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I honestly dont think we are actively making a move for him., I believe the offer has been there for some time but it is down to Messi to make contact with us if he wants to come

We will be focusing now on getting kane, and rightly so

It looking like psg according to some reports. But its a piss poor league and if we meet them again in the CL we will beat them anyway ; )
 
ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN said:
Maybe it’s just the cynic in me but I feel this is all done to derail our own transfer plans

Tebas, La liga and Barca in particular must be worried about us signing Grealish and going for Kane and this puts a spanner in the works, our eyes are taken away from our main goal

The timing of the announcement just seems too coincidental that it was when we were breaking the British transfer record

Don’t believe or trust a word coming out of Spain
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That's quite an imagination you have.
 
Keeper! said:
We have just given Grealish a big contract, big extensions for Dias, Ederson, KDB and Foden.

We want Kane, again big contract.

Can even our wealth cover Lionel for a couple of season? I have my doubts.

And please don't use the Messi generates his own money comment, I am not having that in terms of MCFC.

We have just signed Grealish, the new poster boy of the Premier league and if he is successful with us, probably the new poster boy of world football. He is now our marketing dream, not a 34 yr old fella, the kids want Jack not old man Lionel. And the kids are what the marketing man wants.
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Well, I mean Messi's name would be enough for any marketing dream, but in Jack we have plenty of time to get there. With Messi maybe you get 1 good year of numbers with his quality and 1 good year of commercial boost, eventually post that 1 or maybe 2 years we'll have to be in the market all over again to fill this gap, so I think we've taken a wiser step here. Totally different scenario if Messi came last year.
 
It absolutely beggars belief for anybody to believe that Man City would not be in for Messi and I don't care what any journalist or ITK says about this. We are absolutely in for him. There's no possible way that the greatest and most marketable player in history comes up and we ignore him. No chance at all.
 
MadchesterCity said:
PSG team is ridiculous when they land Messi.
This probably isn't even their best team as Veratti or Wijnaldum may play centrally, reads like a team of Galacticos! Why would Mbappe want to leave that, surely they will be champions league favourites?
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Do you play FIFA by any chance?
 
leo_citeh said:
Well, I mean Messi's name would be enough for any marketing dream, but in Jack we have plenty of time to get there. With Messi maybe you get 1 good year of numbers with his quality and 1 good year of commercial boost, eventually post that 1 or maybe 2 years we'll have to be in the market all over again to fill this gap, so I think we've taken a wiser step here. Totally different scenario if Messi came last year.
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I disagree the only dream for the marketing man is NYCFC, Messi would be a cash making machine for them, for MCFC , I am not having it.

Old generation get Messi, do the kids now? I don't think so.

The kids are the ones with the cash, they are the one's this club and marketing people want and hence one of the reasons for signing Grealish.

I would imagine a lot of young ladies have become new City fans following his signing.
 
Damocles said:
It absolutely beggars belief for anybody to believe that Man City would not be in for Messi and I don't care what any journalist or ITK says about this. We are absolutely in for him. There's no possible way that the greatest and most marketable player in history comes up and we ignore him. No chance at all.
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Any club could think that way, however if we are still in for Kane I can't see how we can sign Grealish for £100,000,000, Kane for more and fund Messi for wages that I can't begin to fathom. So is it Kane or Messi now? I just can't see how we sign all 3 of them.
 
Keeper! said:
We have just signed Grealish, the new poster boy of the Premier league and if he is successful with us, probably the new poster boy of world football. He is now our marketing dream, not a 34 yr old fella, the kids want Jack not old man Lionel. And the kids are what the marketing man wants.
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You cannot be serious. Barcelona lost two hundred thousand Twitter followers the instant they announced Messi was leaving. Kids are obsessed with Messi and Ronaldo.
 
Damocles said:
You cannot be serious. Barcelona lost two hundred thousand Twitter followers the instant they announced Messi was leaving. Kids are obsessed with Messi and Ronaldo.
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And how many have we gained from Grealish and how many in the future?

Look at the abuse Grealish's girlfriend got this summer from other women, Grealish is a hot property, dare I say it and it is something I don't like but he is rapidly becoming Beckham MkII
 
LangleyBlue1970 said:
Any club could think that way, however if we are still in for Kane I can't see how we can sign Grealish for £100,000,000, Kane for more and fund Messi for wages that I can't begin to fathom. So is it Kane or Messi now? I just can't see how we sign all 3 of them.
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It will be Messi. Messi is a singularity, he isn't bound by the regular laws of policy like any one else. If somebody thinks that we're going to turn down Lionel Messi in order to sign Harry Kane, I just don't know what to tell you. We've been chasing Messi for ten years. We've put three deals together for him. And now he's on the market we're acting like a spurned lover rather than a professional football club? I absolutely don't buy it.
 
Keeper! said:
I disagree the only dream for the marketing man is NYCFC, Messi would be a cash making machine for them, for MCFC , I am not having it.

Old generation get Messi, do the kids now? I don't think so.

The kids are the ones with the cash, they are the one's this club and marketing people want and hence one of the reasons for signing Grealish.

I would imagine a lot of young ladies have become new City fans following his signing.
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Grealish is nowhere near Messi in marketing capacity in any age group.
 
Keeper! said:
And how many have we gained from Grealish and how many in the future?

Look at the abuse Grealish's girlfriend got this summer from other women, Grealish is a hot property, dare I say it and it is something I don't like but he is rapidly becoming Beckham MkII
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Mate, Messi is in a world of his own in popularity. Messi in world football popularity terms is bigger than every player at City put together. He is a behemoth commercially.
 
Keeper! said:
I disagree the only dream for the marketing man is NYCFC, Messi would be a cash making machine for them, for MCFC , I am not having it.

Old generation get Messi, do the kids now? I don't think so.

The kids are the ones with the cash, they are the one's this club and marketing people want and hence one of the reasons for signing Grealish.

I would imagine a lot of young ladies have become new City fans following his signing.
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Put it this way, just Messi in the Premier league would be insanity, Jack may be popular with the kids but let's not even try to compare his popularity levels to Messi. I can think of how many neutrals would be invested in simply watching Messi live in Prem, or kits, the exposure is simply mammoth. In global terms it's also self evident, every non football fan knows of Messi across the world.

If you want an idea, just look at the figures Messi generates for Barca to date. You're talking of GOAT status vs a potential starboy, not saying we've not made the right move here. But Messi's reach is hardly matched. It's the age factor, the fact it's short sighted and the fact that we have other priorities in terms of addressing a proper 9
 
kupest said:
Grealish is nowhere near Messi in marketing capacity in any age group.
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Not yet.....if he is successful with us, I would say he has a very decent chance of beating the little fella.

Messi and Ronaldo the football poster boys for a generation are fading, new heroes will be sought and Grealish is one who could be very much at the top of the pile.
 
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