Lionel Messi | Joins Inter Miami (pg4111)

[doobyedoobye]

Unless someone higher up at the club tells Pep that it's their decision to make, not his

I'm not sure Leo would go for that if he knew Pep was still harbouring ill feeling about last summer. Ill feeling may be a tad dramatic..

 

[Damocles]

Unless someone higher up at the club tells Pep that it's their decision to make, not his

Can't see this ever happening. As I said earlier, Pep and Messi are the only two people in the football industry where I think City would throw conventional logic out of the window. I think if Pep ever did say that he didn't want Messi, and I find that highly unrealistic, then we'd back off.

 

[doobyedoobye]

Why would Pep have an issue with how Messi behaved?

He handed in a transfer request, was refused his move and didn't take Barca to court because he loves the club. Not really sure what more he could have done

I was just going off Tolmie's post on the subject a while back

 

[Phil Mitchell Foden]

I feel like people are ignoring the facts to suit their own opinion here.

Omar stated in October last year that if Messi ever became available, we would be having a discussion.

Its also been stated that a deal for Messi would always be separate from any other transfer dealings. (Grealish AND Kane).

Whether he ends up at City, PSG or there's some mad fucking turnaround in Spain (which IMO isn't likely now) City will currently be looking into two separate pieces of business. Kane and Messi.

And on the latter, this won't be something that's just kicking into action after last night's bombshell. We will have been informed all the way, going right back to September last year. An interesting few weeks ahead anyway.

Who's Omar?

 

[RP2]

Unless someone higher up at the club tells Pep that it's their decision to make, not his

And if that was the case, it'd be a very wrong decision.
I'd choose Pep over Messi

 

[leo_city]

What a shit answer

Lionel Messi: Manchester City have 'financial strength' to sign Barcelona forward

Messis contract expires at Barcelona next summer; Man Citys chief operating officer: I think we have the financial strength and system ability to make that investment when required

www.skysports.com

When did you change your mind Omar? Oh, you’re not Omar & you have no fucking idea. Now that’s reality ;)

This was all before getting a certain Jack Grealish and aiming for Kane. And that was also last year, we've since renewed what like, 3 key player deals? Would be interested to see how the wage bill looks now and whether we can still accommodate Messi.

 

[Damocles]

Spanish press said late last night he's told PSG players he's joining them.

That was that muppet on the El Chingureno programme or whatever it's called. It's a Madrid favoured comedy show. They say a lot of stuff

 

[leo_city]

Who's Omar?

Omar Berrada, the guy actually responsible for transfer business instead of Txiki who takes all the blame for it.

 

[Pollocks OG]

Who's Omar?

Omar Barreda - our transfer bossman

 

[Damocles]

Who's Omar?

Omar Berrada, City's COO.

 

[samuelyeboah]

Let's get one thing straight - leo messi will continue to be the best player in the world as long as he plays. the gap is huge.

 

[bluemoon32]

i smell a rat, in a barce shirt and holding a pistol aimed at La Liga.
"Bend the rules or we all go down" , Spain's version of a Mexican stand-off.

That's how i see it

 

[Fordyboy46]

This was all before getting a certain Jack Grealish and aiming for Kane. And that was also last year, we've since renewed what like, 3 key player deals? Would be interested to see how the wage bill looks now and whether we can still accommodate Messi.

Not forgetting the money we've lost through the covid crisis

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Yeah but…..can he do it on a wet Tuesday night in Stoke? That’s the key

We'll only find out if we play a full side in a CC match.

 

[Phil Mitchell Foden]

Omar Berrada, City's COO.

Just read that article linked on Sky quoting him from October. Literally never heard of him.

How long has he held his position at the club and what kind of significance does he has? Seems off brand from what the club have been doing for years for someone senior to be talking about Messi like that to the press in relation to us.

 

[Pollocks OG]

Just read that article linked on Sky quoting him from October. Literally never heard of him.

How long has he held his position at the club and what kind of significance does he has? Seems off brand from what the club have been doing for years for someone senior to be talking about Messi like that to the press in relation to us.

I think Messi is an exceptional circumstance mate - agreed we wouldn't usually do that. But if the question gets asked about Lionel Messi - the response is different than it would be for any other player.

 

[metalblue]

That's quite an imagination you have.

That’s vimto drinkers for you mate. Fucks with their brain.

 

[Damocles]

Just read that article linked on Sky quoting him from October. Literally never heard of him.

How long has he held his position at the club and what kind of significance does he has? Seems off brand from what the club have been doing for years for someone senior to be talking about Messi like that to the press in relation to us.

He came over as part of Soriano's team - he used to work with Txiki and Soriano at Barcelona. He started out here running our commercial department and was considered to have done a good job. He was promoted a couple of years back to Chief Operating Officer. He's not really a public figure so there's no reason that you should have heard of him. He does a lot of business to business press interviews, things like that, rather than with the football press.

 

[its-grim-up-north]

It’ll be strange watching him and Ramos in the same team after being at war on the pitch for so many years

 

[Phil Mitchell Foden]

That was that muppet on the El Chingureno programme or whatever it's called. It's a Madrid favoured comedy show. They say a lot of stuff

Where's that photo come from that's been doing the rounds though? Messi with all the PSG players