f***ing sure?)

When you think about this, there is a little bit of hope that a cheeky bid is possible. What better time is there to bring the best player in the world to city in the summer which our new training complex opens. Although it is unlikely he would move to us, but why not? It's defintley possible with our resources, just depends on the man himself.

 

[jrb]

If the truth be told, only United and Chelsea in the PL could match and scupper any Messi signing by us.

Then there's Bayern, PSG, and Monaco in Europe.

He wouldn't go to Monaco, so it's a straight 5 way fight.

Bayern would have a great chance of signing him if Pep was still there.

But if he wanted to finish his career in the PL, it would be between us, United, and Chelsea. Both us and United have Nike, and Chelsea have Adidas.

 

[blueparrot]

If the truth be told, only United and Chelsea in the PL could match and scupper any Messi signing by us.

Then there's Bayern, PSG, and Monaco in Europe.

He wouldn't go to Monaco, so it's a straight 5 way fight.

Bayern would have a great chance of signing him if Pep was still there.

But if he wanted to finish his career in the PL, it would be between us, United, and Chelsea. Both us and United have Nike, and Chelsea have Adidas.

We have Txiki, Aguero and don't underestimate the influence of Zabaleta with Argentinian players.