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haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2724 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-25 19:47:24
August 25 2020 19:47 GMT
#4801
If Messi leaves now for free, Bartomeu will be the most hated person in Catalonia.
Sapaio
Profile Joined October 2017
Denmark2037 Posts
August 25 2020 20:12 GMT
#4802
On August 26 2020 04:12 Rebs wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 26 2020 02:55 Pandemona wrote:
Haha Messi just activated some clause in his contract allowing him to leave Barca for free. Puyol tweeted thanks Messi and good luck as well to add wtf haha.

Where is he gonna go


Well its a bit controversial. The clause says he can leave before June for free.

Its past June, but then also there are extenuating circumstances because of Covid, What June really means in spirit is after the season.

But this cunt board wont let him go easy so w/e this is going to get ugly. Its amazing how things keep rotting and rotting and have to hit rock bottom before stuff changes. Even when they were winning this eventuality was coming.

Everyone should just support Bayern if they want to maintain their sanity or some shit. I dono.. atleast even if they arent good or not winning you can appreciate the team is run by and large and they generally make good decisions to counter bad ones relatively quickly.. Unless your German and not a Bayern supporter or something idk.


These clauses pretty sure, that if players chose to play outside of the season it can not have negative impact on them, and if Barcelona does some kind of magic like that. It would destroy the club. Imagine forever being the club that used pandemi against it's greastest player of al time. Talk about a shitstorm
GO OG
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
August 25 2020 20:53 GMT
#4803
Going to be good fun ahead unless you are a Barca fan of course they are in a bit of trouble now!
ModeratorTeam Liquid Football Thread Guru! - Chelsea FC ♥
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
August 25 2020 20:56 GMT
#4804
lmao barcelona
lmao maguire
Moderatorhttp://i.imgur.com/U4xwqmD.png
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-25 21:26:24
August 25 2020 21:24 GMT
#4805
It would be insane if he left for Bayern. The whole region of Catalonia would be burnt to the ground.

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26265 Posts
August 25 2020 21:59 GMT
#4806
Oh boy... The neutral romantic in me would like to see Messi do the one man club thing, the neutral pragmatist thinks it would be a crying shame for the best player of his generation to wind down his career with an increasingly dysfunctional club.

Messi is quite a tight lipped fellow but his opinion on this current board and Bartomeu are pretty common knowledge. I wonder if this is more a power play to push Bartomeu out before the elections.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
August 25 2020 22:22 GMT
#4807
It's already rumoured in Spanish media that if Bartomeu resigns Messi could stay.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
August 25 2020 22:37 GMT
#4808
According to Spanish TV3, Messi called Pep three days ago to ask if Man City would pick him up.
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4139 Posts
August 26 2020 00:45 GMT
#4809
Holy fuck all these seasons of clickbait saying Messi is leaving but this year it finally seems to be true
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 26 2020 00:59 GMT
#4810
???

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Liquid`Drone
Profile Joined September 2002
Norway28743 Posts
August 26 2020 01:17 GMT
#4811
And Stoke isn't even in PL anymore. What a waste.
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Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4139 Posts
August 26 2020 01:34 GMT
#4812
On August 26 2020 09:59 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
???

https://twitter.com/RafaelH117/status/1298420482870476801


What tier is this?
Greg_J
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
China4409 Posts
August 26 2020 01:45 GMT
#4813
Wow. Again amazing things happening that I have little to comment about other than just Wow. Let's see what happens.
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4139 Posts
August 26 2020 01:53 GMT
#4814
Do you guys think if Bartomeu resigns, Messi will end up staying? Not sure if Koeman is also another reason Messi wants to leave.
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 26 2020 01:55 GMT
#4815
On August 26 2020 10:53 Dante08 wrote:
Do you guys think if Bartomeu resigns, Messi will end up staying? Not sure if Koeman is also another reason Messi wants to leave.


But the club is already in the rebuilding phase. Suarez is gone etc.
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-26 02:38:53
August 26 2020 02:35 GMT
#4816
On August 26 2020 09:59 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
???

https://twitter.com/RafaelH117/status/1298420482870476801


i feel like thats stating the obvious. honestly, if he leave barca, where else is messi going to go? hes not going to go to another club for a "challenge". man city has the money to pay him, a coach he likes and most likely will let him do whatever he wants, and a close friend already there.
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-08-26 02:42:33
August 26 2020 02:39 GMT
#4817
Bartomeu can't resign as apparently (I didn't know until recently) if the direction leaves the club with debts, they'll be liable for it. Imo, Messi is gone 100% but there are 2 options: 1) they let him out for free, 2) they tell him that they'll accept any offer above XM€ (50 to 100 I'd guess). The 3rd option would be to go to court over his contract and I think that'd be even more suicidal for the board while now they have a tiny tiny tiny chance of redeeming themselves by starting the rebuilding of the team. At least people could say that they were the ones that had to take the difficult decisions of letting the golden generation players go.

As for Messi, I believe City would be the best club for him and it wouldn't put City in a tough spot after he leaves. Inter would have to build the team around him, and PSG would have a crazy attack but it'd ruin any chance they'd have at building a real team. French medias are saying there's a supposed deal with Beckham for Messi to join his club in the US (Inter Miami) with a great tax deal, for when he retires from European football. The planned date was for 2021 and it was done months ago. I don't think it'd be crazy to see Messi do one more year in Europe before leaving next year. In that scenario, clubs won't want to have to pay a transfer fee on top of the salary. So if Messi leaves for a fee, he'll probably stay a couple of years in his new club, if he leaves for free.... 1 year? It also depends if Messi really wants to be in a good shape for the Qatar WC (sounds crazy, but after all the losses with the NT, he might not care as much anymore). Fun drama time.
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4139 Posts
August 26 2020 03:03 GMT
#4818
How would Inter afford his wages?

Most realistic is 1) City and 2) PSG imo
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
August 26 2020 03:06 GMT
#4819
On August 26 2020 12:03 Dante08 wrote:
How would Inter afford his wages?

Most realistic is 1) City and 2) PSG imo

Chinese owners. They have caaaaaash. It would probably still be a bit handicapping and they wouldn't be able to recruit too much/raise salaries. But they have Lautaro that Barça wants, I could see some deal.
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4139 Posts
August 26 2020 03:10 GMT
#4820
I doubt he goes to Inter, they would still need 3-5 more signings to be able to compete with Juve, I don't see Messi going into a team still building at this stage of his career.
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