Don’t think city can afford his wages. Well not officially anyway.
Lionel Messi
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Is he going to retire? Or go to PSG to play with Neymar?
Come to United instead, Lionel
Come to United instead, Lionel
Well we have the Sanchez wages freed up!
Surely Bartomeu has to resign after this? He's not seriously going to keep Messi in Barcelona against his will?
he probably just wants to sack the president
If there's any chance that he can come to the PL I think all clubs should band together and buy him for someone, just so we can see Leo over here. Even if a shitty club like Leeds goes out of business cause of having to commit to the cause, get it done. Sanction this deal Premier League fathers.
Sorry what? He gets a million a week!?
He’ll go to City
I just hope he doesn't retire or goes to a retirement league. Still got it and worth watching.
But seriously what happened between Messi and Barca for him to do such a thing? This is quite bizarre. Any summary for it?
Supposedly €1.2m per week.
Imagine taking the greatest ever player to court because he fancies a change. After bringing you glory after glory. Weird and small-time move.
Is this an incredibly daring tactic to negotiate for even higher wages?
Woody and Adidas better get to work.
At Barca Messi had around 1 million euro a week.
Imagine if he goes to City and accept 300K...... (officially)....
PSG and City. But don't rule out an Italian club doings something crazy if he arrives on a free transfer.
Unless he is willing to go down in wages in order to win silverware something else.
Sancho was just a smoke screen all along..........
Ed you GeNiUs
Ed you GeNiUs
So this was what Ed was waiting for all along. 
Apparently he and Pep have no relationship personally and no rapport. Not saying that he won’t go to City but there’s only respect between them and no love.
It’s a massive conundrum, he’s getting on and he does looked to have declined physically a bit. Still incredible but he earns £1.6m a week! Imagine if you sign him and he does an ACL.
I just can’t see that happening. It’d backfire massively and just drag out the inevitable.
The Associated Press have reportedly received documents from Barcelona officially confirming his request to leave, it's real lads
Or is he doing all this because he wants the president to resign? Afterwards he would just be staying ...
Seems like its the new manager Koeman who has offended him
They cried and bitched and whined when neymar forced his way out.
I think it's really going to depend on the total cost to sign him. Contrary to popular belief, I don't think he'd win us the league on his own - maybe a cup competition. I'd take him, but not at any price and I'm not sure if his contract demands would be reasonable enough for us. In a binary yes / no poll, I'd have to vote no, but if the figures made sense for the club (which I doubt) I'd love to see him play at OT.
Didnt his clause to leave for free expire earlier in the summer?
IF he does actually leave theres only one club I can see him going to although I wouldnt put it past us to make some sort of insane attempt to get him to sign.
But I reckon this is just a power play to get rid of the president.
IF he does actually leave theres only one club I can see him going to although I wouldnt put it past us to make some sort of insane attempt to get him to sign.
But I reckon this is just a power play to get rid of the president.
I honestly never though I'd see the day of Messi playing for another club. Still kind of expecting this to end with him on a bumper new €2M p/w contract 
Who needs Messi on a free when David Brooks is available for £40m?
No I don't think so. They decided to get rid and now he wants out himself
I'm sure Messi's first choice would be to go to City and he will end up there if he leaves but surprisingly, the Glazers have already pulled off a coup of this magnitude this year (Tom Brady).
PSG or City
Both will be easy transition for him.
1 to a weak league and the other to city to be with pep for an easier transition.
2020 has been absurd!! As a football fan I am super excited!
Both will be easy transition for him.
1 to a weak league and the other to city to be with pep for an easier transition.
2020 has been absurd!! As a football fan I am super excited!
Lionel Messi leaving Barca is so crazy but to think of him joining our sub standard mediocre team sounds like the most far fetched bollocks I have ever heard.
No doubt our PR will spin some interest though to deflect from the negative transfer and Maguire news at the moment.
No doubt our PR will spin some interest though to deflect from the negative transfer and Maguire news at the moment.
Please get Ronaldo and Messi together
Let's get Messi!
I’m sure the City legal team were all over him before this even kicked off.
I assume he'll argue that clause was meant to be at the end of the season, and because of Covid he wasn't able to exercise it, so they should still honour it.
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I dont think he'll ever come to us but the clubs that will line up to sign him will be a mile long.
Apparently they're already on it. Sport in Barcelona reporting that we've reached out to his entourage in order to hear what his intentions are.
Him too.
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