mosssideblue
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Wouldn't that cost be offset by sponsors etc?
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Maybe City have a big fuckoff sponsorship lined up,Messi gets a slice,City get a slice and he ends up costing fuck all?Wouldn't that cost be offset by sponsors etc?
feedmpenzaandhewillscore
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Madness isn’t it. Only City fans would think signing messi isn’t an exciting thought.
George Weah has forever left me damaged.
I know that's the argument, but again I have my doubts, Messi in a Barca shirt is iconic, he is Mr Barca, but he been for over 10 years, do the younger kids now identify with him? Us old farts do without doubt but we are not the ones the sponsors are interested in.Wouldn't that cost be offset by sponsors etc?
Ea Sports and the Fifa franchise is a case in point . Whatever you think of Fifa , their marketing is outstanding, Messi was the face of that game for a long time, no longer. Mbappe is now their man, why, because to the kids and young adults , Mbappe is the future.
Would Etihad or any other company contribute 200/300k a week to have a picture of Messi in a city shirt? Again , I am genuinely not sure.
I'd be amazed if Barca didn't want one of our players in exchange plus cash, Bernardo as well as Garcia could be gone.
Whoa whoa whoa. Haud Awn a minute!
It is one thig to debate a hypothetical would messi be great/right for us (the basic impossibilityof it aside). But at the expense of giving them Bernardo? No fucking chance, wouldn't swap them for anything! in that scenario, they would strengthen, we would weaken, without a doubt. Maybe not immediately, but certainly over the course of a couple years, and beyond that.
PannickAtTheDisco
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I know that's the argument, but again I have my doubts, Messi in a Barca shirt is iconic, he is Mr Barca, but he been for over 10 years, do the younger kids now identify with him? Us old farts do without doubt but we are not the ones the sponsors are interested in.
Ea Sports and the Fifa franchise is a case in point . Whatever you think of Fifa , their marketing is outstanding, Messi was the face of that game for a long time, no longer. Mbappe is now their man, why, because to the kids and young adults , Mbappe is the future.
we can't fucking sign Mbappe. End of.
mosssideblue
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Im not savvy enough to know the ins and outs of corporate sponsorship negotiating and deals, so have no argument to put back to you.I know that's the argument, but again I have my doubts, Messi in a Barca shirt is iconic, he is Mr Barca, but he been for over 10 years, do the younger kids now identify with him? Us old farts do without doubt but we are not the ones the sponsors are interested in.
Ea Sports and the Fifa franchise is a case in point . Whatever you think of Fifa , their marketing is outstanding, Messi was the face of that game for a long time, no longer. Mbappe is now their man, why, because to the kids and young adults , Mbappe is the future.
Would Etihad of any other company contribute 200/300k a week to have a picture of Messi in a city shirt? Again , I am genuinely not sure.
Mbappe is clearly the new kid on the block but still has to have the longevity of Messi et al to become similarly iconic I would have thought.
Messi hasn't been on a Fifa cover since 2016, since then there has been Reus, Ronaldo, Hazard, now Mbappe, Fifa just pick who is going to be marketable that year, but you look on the game and he is still one of the most in demand and highest rated players that people are paying just to try and get in their team,Ea Sports and the Fifa franchise is a case in point . Whatever you think of Fifa , their marketing is outstanding, Messi was the face of that game for a long time, no longer. Mbappe is now their man, why, because to the kids and young adults , Mbappe is the future.
rickmcfc
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Seriously hope this doesnt happen fro a ridiculous queue
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