La Liga is finished if Messi goes. Totally finished. I’d want to see if I can renegotiate my TV deals if I’m a broadcaster. No real superstar in the league and a couple of yesterday’s men left holding it down.
Lionel Messi \ Signs for PSG
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What a load of overdramatic tosh.
And there's no "if". He's gone.
La Liga's a great league, and mark my words, next Summer Madrid and Barcelona will hit us with a couple of blockbuster signings, Mbappe and Pogba to the league + others wouldn't surprise me one bit. The league isn't just one or two players, just as the Premier League hasn't fallen every time Real or Barca have stolen one of it's superstars.
I don't think they can demand to unilaterally change existing terms, but yes, it's a big blow, as the La Liga president Tebas said himseld. And as multiple owners of other La Liga clubs have pointed out regarding the impact Messi has on the league.
Let's see how the viewership figures fair.
Shullup.
It's as moronic as it was when this argument was levied at Sir Alex, as you point out.
Messi stuck with Barcelona as it reached the end of its cycle and rebuilt, multiple times. He took on the responsibility to be the team's anchor in terms of goal scoring and playmaking, at the same time. He stuck with a floundering team when the easy thing would have been to join a European heavyweight who weren't in the dire straits that Barcelona were in.
Thats net
It doesn't have to be the English league, I just found it amusing that the supposed best player ever would refuse to play in a stronger and more competitive environment simply because of climate, or physicality. And what's wrong with taking a pay cut to play for a big club? Someone mentioned how it would set a terrible precedent if he offered to play for free for Barca... So what precedent is he setting now? That if you reach the top like he did, only emirs can afford him?
Ahh they lost one title, must be really competitive. Maybe Bayern are just better than PSG?
They could be, so that means Messi could've gone to stroger and safer option yet he decided to go for a smaller and weaker club which is more challenging than going to Juventus for example.
That is net not gross.
They are paying him more than €80m a year (plus signing on fees, plus whatever they are having to give his dad).
Adidas would have paid his wages either way
They’re too far gone for 1 or 2 players to make a massive difference. They literally had Messi last season and it fell away anyway.
Mbappe at Madrid is like Kane at Spurs. The managers, the resources and the ridiculous squad depth from England will resonate more than Pogba moving to Barca
Doesn't mean football is finished outside England. Yes, the PL is currently the richest, strongest and the best league but it doesn't mean other leagues are finished amateur farmer leagues. They will still have strong teams and I can bet one of Real/Barca will win the CL before we do.
I never said any of that to be fair. Lesser teams can still win the CL, look at Chelsea last year but as a European force both sides are done
They are done for a couple years but you can rest assured they will be just fine.
What an uninspiring move. Just can't see what he is getting here in terms of his legacy and status. Him somehow sorting things with Barcelona, going back to Argentina or the ultimate romantic ending going for a year or two paying a tribute to a childhood hero.
Quite a waste this.
Quite a waste this.
He already is and has been for about 15 years. What are you talking about?
He’s dominated in a single side which is setup entirely around him. It definitely hurts his argument.
Yeah but 25 plus years at one club. How awful of him to stay at the place and league he owned. After Abrdeen he was content with having life easy.
The above is of course nonsense. Loyalty is IMO a refreshing thing in sport not a negative. These long term iconic relationships between club and individual are what make things special.
Of course I never suggested that Messi played for mediocre club. Or that he raised them the way SAF did with us - no player can do that. Just picking holes in the "so weak to stay at Barcelona" argument. For me that was the linnacblt of club football. In my time watching footy 2002 to 2008 it was the premier league. 2008 to 2018 or whatever, it was La liga. He was playing at the highest level, and loved his club, there was no need to move.
What's wrong with being in one side? He should have moved to an inferior PL to prove some lame point? La Liga was the top dog and he absolutely dominated it. Dominating at the highest level only strengthens his argument which is extremely strong.
Also any team Messi is a part of will be set up entirely around him. That's just what you do when you have of that standard in your team and it's daft to do anything else.
So? Still the Goat
Still amazes me we're not in for him. We'd get the money back from his salary from shirt sales alone.
Sure it is.
Hasn't the myth of shirt sales revenue been debunked?
Yes, many times, but I think he was joking.
This seems to be the future and teams aren't gonna be happy about it...
PSG can pay him what he wants. Plus they have an argentine manager, argentine players and an ex collegue of Messi and friend i.e. Neymar.
They will qualify for CL every season and have a very good chance of winning it.
He can also probably fly via private jet into paris and not have to move his family from Catalonia.
Lots of positives there very few negatives.
But we have Phil fecking terminator Jones and Jessie pass it like Pele Lingard. Fcuk PSG
We are in the same situation with a number of players now in their final year
He’s going to start turning up at the Camp Nou every few days with his dog Nelson, isn’t he?
No.
I did the maths.
Messi + shirts - dividends - Jones salary = megbucks
You can’t argue with science.
I think that's accounted for in the calculations.
And that's Crufts
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