Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[SINCS]

The use of the word may twice means she knows fk all but speculation

 

[barcelonafcfan]

From I've heard nothing has changed. Messi still wants to leave but the board is making it difficult. I think it may be a negotiation tactic, but I don't know with these fools in charge.

The "unexpected events" are probably just nobody wants to buy out his 700m release clause. Hardly shocking there. So these so-called insiders claiming they have breaking news that they can't share till later.... that's probably the news.

This is about to get ugly. I'm willing to bet Messi takes this further and the club will have to let him leave for free.

 

[Keeper!]

It would be a very good deal for Barca, if we paid them 50 million quid, then took his wages off their books.

The alternative is a prisoner Messi, signing a pre contract deal with City in the winter window & then moving for free at the end of the season, after costng them 1 million quid a week.

Do they really want to just keep him there as a mascot ?

Would we want that at City, if it was the other way around ?

However good he is, I don't think we should be paying 50m plus for 12 months.

He signs for 2 years with us and them possibly off to NYCFC and the MLS great.

But 12 months, not for me.

 

[jay laruja]

What use to Barca is a demotivated Messi ?

A scapegoat

 

[Nails]

This is an inaccurate translation - always go straight to the source

How would you translate it? I think Google Translate doesn't capture local nuance.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Happy now, fuckers?

 

[Stoned Rose]

MillsyTheMosher has taken some time off this and the Quiet thread.

I tried an "arm round" approach with him earlier but he's either the most highly strung person in the world or a wum.

 

[ancoats]

700 million euros is never going to happen ? even if messi was 21 and one year left on his contract it would never happen in this covid-19 hit world right now ? messi is 33 and barca are in a mess and messi wants a clear £1million a week over 3 years and the truth is barca are never going to be paying him that

they have been told/need to cut the wage bill by 40% over the next 3 years to try and recoup the loss of the last season covid-19 hit season, they even asked the Spanish government for a loan of £200 million to pay the wages

barca are cash strapped and messi wants out ? so yes they would try and get the most out of anybody wanting to sign messi, but the truth is nobody has that sort of money ? and most are willing to give barca 10% of the value in his contract

 

[himalayan_blues]

Dont worry guys. We still had a very fantastic transfer window. Still KK is about to come. MEssi was never ours (if true). Even if he comes then also very very fabtastic.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I tried an "arm round" approach with him earlier but he's either the most highly strung person in the world or a wum.

Can’t it be both?

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

 

[dhruvblue]

Spiityman Carragher is probably sad that Greatest player of all time will not even consider Greatest Team of all time™ with less than 100 points no League Cup No FA Cup as an option and thay ugly teeth is not a draw enough for Messi

 

[SINCS]

There is nothing new in Argentine news sources like Clarin or Nacion. It’s a guessing game tbh. He will or he won’t, that much I know.

 

[jay laruja]

Lionel Messi does not want a confrontation with Barcelona and has ordered his lawyers to meet with the club's leaders to negotiate a way out. Bartomeu will explain that Messi is very important for the new cycle and will sell for the release clause.

[@Marsallorente via @FCBW_A7]

 

[EekC]

Think maybe Barca have just said Messi won't leave unless the release clause is paid

 

[FCBarca]

My Spanish is no bueno. Help us out pal.

There's more info leaking out now that suggest the 'change in situation' is more about strategy than intentions - nothing to suggest he has changed his mind about leaving or going to City. The change is to engage Bartomeu to part more amicably.

The Bartomeu ploy about resigning for him to stay was the first move, this appears to be Messi's counter move. He's the Goat, nothing comes easy in this game of chess & the enormous impact his exit incurs

 

[Neville Kneville]

However good he is, I don't think we should be paying 50m plus for 12 months.

He signs for 2 years with us and them possibly off to NYCFC and the MLS great.

But 12 months, not for me.

It would effectively be the transfer fee, then he signs for free at the end of the season.

It avoids any potential court case.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Think maybe Barca have just said Messi won't leave unless the release clause is paid

to be fair, this is exactly what tolmie said... barca weren't negotiating.

 

[itisrising]

Who said he's decided to stay? Or is it your wishful thinking?

My wishful thinking? Why wouldn't I want Messi? I'm just going off the whole 'unexpected development'.

 

[BlueBas]

I really hope we get Messi, just to see the pundits' and jounalists' piss boil. I'd really love it if he helped us win the Champions League, in a year that UEFA wanted us banned from the competition, just to see the Gills and Parrys of this world know their plan to stop us had failed and we are going to be bigger than even we imagined we could ever be. If I'm really dreaming, then I'd love Messi top help us retain the Champions League too - to win it in both years we were supposed to be banned from the competition!