psg have no chance you’re saying? Cl absolutely have a shot at CLAt PSG?
Nah I'm just joking based on their history in recent years. They'll be up for it this year I'm surepsg have no chance you’re saying? Cl absolutely have a shot at CL
Oh haha yeah, sucks he went to PSG of all teams but if they don’t at least get to the CL final the internet will have a field dayNah I'm just joking based on their history in recent years. They'll be up for it this year I'm sure
They have an unbalanced team, they will not go through the semis at the best.Nah I'm just joking based on their history in recent years. They'll be up for it this year I'm sure
Do you realise the corporate financial year ends on june 30th? It's pretty likely Mbappé will be sold by then. Or Icardi. Or a bunch of other players.
You think you’re going to sell Mbappe?Do you realise the corporate financial year ends on june 30th? It's pretty likely Mbappé will be sold by then. Or Icardi. Or a bunch of other players.
Also, a lot of sport business consultants were heard on french radios for a couple of days, backing my claim that Messi would generate a significant part of his salary in new income, if not more. Apparently PSG started to work on new partnerships in case of a Messi transfer since last year when he wanted to leave Barcelona.
I don't want to but we've been trying to extend his contract for 2 years and so far he doesn't want to. I think he might be sold at the end of this summer or he'll sign a new short term contract and will be sold in a year, i don't think he'll stay longer than that.You think you’re going to sell Mbappe?
And he or she thinks the buying club would pay all that transfer fee up front, all at once, in cash, to offset Messi....not an amortized fee structure like the vast majority of mega transfers.You think you’re going to sell Mbappe?
You’re losing him on a free mate.I don't want to but we've been trying to extend his contract for 2 years and so far he doesn't want to. I think he might be sold at the end of this summer or he'll sign a new short term contract and will be sold in a year, i don't think he'll stay longer than that.
And still, Neymar extend his contract, meaning that the small amortization left on his transfer his spread over 4 more years. The same will happen with Mbappé regardless of what happen (either amortization spread or sold) meaning that from an accounting point of you, it's almost 80M saved per year just because of these contracts reaching their terms.
That was a lot of text for saying he's leaving on a free, agreed.You’re losing him on a free mate.
people actually believe thatDo you realise the corporate financial year ends on june 30th? It's pretty likely Mbappé will be sold by then. Or Icardi. Or a bunch of other players.
Also, a lot of sport business consultants were heard on french radios for a couple of days, backing my claim that Messi would generate a significant part of his salary in new income, if not more. Apparently PSG started to work on new partnerships in case of a Messi transfer since last year when he wanted to leave Barcelona.
i do believe Messi will bring in more commercial opportunity for PSG for sure.people actually believe that
You’re losing him on a free mate.
That's not the opinion of most consultants in France but hey, the caf might know better!That was a lot of text for saying he's leaving on a free, agreed.
I don't "believe" anything, I have no figures to back that up so I listen and read people who work in this field. I actually think that most posters here don't realize what Messi means for the world outside of england. When Messi was on his plane, 115 000 personns where following his flight on flightradar, which is pretty ridiculous but shows the attraction.people actually believe that
I‘ve bookmarked your post, I’ll bump it when he signs a contract with Madrid in January.That's not the opinion of most consultants in France but hey, the caf might know better!
Sure, don't worry i'll do the same.I‘ve bookmarked your post, I’ll bump it when he signs a contract with Madrid in January.
Di Maria won’t be a starter anymore but a supersub. Paredes will likely play with Verratti and Wijnaldum as PSG plays 433.I might be bitter but is it me or does that team look comically unbalanced? That front four doesn't look like it'll track back and work hard defensively, leaving a lot of the legwork to the double pivot of Veratti and Wijnaldum which I'm not entirely convinced will work.
Sure it looks great on FIFA, but in the real world I can see them getting caught out against high tempo sides in the Champions league.
PSG has taken on massive wages within a 3 month window even before Messi. In addition to the wages paid, they paid signing on fees, agent fees, etc. That's on top of 9-figure revenue losses. Where exactly is this money coming from...that's been the biggest question all along. Still have had to pay the massive amortized fees for Neymar and Mbappe during Covid, which is incremental to their 200M revenue loss.Do you realise the corporate financial year ends on june 30th? It's pretty likely Mbappé will be sold by then. Or Icardi. Or a bunch of other players.
Also, a lot of sport business consultants were heard on french radios for a couple of days, backing my claim that Messi would generate a significant part of his salary in new income, if not more. Apparently PSG started to work on new partnerships in case of a Messi transfer since last year when he wanted to leave Barcelona.
They will have all fallen out by ChristmasThey have an unbalanced team, they will not go through the semis at the best.
From memory you can write the income as a gain in a single fiscal year, you do not have to use the installment sales method.And he or she thinks the buying club would pay all that transfer fee up front, all at once, in cash, to offset Messi....not an amortized fee structure like the vast majority of mega transfers.
My concern is not the quality or depth of the squad, but more Pochettino...They have an unbalanced team, they will not go through the semis at the best.
Correct, it's however they choose to label it as. FFP didn't care how it was recorded on the books. There's never one way to do it and it's up to the club/business to figure that out.From memory you can write the income as a gain in a single fiscal year, you do not have to use the installment sales method.
Poch will be tested not from a tactical POV, but moreso squad harmony, balance, and egos. PSG should be able to come together and maybe lose 3 domestic league matches all season. They have way too much talent and key players not to have issues breaking down teams. Just be interesting if they go 3 at the back or 2...or Marquinhos steps up into midfield full time with Kimpembe and Ramos behind him.My concern is not the quality or depth of the squad, but more Pochettino...
But Messi has bonuses to reach and you know PSG has to meet these visibility and impressions and media value thresholds now that Messi is there. For the most part, he's been fit and going to a slower league than La Liga should only help him staying on the pitch. Good thing people will be able to tune into beIN Sports to watch PSG and Messi. And by the way, beIN Sports is owned and operated by Nasser Al-Khelaifi .... also chairman of Qatar Sports Investment, who happens to oversee PSG as club president. And Qatar Sports Investment is a subsidiary of Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), the state-run sovereign-wealth fund in Qatar.PSG don't need to have Messi play all games. They can rotate at ease. He's 34
It's mostly that Messi will be an undisputed starter for the biggest games and the team will have to shape around him.
I think as long as they keep winning the sheer momentum will carry them through. If they hit a rough patch and such, they could crumble.
Grim viewing, Barcelona fecked up so hard with this one.
Did they? That contract he signed in 2017 was meant to explode sooner than later. The Covid crisis was just the spark. Messi became a brand a long time ago. I'm amazed he stayed at FCB that long (probably because his wife and family wanted to stay for personal/social reasons). Barcelona was also ruined in 2003 and then in 2010 but Messi wasn't earning that much then, not even half of his current megastar salary.Grim viewing, Barcelona fecked up so hard with this one.
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He can certainly play in England, but his age means that he would have to be used more sparingly. Maybe like Bergkamp in the early to mid-2000s. Or like Cristiano Ronaldo under Zidane.He has signed for PSG purely to win the UCL.
If he wins it, people will say that, like in 2009, 2011 and 2015, he was surrounded by some of the very best (Neymar, Mbappe, Verrati, Ramos, etc). If he doesn't win it, it will hurt his European legacy a lot more than even the ugly UCL failures of 2018-2020.
Bad move in any event, but the money is always good. Always.
I laugh at the people who thought he would sign for Rosario or City. He's not a romantic, and he knows he can't play in England, not at 34.
I love football too much, I want Messi to always stun me with amazing games, he's a privilege to watch! I don't think that going to PSG necessarily makes a played be a cnut. It's not like all City players are cnuts, for example. In a football prospect, it's hard to not be excited to see how this attack of Messi, Neymar and Mbappé will unfold.It's just confirmed how much I fecking hate the guy. Hope its a disaster for him.