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Deleted User 173346
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
16169 Posts
August 05 2021 19:38 GMT
#61
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Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34507 Posts
August 05 2021 19:50 GMT
#62
Grealish contract confirmed and announced.
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gTank
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria2668 Posts
August 05 2021 20:06 GMT
#63
On August 06 2021 04:50 Firebolt145 wrote:
Grealish contract confirmed and announced.


Haha I believe they wished to have waited a week for this :D
One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch...and kablooie!
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-08-05 20:26:11
August 05 2021 20:25 GMT
#64
Bet ESPN is fucking pissed as they just got rights to La Liga for 8 billion lol for 1.4 years rofl
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 05 2021 21:07 GMT
#65
So is anyone broadcasting the Laporta press conference?
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
zev318
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada4306 Posts
August 05 2021 21:31 GMT
#66
hope messi goes to a club that's actually a challenge and not the easiest clubs
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-08-05 22:37:34
August 05 2021 21:40 GMT
#67
Found it. Starts in 11 hours.



edit: Because

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"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8930 Posts
August 06 2021 00:03 GMT
#68
On August 06 2021 03:38 RvB wrote:
Messi did agree to a 50% wage cut. It's just that they can't do anything due to the wage cap. Strictly enforcing the wage cap based on last year's revenue seems like a very poor decision by La Liga. United alone has already spent more on transfer fees than the whole primera division iirc and now they're also losing the best player in the world.

is there a source for this? how much more of a wage cut are they expecting from messi then wtf.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27463 Posts
August 06 2021 00:20 GMT
#69
On August 06 2021 09:03 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 06 2021 03:38 RvB wrote:
Messi did agree to a 50% wage cut. It's just that they can't do anything due to the wage cap. Strictly enforcing the wage cap based on last year's revenue seems like a very poor decision by La Liga. United alone has already spent more on transfer fees than the whole primera division iirc and now they're also losing the best player in the world.

is there a source for this? how much more of a wage cut are they expecting from messi then wtf.

Not sure if accurate but from what I’ve read because the contract elapsed, for him to sign again he’s effectively a new player for registration purposes and even if he signed on to play for a penny, the wage bill is so over the La Liga limit that even that wouldn’t put it in the black. If he had re-signed prior to it expiring it would have been ‘well shit we have to balance the books, but at least Messi is secured.

As huge as Messi’s wages were, he is Messi. The inflation and mismanagement across the whole squad is the real problem. Griezman is a quality player to pick one example, but his salary is iirc multiples of even a player like Harry Kane. Hell Coutinho is still on their books, just such a bloody shitshow.

This may be total bollocks but I’ve seen it repeated enough in comment threads and a football writer friend of mine said he had heard some variant of this was the case.
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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27463 Posts
August 06 2021 00:32 GMT
#70
It would be, rather, aggravating if La Liga’s (sensible) clamping down on overspending sees Messi leave and end up at a club who weasled out of punishments for overspending.

I’m not sure this is even 100% the end of the Messi at Barca road, could be all sorts of craziness ahead.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51698 Posts
August 06 2021 01:06 GMT
#71
i guess you can say...
things are getting pretty...
messi.

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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-08-06 02:06:54
August 06 2021 02:06 GMT
#72
Hard to argue against this, can only imagine the books that will be written about this.


"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 06 2021 03:15 GMT
#73
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
August 06 2021 03:55 GMT
#74
I mean what do they even do, what about the players... Makes me wonder if there is an emergency meetings going on at La Liga.



The real situation for Barcelona right now is that the registration of new signings cannot be guaranteed either, not just Messi. With the current regulations of the LFP there will be problems if they do not release players and chips. That is the harsh reality of Barcelona 2021-2022
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Sapaio
Profile Joined October 2017
Denmark2037 Posts
August 06 2021 04:10 GMT
#75
On August 06 2021 12:55 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
I mean what do they even do, what about the players... Makes me wonder if there is an emergency meetings going on at La Liga.

https://twitter.com/Alfremartinezz/status/1423383501148246017

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The real situation for Barcelona right now is that the registration of new signings cannot be guaranteed either, not just Messi. With the current regulations of the LFP there will be problems if they do not release players and chips. That is the harsh reality of Barcelona 2021-2022


This is just a feeling from my side and I got no prof. But Barca is not the club that la liga want to bend the rules for, many Barca players and the club has a history of supporting independence from Spain and think Barca in the past have been selfish with profits splitting if I remember correctly.
GO OG
DropBear
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia4437 Posts
August 06 2021 04:11 GMT
#76
On August 06 2021 09:03 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 06 2021 03:38 RvB wrote:
Messi did agree to a 50% wage cut. It's just that they can't do anything due to the wage cap. Strictly enforcing the wage cap based on last year's revenue seems like a very poor decision by La Liga. United alone has already spent more on transfer fees than the whole primera division iirc and now they're also losing the best player in the world.

is there a source for this? how much more of a wage cut are they expecting from messi then wtf.

Remember a 50% wage cut is down to "only" 60 million euros per season.

Considering they have roughly 190-200 million to spend on the entire squad, a 50% paycut is still nowhere near enough.
Sucker for nostalgia
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2112 Posts
August 06 2021 04:55 GMT
#77
I'm curious to see how much the drop on shirt sales and other income is. Barca feels too big to fall, but they sure are trying...
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8930 Posts
August 06 2021 05:48 GMT
#78
On August 06 2021 13:55 Bacillus wrote:
I'm curious to see how much the drop on shirt sales and other income is. Barca feels too big to fall, but they sure are trying...

the bigger you are the harder you fall. at this point barca is crashing down
Sapaio
Profile Joined October 2017
Denmark2037 Posts
August 06 2021 06:43 GMT
#79
Pretty funny that on the day of the biggest trade in history of PL. Messi steal all the headlines, read that some Spanish reporters think it's all spin to put pressure on LA Liga to help Barca and LA Liga not lossing biggest star.
GO OG
Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2112 Posts
August 06 2021 07:52 GMT
#80
Grealish is probably grateful. There's quite a bit of pressure being the most expensive English player ever and now the first hype wave is diminished by a magnitude or two.
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