Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[King Jay]

He doesn’t move without the ball. He‘s gonna kill our game.

 

[christened at st marks]

He would force Kev to the left, Dave's position and he would take pen's, where does Phil play in this back to a bit part player.

 

[mccity]

He would force Kev to the left, Dave's position and he would take pen's, where does Phil play in this back to a bit part player.

Probably in the front 3, still.

 

[roy.or.r]

Is Messi a good dribbler?

 

[CC1]

yeah but Frank came for nothing and probably made money based on appearances.

messi would be 100 mil minimum, 400k per week.

look, I’d be giddy if he was coming in for free and earning his money based on goals etc, but I’ve a serious fear he’s past his prime or soon will he and he’d treat it like a holiday.

my biggest gripe with Pep aside from the Gundogan/Rodri thing is you always get a vibe he thinks he’s doing us a favour managing us, and I’d be very worried Messi would fall into that same boat.

I don’t think he thinks he’s doing us a favour. But not sure Messi would hack it in the PL. everyone would be out to get him - including the media

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Is Messi a good dribbler?

He looks good on his youtube compilation

 

[TheThirdDeano]

could messi be an "out of the box" opportunity like Khaldoon describes? Hard to say.

It's supremely obvious but at the same time incomprehensible to actually happen.

 

[mccity]

could messi be an "out of the box" opportunity like Khaldoon describes? Hard to say.

It's supremely obvious but at the same time incomprehensible to actually happen.

The only two players we've been strongly linked with at all (here or elsewhere) that fall outside the usual target range are Messi and Koulibaly. Khaldoon also intimated that there were 'opportunities' to make signings we wouldn't normally make, which doesn't suggest Koulibaly as there's never an opportunity to sign a Napoli player outside of bowing to De Laurentiis.

Maybe there's another surprise that'll catch us all out like Isco.

 

[zepenedo]

The only two players we've been strongly linked with at all (here or elsewhere) that fall outside the usual target range are Messi and Koulibaly. Khaldoon also intimated that there were 'opportunities' to make signings we wouldn't normally make, which doesn't suggest Koulibaly as there's never an opportunity to sign a Napoli player outside of bowing to De Laurentiis.

Maybe there's another surprise that'll catch us all out like Isco.

If Alaba and Thiago on their last year of contract are not "opportunities to make signings we wouldn't normally make" I don't know what is.

 

[mccity]

If Alaba and Thiago on their last year of contract are not "opportunities to make signings we wouldn't normally make" I don't know what is.

It's definite that they class as opportunities but we haven't been strongly linked. But as I said there's definitely scope for something we maybe didn't expect and those two fit the bill.