Can he come here and score more than Ronaldo's 84 goals here?
I'd say he can.
Might tempt him.. would seriously p1ss off Ronnie!
I'd say he can.
Might tempt him.. would seriously p1ss off Ronnie!
Do we have the budget to sign Messi?
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A 5 year deal where he only plays 2 but gets paid for 5 no less.
feck him, nobody should treat their club like that. I couldn’t care less what “Messi earns Barcelona”, Barcelona made Messi.
Even as a short term signing Utd should be all over this, he would obviously elevate the team and what a player to aspire to learn from for Rashford, Greenwood and Sancho, then there is the enormous commercial aspect, Utd shirts with Messi on the back would go through the roof whatever the price, unlikely to happen, but surely the powerbrokers at the club should be weighing up the feasibility of it.
We should at least make him a serious offer, the money's there if we offload Pogba and other dead wood and for a player like Messi breaking the wage barrier shouldnt be a problem, especially as we were/are prepared to offer Pogba even more to stay, so if thats the yardstick its a no brainer, get Messi.
I'm interested in these many reasons.
For a player like Messi, you create the budget.
Are you saying we should cook the books?
We’re going to get him to throw a discus??
On the contrary, we should bring both Messi and Ronnie in.
Budget aside, has anyone seen much of him? Is he any good?
Break our wage structure and piss off every player … great! No thanks
As SAF would have said, “ he’ll have to accept what he’s given and play in the reserves to prove his fitness first!” This is a big club.”
Well he'd want 50m a year wage plus apparently a 50m sign on fee, so no, not sure if I'd want him if those figures are true.
only 38 goals & 12 assists last season, also won copa america, so yeah not that good
No thanks. Would much rather we go all out on trying to sign Haaland next summer.
Every player at the club would love to play with Messi. The wage structure wouldn't change in terms of the rest of the squad, everyone knows Messi is a unique talent.
I don't think he'll want to play in the PL though. He doesn't work hard in a far easier league. PSG will appeal to him for a number of reasons.
I’m a big big fan of Messi. He is the player off all time. But…. Even if we have budget, I don’t want him in United. How satisfying is it to win PL with Messi? Too much quick fix PSG style for my taste.
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Again as it was the last time this was brought up at the beginning of the summer, anyone who says they wouldn't want Messi here for any sort of footballing reason is absolutely delusional. He would instantly make us league favorites, and make a mockery of those "tough low block sides" like Burnley.
Never going to happen, but let's not act like we should be refusing him .
Never going to happen, but let's not act like we should be refusing him .
The feck do you guys want a player that wants 1.6m/pw????? He will ruin us plus he has lost his physical prowess. Let him go to PSG.
Every player would love to play with him but he’s not the force he was. Paying him way above every player would be disruptive.
We live in different times sadly, money is the key not club loyalty
Can't have it both ways then where you complain about not winning a trophy in 4 years while the club fully rebuilds and then refuse to have Lionel fecking Messi in your side.
I saw a 5.5 hour YouTube video but it was just goals and assists.
So you’re a Messif fan then? Bigger than all the rest
Now I would get behind all the anti-Pogba and kindly ask him to go to PSG so we can bring Messi in 
Put your cock away, we’re not signing him
Whats Messi's actual posotion dosent he play where Bruno plays ? I would love him here but where would he fit ?
Financially I feel like we could probably make it happen (or at least meet whatever he ends up going for). I don't think we have the clout for it though. He's 34, we don't have any Argentines or ex Barca players or some random people that are friends with Messi to lure him over. Ole has done well but let's not pretend like he'd be a draw for Messi as manager. We've been shit on a European football level since Sir Alex retired (even if we're on the up). And it's Manchester compared to living in Barcelona his whole life, while being able to hand pick wherever he wants. City with their success and Pep are easily ahead of us, but PSG is the easy favorite overall IMO.
Can we not just sign him for 2 seasons? Pay him whatever he wants, sell whomever we need to. Get it done
Aren’t we trying to offload Lingard so we can sign Trippier? I don’t think we’ll even sniff at it.
Probably better than the other options we have
Language problems, No connection to South American culture, No experience of winning trophies, all english assistant managers, lack of experience managing big players… etc.
No one can afford his current wage structure legitimately.
There's a big difference between having a plan with a budget, and being able to raise funds when required.
That's not to say that we will of course, but that it's certainly possible should the owners be sufficiently motivated.
No, dont do it to yourselves. We are doing very well in the market, lets not overhype the potential
Not a chance.
Relax, tomorrow you will hear Manchester United are monitoring the situation. Ed's got this
We don't even really know what sort of wage he'll want. A huge signing on bonus could negate the need for obscene wages. Either way, he's still one of, if not the best player in the world. I think we're on course to go for Haaland next summer so it wouldn't make much sense. But Messi is the greatest player ever. He'd still come in and be our best player.
No. If we did, we should buy someone else.
And a goalkeeper and at least one center back.
He's the player of all time.