We must buy the next Messi

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Apparently there's a kid here in my local club, Nk Trešnjevka, he's great and they call him a new Messi. I'll call Woodward to send someone, he can sleep at my place, ground is just around the corner.
 
God if we only had known it earlier that we need to look for the next Messi instead of the next Andy Carroll we would have assembled a world class squad in no time. I mean how hard can it be to find the next Messi, I'm sure Goal.com has and article about the next Messi every other week, common Woody just throw the money at these players and we will have the best squad in the world within 11-12 weeks. Simples.
 
Do Ed and Louis know about this wonderful strategy?
 
The next Messi is still having his nappies changed by the current one...

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(and looking none too happy about it either)
 
This is like one of those eureka moments you come up with when you're completely stoned. Unfortunately, I end up forgetting mine but good on you OP for keeping a record of it here on the caf.
 
In the Di Maria thread people have been talking about how we destroy players that come here.

As in, back when Di Maria arrived people said "he is going to go the same way as Mata did. He'll be shit within a few months."

Maybe us buying the next Messi is impossible, because the very fact he came here would prevent him becoming the next Messi. Maybe if Januzaj had gone to some other club he would be on his way to fulfilling that accolade. Maybe if Jones had been snapped up by someone else he would be the new Beckenbauer by now.

I dont actually believe any of that but its something to think about.
 
The next Messi is still having his nappies changed by the current one...

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(and looking none too happy about it either)

Looks like he's already capable of more thought than Jones and Smalling combined. Is he under contract? Cheeky bid for the little tyke in May?
 
Apparently there's a kid here in my local club, Nk Trešnjevka, he's great and they call him a new Messi. I'll call Woodward to send someone, he can sleep at my place, ground is just around the corner.

Oh my God, are you using this thread as cover for trying to sleep with Woodie?

That's pretty low, let us know how you get on.
 
That Scottish youngster who joined Sporting Lisbon?
£80 million should do it.
 
Get it sorted LVG and Woody.

I would like to see:
DDG
Next Carlos Alberto Next Beckenbauer Next Baresi Next Maldini
Next Zidane Next Cruyff
Next Ronaldo Next Messi Next Platini
Next Maradona
What we will probably see.
DDG
McNair Evans Blackett
Valencia Young
Blind
Rooney DiMaria
RVP Falcao​
 
Should we sign next Messi or the next Ronaldo?
Why not both? And lets not stop there - lets also sign the new Schmeichel, the new Duncan Edwards and the new Maradona whilst we're at it. What is Woody even waiting for???
 
'We'd only turn them into the next Anderson'... has someone posted that yet?

But seriously... great thread.
 
How about we stop finding the "The Nexts" and just stick to getting a system that works

We failed drastically in getting "The next" Scholes and "The next" Keane.
 
Were too busy getting the next zaha , and nick powell, dont know what our scouts get paid to do, for the last 10 years they`ve been pretty shit
 
Also Id like us to build our team of Scandinavians and other Northern Europeans who arent complete fannies about the weather and dont spend their time pining for tapas and siestas. So rather than the next Messi id be looking for the Norwegian Messi.
 
Never has an OP on the Caf been vilified so much for being so wrong yet feeling so right.
 
Stingy spending was the reason we got the useless Moyes instead of the master Mourinho.

We now have one of the best managers in the world. Van Gaal has the experience and the pedigree.

We should also aim to have the best players in the world. At least some of them. That's what the title's "new Messi" refers to.

And we have to buy them. If we wait till our youth system produces a star player, we may have to wait for a long time.
Yes he does, but he looks totally clueless right now.

See, i did not think your post was funny as most people are hinting at. I understand trying to get top players, or players who are on the verge of becoming superstars, but you need someone who can handle them correctly, get the best out of them. Look at the players we have in midfield and attack, then watch a game and see how pathetic our attack looks on a match day.
 
Get it sorted LVG and Woody.

I would like to see:
DDG
Next Carlos Alberto Next Beckenbauer Next Baresi Next Maldini
Next Zidane Next Cruyff
Next Ronaldo Next Messi Next Platini
Next Maradona​

I'd be happy with:
Next Schmeichel
Next Parker Next Palister Next Bruce Next Irwin
Next Ince Next Keane
Next Sharpe Next Cantona Next Giggs
Next Hughes​
 
God if we only had known it earlier that we need to look for the next Messi instead of the next Andy Carroll we would have assembled a world class squad in no time. I mean how hard can it be to find the next Messi, I'm sure Goal.com has and article about the next Messi every other week, common Woody just throw the money at these players and we will have the best squad in the world within 11-12 weeks. Simples.

Lord bendtner We should have signed. A fun fact on Lord bendtner, last time falcao Made an appearance in the champions league, was a 5-0 defeat to arsenal, bendtner scored the hatrick
 
In all seriousness, Id like to have the next Barca Youth Academy. If we could churn out a team of world class home grown players rather than buying a team of galacticos Id rather do that.

At this stage the next Ajax or even Southampton academy would do.
 
Also Id swap DDG for the next DDG who is bound to be much better.

The reason for DDG in goal and not Next DDG is that it would hinder us with FFP. Rumors abound about Next DDG costing in the $550M-$600M range. We would however need to get DDG contract situation sorted immediately.
 
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