even he play for free, Barcelona still can't register for him due to the wage bill. The whole team need to takes a wage cut.. not just Messi only.
Lionel Messi \ Signs for PSG
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He might be calling PSG, "Can you guys take me in as well?"
He could lead by example and start a domino effect.
Lead by example how? He cannot be registered what so ever.
You can also see it more as a overarching slogan to enhance the familial values of the club. I think in the 2020s its more like that, rather than what the slogan initially meant in the 1900s.
Anyway like I said, even if it was political I would not expect Messi to buy wholly into that part of the ethos as he is not Catalan.
Says a lot about him. Not surprised at all though
This was the point though. He was going to go and play in the US after two seasons but continue with his Barca contract so he would get all his usual wages for the two seasons eventually. All the reports are that he’s getting a two year contract with PSG before going to the US (where he’s going to be getting paid a mid boggling shit ton). This has been his plan for a while. Why would he sign a 5 year deal with Barca and then leave before he gets most of the money?
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The "History" section on the official club website starts with their formation in 1970, so it seems even the club themselves don't really consider anything prior to be relevant.
50 year old club, started by businessmen and owned by oil for a 5th of the clubs existence seems pretty accurate to me.
He offers to forgo his salary for a year, which inspires Griezmann, Coutinho, Dembele and co to take a massive pay cut. He's not banned by the league.
I’m not saying it should be, I’m saying it should be sustainable within the context of your sport and a fan base is a somewhat reasonable measure of that (but of course not exclusive). I wouldn’t enjoy it if Saudi Arabia bought Burton Albion and they won 5 PL in a row. Then Bezos buys Cambridge and they do the same. Then the CCP bought Forrest Green and they did the same. Etc. What Leicester did was amazing. What about Bournemouth did was amazing.
My point is that this should be a bit of an exception because the employer in this case has always done everything to keep him happy. The Martino hiring, getting rid of Ibra when they fell out, huge contracts as demanded are a few things that come to mind. I guess we'll never know but I would like to think that a Giggs or a Scholes would have done everything possible to stay including playing for free if United were in Barca's place (god forbid).
Delusional. Barcelona's management have come back to haunt them. Think these wankers are going to take massive pay cut because their club decided to pay them more than they could actually afford?
And they have actually been criticized for it. But regardless as I already told you if you want to only consider the post merger which isn't a problem, 50 years of history is enough or do we only consider a club to have history if he is at least 100 years old?
What? That's simply not going to happen!
Like feck that's gonna happen
To be fair, if everybody agreed to play for free except Messi, then I would be more inclined to call him greedy.
I highly doubt that Giggs or Scholes would play for free even under Fergie and certainly not after Fergie. Even Ferdinand thought about leaving when United weren't winning. You guys have no idea how elite celebrity footballers think.
Well the context was that PSG are a "real club with a history" in comparison to somewhere like City, they're not, in fact they're quite the opposite, they're the ultimate plastic club.
Oh, here's a photographic exhibition from the official website honouring their 50 year history https://en.psg.fr/teams/club/conten...-germain-this-major-club-in-the-city-of-light
The 50 year history isn't a problem in and of itself, more how and why the club was formed and the fact that its been an oil club for a 5th of that.
Sucks that he's going to PSG. It's the most boring destination possible.
Imagine being able to play for almost any club in the world and choosing psg. Greed is fecking disgusting, all for some money that he’ll never even spend.
Would it be different if he joined City? He's been critized for not leaving Barcelona and now he's leaving Barcelona to go to the best option for someone of his age and calibre.
No one can afford him and only PSG can.
I mean, that's surely up to him isn't it?
There is absolutely nothing to base this on besides your own fan fiction and using said fan fiction as a stick to beat Messi with
No one can afford him because he's greedy. I mean supposedly the best player ever going to play in the french league. It's a joke.
Where would you want him go at 34?
Almost anyone can afford him if he lowers his wage demands enough. Greed.
The way people are talking about Messi being unable to be registered, he can't play either.
I personally think they'll sort something out and he'll play. I suspect this "Messi can't be re-signed" is just spin to save face.
I guess we'll see. If Memphis or Aguero play for Barca then we'll know this wall all horseshit.
You need to read again I didn't type Barca paying Messi 200k, I said even if Messi paid Barca 200k out of his own pocket to play he couldn't register, I went further than suggestions of him playing for free or a small wage to Messi actually paying Barca for exaggerated effect that you've missed. You're just repeating the points in my post.
He's coming to the end of his career, it's one last big payday. I can't say I blame him.
Here we go again
he's about to win the balon d'or, not walking around with a zimmer frameNot entirely true from what I’ve read. There’s some folks in the US desperate to get him there and he’s going to earn major money from it.
This is the real world.
Please, please, please stop suggesting Messi should just reduce his salary, of even play for free. Laporta just now on the press conference:
https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Sd3DWZZcRgY
https://www.youtube.com /watch?v=Sd3DWZZcRgY
They need to offload Coutinho, Umtiti, Roberto and other deadweight, or else they cant register their new signings. This is not about Messi and his salary. They cant even sign him if he offered to play for free.
Yeah but he's not far and away the best player anymore and will most likely decline from here on. Frankly a 2 year contract with PSG is a great retirement option for his European career.Here we go again
I see. So it's not a real football club that isn't the fruit of the merger from a football club and the fact that businessmen were involved at some p
I see. I typically disagree with that idea, a club that comes from amateur football and hasn't been created literally yesterday is for me a real club. I don't really suscribe to the idea of plastic clubs, I find it a bit crass. I also obviously disagree with any idea that involvement of businessmen in the history of a club is a problem because almost none of the top clubs have been developed without businessmen and crucial funding from them whether it happend 70 years or 10 years ago.
So, in reality they never had any chance of signing Messi on another contract.
Preferably one of the top 4 leagues in Europe.
What about what Messi wants? I remember Ferdinand being asked in a interview a few years ago, that if he was a footballer now and could choose any club he'd choose PSG because they have Neymar and Mbappe.
The Caf truly do despise great footballers
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