Apologies to fellow Blues who thought there was a major development with Messi to City when opening up this thread.
Just wanted to express my thoughts after learning from the positive CAS outcome this week & whether going after & acquiring a player of Messi’s global stature both on & off the pitch would actually help us in the longer term from future targeting?
My thought process on this one is apart from the initial media vitriol, surely Messi as a global product who is the golden star of European football & lines UEFA & sponsor's pockets with huge amounts of cash may potentially change the constant negative media rhetoric towards the club should he join City. At the end of the day money talks & UEFA & co may need to begin accepting us if they don’t want to shoot themselves in the foot by campaigning/targeting against a football club who has a player of Messi’s financial weight & disrupt their own revenue streams.
Of course it doesn’t need to be Messi, but I couldn’t think of anyone else who could make a major dent in UEFA’s brand of European football attached with global sponsors apart from Ronaldo – and that’s never going to happen for City, nor should it!
