Messi to leave Barca

[sunburywhite]

bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58108298

Come on TK put your leotard and gimp mask down and go sign him (for us not wrestling)

[Tabby]

Wonder if City will stop trying to sign Grealish and go back for Messi now.

[MartyFFC]

For about the 7th time I think

[Tabby]

For about the 7th time I think

This time it is Barcelona themselves stating that he won't be renewing his contract.

[MartyFFC]

They've said a contract has been agreed by both parties, but that La Liga financial regulations are preventing it from being ratified. Give it a week, and La Liga will probably just change their regulations.....

[RufusBrevettatemyhamster]

Big news itf true. Could well be the end of Barcelona.

I can see PSG paying him £1 mil a week for a season tho. Just to annoy Neymar again.

[The Enclosurite]

 TK will be running him through the stats machine as we speak...

[H4usuallysitting]

Messi.... what's he ever done

[Nero]

You have to hand it to both Messi and Barca to both get out of this and be able to blame someone else so the fans don't hate either of them 👏👏

[General]

Is it just me who thinks it's entirely their own fault/doing? They're essentially buggered financially because they've thrown everything and the kitchen sink into his contracts and building the club around him that they've inflated his value to an unsustainable level and whilst they were always on the brink the clubs poor financial management plus covid obviously has completely dismantled any strong position the club was in.

Can't help but think it'll take them a while to recover, especially as they essentially haven't got any money from their biggest asset.

[KingofCheese]

In my opinion the whole Spainish set up is corrupt. What do you do if you don't have money to buy the biggest players in the world? You sell your training ground to your local council who give it back to you plus 100's millions of tax payers money and you go on to buy the Harlem Globetrotters squad of fotball players. So what happens if the rules in your country say that you have to sell your players to keep Messi, you announce that Spainish football is going to lose the top act in the circus and so the rule makers face so much anger they cave in. Messi isn't going anywhere - the show (circus) must go on.

Terrible league the Spainish.

[KingofCheese]

Big news itf true. Could well be the end of Barcelona.

I can see PSG paying him £1 mil a week for a season tho. Just to annoy Neymar again.

Only a few clubs could afford his contract (which would pay itself in merchandise) and thsoe would be Man City and PSG or some Chinese outfit.

[Woolly Mammoth]

Is it just me who thinks it's entirely their own fault/doing? They're essentially buggered financially because they've thrown everything and the kitchen sink into his contracts and building the club around him that they've inflated his value to an unsustainable level and whilst they were always on the brink the clubs poor financial management plus covid obviously has completely dismantled any strong position the club was in.

Can't help but think it'll take them a while to recover, especially as they essentially haven't got any money from their biggest asset.

The Banks own the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid who are heavily in debt to them.
These clubs are built on sand and risk collapsing like a pack of cards if they continue down this corrupt road to oblivion.

[Craven Mad]

Wonder if City will stop trying to sign Grealish and go back for Messi now.

Agreed - I'm half expecting him to 'fail his medical' for unannounced reasons...

If I were Grealish, though, even if he does join I'd want to know what City plan to do about Messi. Worst case scenario for him would be to join City and then be benched behind Messi.

[bog]

TK will be running him through the stats machine as we speak...

Messi's missed a few penalties...

[The Enclosurite]

TK will be running him through the stats machine as we speak...

Messi's missed a few penalties...

Sounds perfect for us then.

[RufusBrevettatemyhamster]

TK will be running him through the stats machine as we speak...

Messi's missed a few penalties...

Sounds perfect for us then.

Nah, too many people think TC is better and Messi wouldn't get a look in.

[Twig]

TK will be running him through the stats machine as we speak...

Messi's missed a few penalties...

Sounds perfect for us then.

Nah, too many people think TC is better and Messi wouldn't get a look in.

Give me a fit TC everytime.   

(ok just joshing)

[Twig]

In my opinion the whole Spainish set up is corrupt. What do you do if you don't have money to buy the biggest players in the world? You sell your training ground to your local council who give it back to you plus 100's millions of tax payers money and you go on to buy the Harlem Globetrotters squad of fotball players. So what happens if the rules in your country say that you have to sell your players to keep Messi, you announce that Spainish football is going to lose the top act in the circus and so the rule makers face so much anger they cave in. Messi isn't going anywhere - the show (circus) must go on.

Terrible league the Spainish.

Got to agree with a lot of this.

[fcfulham55]

In my opinion the whole Spainish set up is corrupt. What do you do if you don't have money to buy the biggest players in the world? You sell your training ground to your local council who give it back to you plus 100's millions of tax payers money and you go on to buy the Harlem Globetrotters squad of fotball players. So what happens if the rules in your country say that you have to sell your players to keep Messi, you announce that Spainish football is going to lose the top act in the circus and so the rule makers face so much anger they cave in. Messi isn't going anywhere - the show (circus) must go on.

Terrible league the Spainish.

Got to agree with a lot of this.

Yep. Agree with it all!