Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[Yulia Smegmanova]

Bollocks to that, Pep wants him for the left back position, possibly goalkeeper in the big games.

Kyle Walker disagrees!

 

[lonestay]

The one person we always seem to leave out in these discussions is Sheikh Mansour what does he want ? I always reckon he wants a statement signing at some point could it be Messi ? The sponsor element and the ability to marketing him is a big factor here , probably bigger than the actual football side of any deal, ask the average person to name a world name in football chances are they say Messi ,then follow it up with who does he play for ? the association of his name linked to ours for a couple of years is huge especially when he retires in a City shirt, everyone will remember images of sky blue, the Etihad, and of course Manchester City .

 

[Gumzy97]

1. Board (Bartomeu) has no intention to quit (Big shock)
2. Koeman or Pimienta frontrunners to take over
3. Suarez has credible link returning to Ajax
4. Elections would indeed be moved up but earliest would be November

Problem with not having elections now is that you cannot have a mandate for any decision, now much less in winter when a new board would be elected. In turn, it would do little to placate Messi IMHO. Effectively the status quo

It continues to be an embarrassment that Bartomeu refuses to resign

This Bartomeu reading up on him seems to have ruined your club the way your fans are talking about him , is he that bad?

 

[Decepticon]

I cannot believe there are people in here convincing themselves this would be a bad move. Signing Messi would put the club into the stratosphere.

Small-time, they still think we're in championship.

 

[Blue Maverick]

They are.. In October

Not a chance, look at what’s happening with lockdowns now, no way fans are coming back.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Mahrez/Sane/silva may be aguero. We have so many players he can replace.

Yet we have Sterling, Jesus, Bernardo, Foden, KDB as well for those positions so who do you drop from them.

 

[Woody135]

The one person we always seem to leave out in these discussions is Sheikh Mansour what does he want ? I always reckon he wants a statement signing at some point could it be Messi ? The sponsor element and the ability to marketing him is a big factor here , probably bigger than the actual football side of any deal, ask the average person to name a world name in football chances are they say Messi ,then follow it up with who does he play for ? the association of his name linked to ours for a couple of years is huge especially when he retires in a City shirt, everyone will remember images of sky blue, the Etihad, and of course Manchester City .

Messi has been linked/associate with Qatar for a while now through their barca links. Adverts etc.
So would not be a surprise if they wanted him to “switch”.

 

[razman]

Barça is the Titanic. Let's hope Messi is not Leonardo DiCaprio. [@SiqueRodriguez]

Lol, what a saga.. And it's just started

 

[RayCTID]

1. Board (Bartomeu) has no intention to quit (Big shock)
2. Koeman or Pimienta frontrunners to take over
3. Suarez has credible link returning to Ajax
4. Elections would indeed be moved up but earliest would be November

Problem with not having elections now is that you cannot have a mandate for any decision, now much less in winter when a new board would be elected. In turn, it would do little to placate Messi IMHO. Effectively the status quo

It continues to be an embarrassment that Bartomeu refuses to resign

What a circus your club is at the minute. Makes our time under Swales seem stable.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

I doubt many people will get excited about this... we've been here before.

But if we can get him it would be a brilliant signing. Who would turn down a player that can potentially add 40+ goals to the team?

All those missed chances suddenly becoming goals...

Forget about wages and other players becoming upset, that's not our job and Messi would be worth every penny.