Messi

[camspur]

 

[Jordinho]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1300100480627023873

 

[Kandi1977]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1300100480627023873

Damn! Typical when we were soooo close to signing him on a free....

 

[Lemonade Money]

FFS, we could have had Messi for two years instead of that bloody stadium.

 

[Gazza Dazzla]

FFS, we could have had Messi for two years instead of that bloody stadium.

Bloody Levy!

 

[Robbo]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1300100480627023873

So instead of buying players for the past three decades, we could've been saving up for Messi.

Levy out.

 

[Moby]

If he was on a free I was starting to think he might be worth a punt. just so long as his wages weren’t silly or anything, and would fit neatly into our wage structure.

 

[Kandi1977]

If he was on a free I was starting to think he might be worth a punt. just so long as his wages weren’t silly or anything, and would fit neatly into our wage structure.

Average salary in Spain is quite low, so I don't think he'd be super expensive....

 

[Moby]

Average salary in Spain is quite low, so I don't think he'd be super expensive....

That’s what I was thinking. It would be good to leave a bit in the weekly budget, to allow us to tie the Bale deal up.

 

[ShipOfTheseus]

Even if this Lionel character gets a work permit, he’d be taking a home grown player’s place in the squad. And he’s a midget. The whole thing looks very flimsy and I resent the way the club gets used by these attention-seeking wantaway chancers,

 

[Moby]

Even if this Lionel character gets a work permit, he’d be taking a home grown player’s place in the squad. And he’s a midget. The whole thing looks very flimsy and I resent the way the club gets used by these attention-seeking wantaway chancers,

Good point. Jose does prefer taller players to defend the back stick at set pieces.

 

[mephitis]

Too old
No resale
Too short, can’t defend the near post
Doesn’t track back
Not particularly fast, may have lost a yard of pace
Too one footed
YT highlights reel is ok I guess

Let’s face it guys, he ain’t gonna fit that DM role

Levy's eyeing the replica shirt sales.

 

[Yiddo]

Barca will cash in, someone will pay £30m for him give him a £50m signing on fee then pay him £300k a week. Barca get some money and free up his wages, Messi gets a years wages upfront as well as an extra £300k a week and someone has spent £80m on the best player in the world.

 

[nayenezgani]

Has he signed yet?

 

[milo]

Barca will cash in, someone will pay £30m for him give him a £50m signing on fee then pay him £300k a week. Barca get some money and free up his wages, Messi gets a years wages upfront as well as an extra £300k a week and someone has spent £80m on the best player in the world.

His wages at Barca are £1m a week and the total package is worth £100m a year.

 

[scaramanga]

Meh. I think we should go for <insert name of young, Div 3, English player here> instead.

 

[awesome dawson]

3 years at City then 2 years at NYC apparently the most likely option. Long live FFP.

 

[camspur]

3 years at City then 2 years at NYC apparently the most likely option. Long live FFP.

Why do I think it'll be a 5 year contract with NYC with a 3 year loan deal to MC thus completely bypassing FFP.

 

[Baleforce]

Why do I think it'll be a 5 year contract with NYC with a 3 year loan deal to MC thus completely bypassing FFP.

I'd really admire City for pulling that off.

 

[MKSpur]

Why do I think it'll be a 5 year contract with NYC with a 3 year loan deal to MC thus completely bypassing FFP.

In my simple mind that would actually work, not that City care about FFP. Hopefully it will be a tinkletake too far and UEFA do something about it, otherwise it would be simple to have a loss making feeder club outside of Europe to do this which could include buying unwanted players at inflated prices too?