If Messi joins then I think two of Jesus / Bernardo / Mahrez will leave.
Lionel Messi
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I think you misspelled unlimited amount of money. You give me that amount of money I will give you the same outcome.
Nah they’ve also clearly planned well. Look at the money we’ve spent and where it’s got us.
One of the best creative bits of work I have ever seen. What program is this done in?How do I do this?
United spent similar amounts...
From a football results point of view Im genuinely not fussed. Hes 33 so only 1 way to go and thats decline. He also doesnt look to be the insane physical condition Ronaldo is. He is the best ever for me but the only question is will he decline quickly or slowly.
From a non results point of view its a nightmare though. Messi at City and the media love in is just unbearable.
If I was betting I still think hell stay at Barca though
From a non results point of view its a nightmare though. Messi at City and the media love in is just unbearable.
If I was betting I still think hell stay at Barca though
This is more of an off the field move by City as much as it is on it.
Signing the GOAT proves they're now a legit club in Europe. It'll go down in history that he played for Barca AND City... what a shame.
I hope this is all just a power move but it seems like he's truly had enough of the Barca board and is really considering it.
Signing the GOAT proves they're now a legit club in Europe. It'll go down in history that he played for Barca AND City... what a shame.
I hope this is all just a power move but it seems like he's truly had enough of the Barca board and is really considering it.
A plan which anyone can execute with unlimited amount of money.
If you give Ed unlimited amount of money, he too can buy Sancho, Grealish, Dayot, VDB, havertz and one other just for fun. Then he can buy Pep's brother another football club to get Pep at United. It really is that easy.
No one will remember the City part. Does anyone really remember Jordan for playing for Washington?
No. City has spent their money excellently and built an incredibly professional and innovative football club, probably top in the world level. Sentiments aside, City currently is the club Barca should be. There are enough reasons to despise City, no need to create fictive ones. You can criticize how they accomplished it but the end product should be the bench mark for every top club out there. You can argue that the way they earned the money they spent unfairly but the way they spent it should show the way for every big and rich club that can generate the necessary profits organically.
Tbh were not far of them spending wise in the last few years...
From a different starting position. Plus as the emails revealed City staff are getting double payments in certain instances. It is fair to assume that is a feature of how they operate to circumvent FFP.
I see history has been rewritten. No mention of all the flops listed in the article below. That is a very poor transfer return. Bayern is the bench mark and it is not even close.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...r-news/man-city-best-worst-transfers-15129236
Yes and the only reason a lot of people know Washington wizards exist is because he played there
I guess it depends if Messi were to win them their maiden CL.
It sucks that Pep is at City otherwise he may of come here im hoping he goes to PSG I couldnt stand seeing him in a City shirt
Exactly so it makes sense that they should have spent more since they had to play catch up. So how is it that we spent not that much less and been a million times less successful?
To be perfectly honest we have probably spent as much as City have on players on servicing debt and financing the Glazers personal ventures. I know where I would rather that money was going.
We have bigger issues at the club than worrying about Citys spending. We should be more concerned about our own.
Very naive view.
It's a little scary how good tech is.. Any modern smartphone and an app can do that..
A little effort with the voice and it'll genuinely fool a lot of people.. especially from my parent's generation.
Come Messi, come to Disneyland...
Sorry I think you misunderstood. We only started spending after Fergie whilst city have continued spending obsene amounts since 2008. You have to take into account the market as well if you are considering the time from 2008. Aguero cost them around 24 mil, now the same Aguero would cost atleast 150 mil.
The biggest issue at the club is hiring of managers. If Ed had gotten Klopp he would be a considered a genius as we would have been on a better trajectory than even Liverpool as we have more money.
And which club has done something like that among the ones with unlimited amount of money?
In the past decade (Including whilst Fergie was here) the spending figures are nor that far off. Something like 1.3bn for City and 1.0bn for United.
PSG bought Neymar and Mbappe in the one window.
Actually ruined the market for a long while after that
PSG for one. City replaced their whole team in a few seasons. Real Madrid did even better than the players I pointed out.
Which isn't the equivalent to what was written and no they haven't ruined the market.
Thats a third more! 300m isnt nothing
At which point PSG signed the equivalent of the list of players you quoted?
Is it just me, or isn't Messi just as much to blame for this situation as Bartomeu and the board? I mean, he's been blackmailing the club on an almost annual basis into giving him a bigger and bigger contract and the board have been dancing to his tune since at least 2010.
And yet, everyone has sympathy for Messi - why? The guy, from what I can see, is a Grade A pillock, and if I was a Barca fan, I'd want to be rid of both him and Bartomeu and start afresh. Irrespective of how monumentally good he is, especially considering his age.
Barca have let a player become bigger than themselves as a club. And for an institution like Barca, that's beyond embarrassing, though perhaps it's in keeping with them. Considering how much they mythologised Cruyff...
And yet, everyone has sympathy for Messi - why? The guy, from what I can see, is a Grade A pillock, and if I was a Barca fan, I'd want to be rid of both him and Bartomeu and start afresh. Irrespective of how monumentally good he is, especially considering his age.
Barca have let a player become bigger than themselves as a club. And for an institution like Barca, that's beyond embarrassing, though perhaps it's in keeping with them. Considering how much they mythologised Cruyff...
The Neymar and Mbappe window.
I hope this doesnt happen. Would be fecking depressing if it does.
Doesn't mean it'll be rapid. Messi is probably the most naturally gifted footballer of all time, look at footage of when be was a kid and you'd barely notice a difference in his style on the pitch, it all just came natural. So when we're talking about decline with Messi we're not exactly talking about your average world class footballer.
Pretending they aren't won't change that City are incredibly well run. It's not solely about transfers, it's about their infrastructure, training methods, scouting processes, youth teams and so forth. They've set the basis for long term success after Begiristain joined them. It's a very innovative and progressive club. Remaining in denial about that won't help you. Clubs need to get over the "they bought their success stage" and take a closer look. Yes, obviously they bought themselves to the top but that doesn't mean that there isn't much to learn from them.
And yes, Bayern is also incredibly well run by the way. Still, I'd give the edge to City. They're just that little bit more innovative and radical than Bayern. Liverpool is up there, too, by the way. Also Barca, theoretically speaking, since they've got great infrastructure, even football research facilities and lots of participations in startups, but there top level management is currently all over the place.
We're second in spending to City. So why are Liverpool winning big trophies while we're fighting for top 4?
Money helps, and they're only relevant because of it. But you can't downplay the vision they have for their club.
They got Pep because they planned for it. Pep won them 2 very impressive titles and now is about to be a big reason they sign the second greatest of all time, which will have its own consequences for City the club and City the brand.
That wouldn't equal what you listed, you listed around 500m worth of players without the for fun player. But that's beside the point, PSG didn't build a good team around them and have had to sell a lot of young talented players in order to finance it since 2017, they also have no depth in most positions.
This is all done guys. It's really happening. Aguero has changed his username on insta and removed the 10 from his name. Freeing the number up for Messi
Once that happens it's over. It's done. Once you move a number from your instagram.
Who would have thought at the start of the window that City would not only sign Messi but it would happen before we make a single transfer.
What was his username?
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