They still won’t win the UCL.
Lionel Messi \ Signs for PSG
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Because they had no choice. You cannot pay 150m per year to a single 30 year old player.
The best for PSG now is to sell Mbappe to RM for whatever money they can get rather than let him leave for free next summer. I don't think he will renew his contract.
As of now barca can't register Depay or Agureo even without Messi's contract. It doesn't matter Messi's wage is 500k a week or 100k a week. Barca can't register him.
They’re still over the budget without Messi! Aguero and Depay might get loaned out
A poster boy for Abu Dhabi.
So Depay gonna join Barca to end up at Scunthorpe?
that’s ok, they can play without them. Now, when there is no Messi, who cares about those two
I actually don't think we will. It'll be spectacular for sure but defensively, it could be terrible.
Given the situation is anyone surprised he's able to demand such absurd wages?
Barca are out of the equation so his previous salary is now irrelevant. Essentially PSG just have to make the highest offer on wages vs everyone else who could realistically be in for him.
The only clubs with the potential to get him realistically are City, Chelsea, United and PSG - and even then some or all of the English clubs may not even make an offer because they've allocated their funds elsewhere or are trying to adhere by financial restrictions.
Should be happy he didn't end up at Citeh like it was looking like last summer, that would've been the most soulless transfer of all time.
Going to another league outside of the Prem takes a bit of the sting out of it for me and I'm actually excited to see how they look since on paper they have arguable the greatest attack ever assembled
The negotiation went....
PSG: will you accept 40m after tax?
Messi's Dad: Yes, yes we will.
That is his market value. You will never going to buy a 100m dollar house with 10k. Sancho is on £350,000-a-week and he doesn't even start for England.
The Qataris won't be pleased!
I was thinking the same thing, they only have to outbid the next highest offer, and who would that be? Surely no one will be looking to generate massive losses just to say Messi player for their team besides some billionaire. With City bowing out, there's no need for PSG to offer so much.
Weird thing is that this move makes both the leagues less attractive to the neutral
And it all started with the ridiculous contract.
Indeed.
Messi will definitely feature heavily in the promos for the Qatar world cup next year. This is quite a coup for them and has come at just the right time!
The house analogy doesn't work, the 100m dollar house will obviously have other buyers offering more than 10k, and the owners can always keep the house and it maintains it's value anyway.
If let's say Chelsea are the only other top team making him an offer and it's at 400k per week, why would PSG need to triple that offer? Messi's options are accept the best offer on the table, or retire...
Has Covid also infected and killed FFP rules?
I wanna know what the signing fee is. It's going to be a lot.
FFP is effectively dead, their were reports in the aftermath of the superleague drama that it's more or less being ditched by UEFA
I would take Aguero for a year.
You should call Leonardo and educate him before the ink is dry on the contract. He and PSG are being robbed.
He will do it in another league outside of his comfort zone Barca to finally cement his GOAT status 
He will do it in another league outside of his comfort zone Barca to finally cement his GOAT status
The French league with PSG is hardly a challenge.
I for one will actually want to watch Uber Eats now Messi, Ramos, Donnarumma et al are all there.
to be fair they didn’t need to as barca had 70% possession every game
Feck me.
What a team PSG havebuilt bought.
What a team PSG have
No, not only, there's also the story you tell. It's not only about numbers, it's also about what you tell the fans. It could have been Messi, one man one love, like Totti for Roma. It's going to be Messi, the legend that decided to finish his carreer at PSG for good paycheck. It matters for the fans believe me. He'll still be a legend but it'll be a stain for a lot of fans in spain.
No idea about the reliability but PSG for Aguero too?
Sorry, that's bullshit. Barca were scrabbling around trying to offload players, offering other loyal servants huge paycuts and reneging on THEIR deals, all to accommodate Prince Lionel.
Now I remember why I hate what modern football stands for. At this point, it is so far removed from the ethos of the sport and why it has become part of our culture - the sport is basically a means for billionaires to leech from it or corrupt states to serve their political aims.
Never in doubt
No idea about the reliability but PSG for Aguero too?
At this rate I’d be surprised if they finish in a Champions league spot next year.
Depay next? My goodness this is snowballing
Yeah, it isn't pretty anymore. Maybe it never was, but it's certainly become uglier.
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