Never, it's not even remotely possible
Lionel Messi transfer rumors
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Never, it's not even remotely possible
The only teams that would increase his already ridiculous wages is PSG and perhaps City, no way United or Bayern would do it, we operate as real football clubs with books to balance, and not pet projects for gazillionaires.
Yep because we've all sat down with that and have figured this out?
When will people realize that footballers are professionals. They want to be the best at their job and earn the best living possible. What is wrong with that? The only loyalty a footballer should care about his giving 100 percent on the pitch.
To be fair the Camp Nou must feel like home to him anyway.
Messi is a cule through & through, he'll leave if the board remains due to utter mismanagement but he'd never go to a direct rival much less the enemy. City, is Barcelona lite with Pep, Txiki, Soriano et al but most importantly ownership that will support the sporting project. Doesn't hurt that they have deep pockets either
Looking at the past few years it isn't that obvious anymore. Not that Messi don't have the tools to do it, but does he have motivation? He clearly regressed and his workrate is non-existent. It wouldn't surprise me if Ronaldo's freakish mentality will see him finish at the same time or even later than Messi at the highest level.
Inferiority complex, when you have to start some unrelated banter eveytime people talk about Messi
If Messi joined Pep in January, he'll win City the league in 5 months.
Then you have the Messi fan boys that keep tabs on all Messi related threads and can't write a single paragraph without "best of all time", "goat", etc.
Funny thing is that most of those die hard Messi fans suffer from Napoleon complex, according to a recent study..
He was the one who talked about Cristiano... again. He does it everyday and you don't seem to have a problem with it hence my reply. Anyway, you're right I shouldn't have replied
Yes, having the GOAT in addition to a PL record spending is probably what Pep needs to show this fabled genius that we've been told would dominate the PL.
I think Messi could potentially be getting £1m-£2m a week. Bare with me. If Arsenal can turn down 55m/60m and keep Alexis Sanchez on 7m a year, then surely a richer club can pay a superior Messi more than that per year. Maybe even more if you think Pogba cost 90m and he's getting around 60m over 4 years, that's 170m, meaning around 40m per season. This is Messi were talking about, could be worth 100m a season, so nigh on 2m a week. Barce just need to give all that Neymar money to Messi right now for 3 years service.
And I'm sure those smaller clubs want to progress to the level of those big clubs, but that's never going to happen if they always lose their players. Or should they just accept that's how it is?
Unless small clubs get bought up by extremely wealthy owners, they have no chance of moving up in the world. Some like Leicester may have a bit of short term success but as we've seen, that is unsustainable beyond a year or so. Like it or not, this is the world we live in. The best we can do is limit the space race of massive transfer fees by aggressively capping the amount wealthy oligarchs and oil sheikhs can put into their clubs relative to the actual amount of money the clubs generate without any outside investment. Otherwise we will continue to see what PSG did with Neymar, which will then create a domino effect whereby clubs like Barca, Liverpool, Dortmund et al start asking for double or more what players are actually worth.
Cruyff was great for them for all of one season. Rest of the time he didn't care. Maradona put together two half seasons that were better(combined) than Cruyff's one. Ronaldo the same. If you're looking at barcelona's best ever player pre-Messi in terms of what he gave to the club, Kubala is the one you want, followed by Suarez and i'd say Laudrup, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho
The most naturally gifted and greatest player I have witnessed in the past two decades. The ability he has with and without the ball is bloody amazing.
If you actually play the sport you would understand the skill and talent he has.
I have been fortunate to be part of the generation to see players like the original Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Zidane.
He has been at Barca his whole career and will retire there aswell.
If you actually play the sport you would understand the skill and talent he has.
I have been fortunate to be part of the generation to see players like the original Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Zidane.
He has been at Barca his whole career and will retire there aswell.
@WackyWengerWorld barcelona already offered him €60m a year give or take. Contract is agreed. And this was before they knew anything about Neymar leaving
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...a-power-station-celebrate-35-years-album.html
and if you scroll down, there is proof!!!!
sorry, just had to do it.
His availability on a free transfer does potentially bring United into the equation. If Bale had wanted to come this summer, would we have shelled big money for him? Plenty of people have suggested that we would have. £100 Mill+ and likely the highest wage in the premiership for a 29 year old with dodgy calfs! As others have suggested, in the absence of a transfer fee for Messi, the kind of money we'd apparently have been willing to throw the way of Gareth Bale (or Griezmann for that matter) spread over a 3 or 4 year contract, amounts to a suitably obscene salary for arguably the most marketable player on the planet.
Pretty sure it wouldn't work like that. If Messi became a free agent, he would probably require a massive signing fee along with the huge agent fee.
If he becomes a free agent it's because he wants to join Newell's Old Boys.
If his release clause is 500 million, let's not make the Arsenal mistake of offering 500 million and one pounds.
Messi pretty much decided the board's fate by not signing the contract.
There's no chance the board can stay until Jan (by which Messi can sign contracts with clubs outside of Spain) if Messi refuses to sign for them.
Personally, I hope Messi leaves and graces other leagues. He'd probably win City the league but would love to see him in the PL
There's no chance the board can stay until Jan (by which Messi can sign contracts with clubs outside of Spain) if Messi refuses to sign for them.
Personally, I hope Messi leaves and graces other leagues. He'd probably win City the league but would love to see him in the PL
And what about Hristo Stoichkov?!
If Barca's board continue to be shit. Both Iniesta and Messi will wal away for free. Probably to City. I also fully expect Messi to do a Puskas if he leaves for another league this late in his career.
Would put him slightly below them personally, though he certainly belongs on the list
It isn't 'agreed' until it's signed though is it? If it's been 'agreed' for the last 2 months it seems like it can't really be agreed given it isn't signed.
Also I don't think Barce can afford to give 'take it or leave it' offers to Messi.
It is(was? maybe messi changed his mind) agreed, all that's left is for Messi to put pen to paper and barcelona to deposit the new contract with the LFP
Neymar - Mbappe - Messi
Makes sense. Also, Neymar will be again in the shadow so he can make an excuse for another world-record breaking transfer.
Makes sense. Also, Neymar will be again in the shadow so he can make an excuse for another world-record breaking transfer.
Hey, at least we'd have settled the debate that he's a fraud.
From these only Ronaldinho was a better and more important player than Stoichkov. Rivaldo didn't win the CL and Laudrup moved to Madrid because Romario and Stoichkov were regarded as more important to the team than him. Laudrup became so famous post factum - in the era of youtube clips. Don't get me wrong, he was a brilliant player but not a Ballon d'Or material like Stoichkov. Stoichkov should have had two Ballon d'Ors as he had a better year than Van Basten in 1992 when Barca won their first CL trophy. Laudrup never came close to winning it. And for good reason. Stoichkov was better, especially in the big games.
Yeah, you're right about Rivaldo and Stoichkov(who imho shouldn't have won the bod in '94 btw). Laudrup was imho a better player but more importantly a more important player on those barca teams. Fabio Capello agrees with me
Edit: nvm, i'm not judging it fairly. Yeah Stoichkov should be on the same level as the rest. Indeed, you're right about this
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Its now being reported that he won't sign a contract until the end of the season when he's a free agent.
We have to throw everything at him, imagine being the club that had both Messi and Ronaldo
We have to throw everything at him, imagine being the club that had both Messi and Ronaldo
Hope woody signs him up. Adidas as sponsor should help with that. Seeing Messi move to PL may result in CR7 move to PL as well and that would be to us. Also, Griezmann is coming to us next season.
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On a free transfer he'd command a ludicrous salary. Financially it makes sense for us to get him
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I've always used to think he'd play for Inter Milan at some point.
I think the most likely destination if he ever leaves Barcelona for another major team within Europe are City due to their former Barcelona connection with Guardiola and the board. Milan are also another viable destination with their history and new money. PSG also I would not rule out at all.
He is going to get absolutely massive salary. £30m a year comfortably.
He is going to get absolutely massive salary. £30m a year comfortably.
5 years at 30m for a total of 150m. Not bad when you consider what worse players go for before salaries.