Just looked at the last couple of pages and you seem to be adamant in defense of Messi and his desire to leave. As a Barcelona fan, in this current situation, would you be happy if
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I don't fanboy over players, not least players that are not our own. So I couldn't give a shit about what Messi does over there in Barcelona. I am just fascinated by the poster's adamant defense and wanted to hear up to what point he would still be happy with in regards to what Messi does from now on.
Take a day off. Utd have had plenty of players even in recent times that have downed tools. Close your laptop and go do some gardening
Aaaand then?
Seriously, can you even read?
Multimillion in paying too much tax shocker. Why are these people so greedy?
Probably because many would hold Messi in a better light than Ronaldo because of his manor outside of football. Ronaldo is arrogant about his ability and also had the potential rape charge. Messi was always seen as the blue eyed boy by many and this dispute simply proves he’s just as much a primadonna as the rest of modern football. Want to leave? Don’t sign a multimillion euros contract. Ask to leave before the date the contract states in writing. Why would he expect Barcelona to let him go for free when he has another year? Someone’s word means nothing in the world of business.
Being the best player in the world means he should move? For instance Ronaldo only moved to advance his career to get to Madrid, and then when Madrid wouldn’t pay for him any more. If he doesn’t want to go elsewhere because he loves where he is, that’s surely just the kind of person he is, it doesn’t make him a lesser player, it’s absurd. That kind of loyalty is what we suggest is missing from the game and people in here are suggesting it’s a flaw. He has given all his best years to one club. A very successful one sure but he’s a major part of that.
Tbh I'd be amazed if he wasn't beyond criticism; not that I'm saying it's right, but what he's done for them is insane
Think most will side with him and blame the current president
The issue is that anyone that has openly an issue with Bartomeu and the board has a point and a popular one too, so it would be very strange if a majority of fans turned against Messi. But with Football fans you never know.
I am still not understanding what he has done wrong. He has openly questioned the ambition and the project of the board. He has made it clear he wants to be competing for titles. If anything the fans will back him, as the board is an absolute shit show. Greizemann, Coutinho, Dembele. How much money they have blown
He's asking to leave on a free transfer because he thinks his team mates are too shit. Not exactly fighting for the colours.
His fans would argue in favor of this.
Agree. Imagine if Ronaldo did the same!
There were plenty who sided with Rooney when he did what Messi has done.
As we know it’s not how much has been spent. It’s getting the right players and probably more important in Barcelona’s case getting the right coach. They’ve made one bad appointment after another and gradually the players haven’t been able to compensate.
Fully agree. You can even argue what their board has done is the same as what our incompetent shower have done. It's seemingly only in the past 12 months we have started to see a more strategic approach from Utd.
Spent a fortune on shite. If I was Messi and I was looking at the players I was playing with week in week out, I would question wtf is going also. I commend him. If only someone had the balls to have done the same on Woodward 4-5 years ago we may have been in a much stronger position
They've still spent a fortune though, he can't honestly say they've lacked ambition or been stingy. At the time, everyone thought Dembele and co were great signings.
You don't get it because you don't read properly.
It’s a shambles, but don’t think he’s burnt his bridges. With a new manager, there will be no issue in him playing.
It's more about competency than spending money. Barcelona have been a shamble for a while, I personally think that the influence of Messi is part of the issue with the board more focused on pleasing/not upsetting him than doing the right thing which is to build a coherent team. Money isn't everything, you need to spend it coherently and at least give the impression that you have a plan which hasn't been the case in Barcelona since 2014/2015.
I really hold posters in disdain who turn everything into Messi vs Ronaldo. It’s so pointless. Also bringing a potential charge into an argument is very distasteful.
Awwww bless him
Yeah, but surely verbal agreements doesnt supercede actual signed documents?
I’m clearly not an expert on contract law, and moreover Spanish contract law. Perhaps he was naive, in taking the word of his employer all season.
That's an interesting question in theory when verbal agreements are legally accepted in Contract Law the answer is often no, it doesn't supercede. The issue is that you need to prove that this verbal agreement exists which is difficult in particular if you didn't mention it to a third party.
