OT: Lionel Messi leaving Barcelona (Update: Signs with PSG)

[twyzted]

I’m not a soccer fan but any chance he comes to MLS if a team offers him a ridiculous contract?

I think hes got too much left in the tank to come to the MLS, currently.

You guys don't know how was his next contract with Barcelona to try to scam the system?. The two first seasons of the contract he was going to play for Barcelona and after that he was going to play in USA with Barcelona still paying him. He left because Messi has to pay the taxes of all the contract in Spain and for La Liga and tax authorities that's illegal. Well and first of all because Barcelona has a lot of millions of debt and they can't sign him in La Liga until they have the accounts healthy again


He is a washed player since like 2-3 years ago

102 games 91 goals 47 assists for the last 3 season is insane not even close to washed and will win ballon dor.

[skones]

what a legendary run. GOAT player by far.

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Ronaldo is substantially better. And btw it's been against the rules to change people's quotes

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[gp2015]

that's what happens when you pay so much money for guys like Griezmann and Coutinho. Barcelona are in for a long barren spell considering their financial struggles and their current roster.

And Dembele.

What a massive waste of money for all those guys who are either overpaid or injury prone.

[twyzted]

PSG and Man City are the only clubs I can see going for it. Those clubs have unlimited money it seems. If I were Man City I would do it. They have the potential of surpassing Man Utd as a brand. In the last decade man city has dominated man utd and this move would put them on the global map even greater.

City just signed Grealish for close to 120mil. I know they have nearly unlimited bank, but could they actually afford Messi's wages?
I'm genuinely asking. Neymar Mbappe Messi would arguably be the GOAT front line.

They could easily cover his wages but would break financial fair play rules not that those rules are upheld.
The owner of city is a prince in abu dhabi who have pilles of money.



I would guess Psg since on that picture is all psg player outside of messi and was posted 2 days ago

[gp2015]

PSG and Man City are the only clubs I can see going for it. Those clubs have unlimited money it seems. If I were Man City I would do it. They have the potential of surpassing Man Utd as a brand. In the last decade man city has dominated man utd and this move would put them on the global map even greater.

City just signed Grealish for close to 120mil. I know they have nearly unlimited bank, but could they actually afford Messi's wages?
I'm genuinely asking. Neymar Mbappe Messi would arguably be the GOAT front line.

They could easily cover his wages but would break financial fair play rules not that those rules are upheld.
The owner of city is a prince in abu dhabi who have pilles of money.



I would guess Psg since on that picture is all psg player outside of messi and was posted 2 days ago

He seems to be close to Neymar and there are other guys on PSG that are from Argentina as well (Di Maria, Paredes).

I don't think he has anything left to win and he'll want to play with his friends.

[twyzted]

City just signed Grealish for close to 120mil. I know they have nearly unlimited bank, but could they actually afford Messi's wages?
I'm genuinely asking. Neymar Mbappe Messi would arguably be the GOAT front line.

They could easily cover his wages but would break financial fair play rules not that those rules are upheld.
The owner of city is a prince in abu dhabi who have pilles of money.



I would guess Psg since on that picture is all psg player outside of messi and was posted 2 days ago

He seems to be close to Neymar and there are other guys on PSG that are from Argentina as well (Di Maria, Paredes).

I don't think he has anything left to win and he'll want to play with his friends.

Well there seems to be negotiations going on with psg already so i think Psg is the likely destination.
Also ligue1 would be smart to allow him to sign because it will improve the profile of the league considerably.

[gp2015]

They could easily cover his wages but would break financial fair play rules not that those rules are upheld.
The owner of city is a prince in abu dhabi who have pilles of money.



I would guess Psg since on that picture is all psg player outside of messi and was posted 2 days ago

He seems to be close to Neymar and there are other guys on PSG that are from Argentina as well (Di Maria, Paredes).

I don't think he has anything left to win and he'll want to play with his friends.

Well there seems to be negotiations going on with psg already so i think Psg is the likely destination.
Also ligue1 would be smart to allow him to sign because it will improve the profile of the league considerably.

The problem is PSG is already known as the powerhouse that throws money at the biggest names in soccer while all the other teams fight for the scraps. That won't change much with the signing of Messi, it will just increase PSG's gap over the others.

The overall quality of the other teams need to be improved.

[twyzted]

I saw a report that barca cant register any of the new signings depay, aguero etc because of their financial situation. And no they are not in this because of Messi or covid, the last president was an idiot over spending on signings and wages. While Messi was on ridiculous wages he brought a lot of money into the club.

[twyzted]

He seems to be close to Neymar and there are other guys on PSG that are from Argentina as well (Di Maria, Paredes).

I don't think he has anything left to win and he'll want to play with his friends.

Well there seems to be negotiations going on with psg already so i think Psg is the likely destination.
Also ligue1 would be smart to allow him to sign because it will improve the profile of the league considerably.

The problem is PSG is already known as the powerhouse that throws money at the biggest names in soccer while all the other teams fight for the scraps. That won't change much with the signing of Messi.

The overall quality of the other teams need to be improved.

I think that Messi will bring in a lot more audience in terms of tv viewing plus every stadium will sell out when Psg comes to visit. Messi has so much more apeal then neymar and mbappe. So if he plays there for a few years teams will get more money and the league will benefit.

[gp2015]

Well there seems to be negotiations going on with psg already so i think Psg is the likely destination.
Also ligue1 would be smart to allow him to sign because it will improve the profile of the league considerably.

The problem is PSG is already known as the powerhouse that throws money at the biggest names in soccer while all the other teams fight for the scraps. That won't change much with the signing of Messi.

The overall quality of the other teams need to be improved.

I think that Messi will bring in a lot more audience in terms of tv viewing plus every stadium will sell out when Psg comes to visit. Messi has so much more apeal then neymar and mbappe. So if he plays there for a few years teams will get more money and the league will benefit.

Perhaps but I think PSG already have two of the 4 most famous football players in the world in Neymar and Mbappe and the overall view of Ligue 1 hasn't changed too much since they were acquired.

Once there is more competition in the league, people will be more interested in tuning in. Until then, it will just be PSG steam rolling over the entire league.

Perhaps Messi will be the catalyst.

[Pharmcat]

The problem is PSG is already known as the powerhouse that throws money at the biggest names in soccer while all the other teams fight for the scraps. That won't change much with the signing of Messi.

The overall quality of the other teams need to be improved.

I think that Messi will bring in a lot more audience in terms of tv viewing plus every stadium will sell out when Psg comes to visit. Messi has so much more apeal then neymar and mbappe. So if he plays there for a few years teams will get more money and the league will benefit.

Perhaps but I think PSG already have two of the 4 most famous football players in the world in Neymar and Mbappe and the overall view of Ligue 1 hasn't changed too much since they were acquired.

Once there is more competition in the league, people will be more interested in tuning in. Until then, it will just be PSG steam rolling over the entire league.

Perhaps Messi will be the catalyst.

Messi on psg is just insane. No one in Ligue 1 would stand any chance. Club football really needs a better fair play rule

[gp2015]

I think that Messi will bring in a lot more audience in terms of tv viewing plus every stadium will sell out when Psg comes to visit. Messi has so much more apeal then neymar and mbappe. So if he plays there for a few years teams will get more money and the league will benefit.

Perhaps but I think PSG already have two of the 4 most famous football players in the world in Neymar and Mbappe and the overall view of Ligue 1 hasn't changed too much since they were acquired.

Once there is more competition in the league, people will be more interested in tuning in. Until then, it will just be PSG steam rolling over the entire league.

Perhaps Messi will be the catalyst.

Messi on psg is just insane. No one in Ligue 1 would stand any chance. Club football really needs a better fair play rule

Perhaps it will get so bad (with Messi) that the League will have to step in and do something about the lack of competition.

[Marty McFly]

only comparable to mike retiring in '98...

[ArksNetsSince99]

PSG and Man City are the only clubs I can see going for it. Those clubs have unlimited money it seems. If I were Man City I would do it. They have the potential of surpassing Man Utd as a brand. In the last decade man city has dominated man utd and this move would put them on the global map even greater.

Money Talks , same way Brooklyn surpass Knicks with the exception Knicks didn’t dominated **** compared to Man United

[twyzted]

The problem is PSG is already known as the powerhouse that throws money at the biggest names in soccer while all the other teams fight for the scraps. That won't change much with the signing of Messi.

The overall quality of the other teams need to be improved.

I think that Messi will bring in a lot more audience in terms of tv viewing plus every stadium will sell out when Psg comes to visit. Messi has so much more apeal then neymar and mbappe. So if he plays there for a few years teams will get more money and the league will benefit.

Perhaps but I think PSG already have two of the 4 most famous football players in the world in Neymar and Mbappe and the overall view of Ligue 1 hasn't changed too much since they were acquired.

Once there is more competition in the league, people will be more interested in tuning in. Until then, it will just be PSG steam rolling over the entire league.

Perhaps Messi will be the catalyst.

Thing is Messi is on another level in terms of how famous he is Jordan, muhammad ali, Maradona, Pele, Cr7 level famous. Nike even didnt mind losing Neymar to puma. He and mbappe with all respect to them are not even close to as liked as Messi.

The only time ive seen someone talking badly about Messi is on this site.

Ofcourse i might be wrong and ligue1 does not gain anything from this.

[twyzted]

I think that Messi will bring in a lot more audience in terms of tv viewing plus every stadium will sell out when Psg comes to visit. Messi has so much more apeal then neymar and mbappe. So if he plays there for a few years teams will get more money and the league will benefit.

Perhaps but I think PSG already have two of the 4 most famous football players in the world in Neymar and Mbappe and the overall view of Ligue 1 hasn't changed too much since they were acquired.

Once there is more competition in the league, people will be more interested in tuning in. Until then, it will just be PSG steam rolling over the entire league.

Perhaps Messi will be the catalyst.

Messi on psg is just insane. No one in Ligue 1 would stand any chance. Club football really needs a better fair play rule

Football absolutly needs better fair play rules. I like how they do it in germany were the clubs are owned by the fans. Well most of them outside of Rb leipzig and hoffenheim who are hated by other clubs fanbases.

I hate this rich guy buys club pumps money into it to win titles.

[andyhop]

I’m not a soccer fan but any chance he comes to MLS if a team offers him a ridiculous contract?

No MLS team can offer the type of money that a club like PSG (Paris) or Manchester City will throw at him. He still might come over (States) in a few years. But he's still very good. Even at age 34.

PSG will likely sign him to a massive deal.

Given City own a MLS club they could certainly pay him if they wanted to.

[jerok]

He'll go to PSG and Mbappe will still complain about the team not being strong enough for the CL.

he should lay low for a while for missing that penalty

[Tracymcgoaty]

kickball player right?

That's pretty off topic.

Football. US should change it to handball instead. Or egg catching.

[Kalela]

He is coming to Arsenal.