Apparently not. Costs them a €75m bonus if he stays till the end of the contract. Sorry, can’t remember where I read it, but if true, makes the apparent decision to cling on even more barmy.As a club why would you want a player on your books that wants out, costs a fortune in wages and can walk for free next season ? Surely you would want to at least get something for him now whilst you still have a chance ?
Usuall when a player asks to leave, they immediately forsake a loyalty bonus, so that's likely gone either way now.
The only journalist we should be listening to for news is Marcelo Bechler, Broke the news messi wanted to leave before everyone last week, broke the news that he chose city. Also the first journalist to report where Neymar was going, hes the journalist we should listen to.
As another poster commented above, it’s not a good look for Barca to be seen to be pushing Messi out. But do you feel this situation has been preempted by Bartomeu as a way of shifting Messi whilst taking advantage of the ambiguity of the contract terms to make a few quid, and making it look like Messi is pushing for the move?
The ‘no privileges’ meeting with the new manager and the treatment of Suarez look provocative.
Based on nothing but my own gut instinct, anyone else enjoying all this Messi stuff but feel that ultimately, Messi will leave us with egg on our faces and stay at Barcelona ?
I certainly think if he leaves Barcelona then he'll come to City but this nagging doubt that he'll end up staying at Barcelona won't leave me.
Fcuk it, like everyone else, i have no real idea what's happening haha
The Kippax was chocca for his first match.He got a much bigger turnout than Messi when they transfer listed him though.
This is a President implicated in Barcagate for hiring I3 to disseminate social media attack bots against players (And their wives) as well as board critics (Journalists & fan accounts) - so nothing can be ruled out
Your theory is out there along with another where Rosell allegedly is courting Neymar again (The other story that never seems to die). It's about money at the end of the day for this board so everything they do is with that on their mind
Early in Rosell's tenure, they modified club statutes to suit their purpose in a variety of ways, not the least of which was making it more difficult to hold them accountable - it gave them latitude/loop holes to maneuver within those parameters to ensure continuity. A license to rule with impunity and armed with Grupo Godo.
On the positive side, there is growing support among club members & factions to censure Bartomeu - it's one way to pressure change.
The other is for Messi to take to the courts in an ugly battle while Barto sits back to vilify the new Figo
His exit was always going to be painful for fans but keeps getting bleaker
I don't think we can reliably gauge Barcelona's intent at the moment.
I think their best move would be to negotiate what they can for Messi, otherwise they lose the player in a few months and it overshadows their season.
From City's point of view we're likely to get Messi for about £100m now, or on a free in the Summer. It's a shame because time is not on the player's side. You'd like to think that Barcelona will do the right thing for the player and also for their own self interest. Do you really want to alienate a key player and for what 6 months?
I think it'd be a great deal for usSold! I would take that tbh
And fund their transfer business for the next 40 years?Only acceptable if the £100mil is spent on a Liverpool player.