Messi leaving on a free

[Kevin D]

26 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

What a weird argument. Messi is Barcelona's employee, he's not a corporation. Barcelona were willing to pay him what they paid him. Since when does the fault lay with the employee in such a situation? Any rational person takes the money there. 

 

If he was a real fan, he'd be paying them and doing the landscaping.

[Megadrive Man]

4 minutes ago, Dynamite said:

Looks a proper top talent. If the rumours about him wanting 100k per week are true though, then it's another youngster being completely mismanaged by those he's surrounded himself with.

 

It's a tough one. I remember when we gave Raheem Sterling a 30k a week contact on the back of around 15 league games for us, I believe we also gave Solanke 50k a week before he'd even played a league game. Going even further back we gave a 16 year old  Dean Bouzanis 10k a week on the basis that he was the best in the business at that age group. 

 

For Moriba, if he sees the likes of Messi on 1.1 million a week and then other players on 500/600k a week he probably thinks that 100k is a fair amount. 

[Bobby Hundreds]

The greed in the game has gone too far. You can't have permanent growth of wages season upon season, the bubble is going to burst at some point with clubs going to the wall.

[clangers]

Yes but can he do it on a cold, rainy November evening in Stoke?

[Carvalho Diablo]

18 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

You have a wholly unrealisitic view about all this, but fair enough. I don't think you can expect someone to work for free,  no matter the job or to cut his wages by such a percentage, especially someone of his calibre. That's just not how people are or how the workforce is.

I don't expect Messi (or anybody) to work for free, but how much does he need? How little is he prepared to play for?

 

He evidently values the money more than he values playing for Barca.

 

How many clubs can realistically afford to pay what Messi is prepared to accept?

 

He's marginalising himself massively, and that's entirely of his own choosing.

[Lee909]

[Allan]

3 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

I don't disagree with the general point. But the way they threw money around i guess try and get it. The money in general tbese days is just crazy. Bang average players taking home 60 plus a week

 

1 minute ago, MegadriveMan said:

 

It's a tough one. I remember when we gave Raheem Sterling a 30k a week contact on the back of around 15 league games for us, I believe we also gave Solanke 50k a week before he'd even played a league game. Going even further back we gave a 16 year old  Dean Bouzanis 10k a week on the basis that he was the best in the business at that age group. 

 

For Moriba, if he sees the likes of Messi on 1.1 million a week and then other players on 500/600k a week he probably thinks that 100k is a fair amount. 

Oh, absolutely. I get that it's happened in the past and will continue to happen and that clubs have certainly not helped themselves by throwing money around without considering how those on lesser contracts will react when it comes to contract renewal time.

 

From the players' point of view, you absolutely have to ask for the best deal you can get. Careers can be over before they get started.

 

Perhaps it was just the article I read regarding Moriba's supposed "demands" of 100k per week.

 

Any which way, Barcelona only have themselves to blame and I certainly won't lose any sleep over one of the most corrupt clubs in the World feeling the pinch that they've put themselves in.

[Megadrive Man]

Me neither!

 

Hopefully this is the start of a long period of decline for Barcelona!

[Bjornebye]

 

 

[Lee909]

Just now, Bjornebye said:

 

 

Thats what Barcelona should have tweted

[No2]

This is on PSG and Man City and UEFA for allowing it to happen. They went and took Neymar from them, paid obscene money to him and the threat to do the same with Messi was used by the player to bring the club to this point. Its easy to say Barcelona were fools for allowing it to happen but did they have much choice?

[DalyanPete]

2 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Think his wife fancies moving to Merseyside, lads?

Slag, only what I heard

[Guest Alex_K]

He could, of course, simply round out his career for the club that found him & helped (quite literally biologically helped) prime him for fame at a merely obscene salary, rather than uber-obscene.

[Red74]

[johnsusername]

The state of modern football. What a fucking greedy shambles. Part of me would love the whole circus to collapse on itself. Unfortunately I guess there are a lot of 'normal' people who would also lose their livelihoods.

[dockers_strike]

They think it's all over, it is now!

 

Bet city are pissed off they spunked £100m on Grealish today! Surely bound for PSG now.

[Creator Supreme]

3 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

The state of modern football. What a fucking greedy shambles. Part of me would love the whole circus to collapse on itself. Unfortunately I guess there are a lot of 'normal' people who would also lose their livelihoods.

What film is that image from?

[TheBitch]

5 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

The state of modern football. What a fucking greedy shambles. Part of me would love the whole circus to collapse on itself. Unfortunately I guess there are a lot of 'normal' people who would also lose their livelihoods.

Love that film. 

[johnsusername]

2 minutes ago, Creator Supreme said:

What film is that image from?

Fight Club, mate. 

[TheBitch]

2 minutes ago, Creator Supreme said:

What film is that image from?

Fight club. 
 

“it is only after we have lost everything that we are truly free to do anything”

[Red74]

2 hours ago, Bobby Hundreds said:

The greed in the game has gone too far. You can't have permanent growth of wages season upon season, the bubble is going to burst at some point with clubs going to the wall.

God, if you’re listening. Please let it be Everton

[TheHowieLama]

Just think that it was only 15 short years ago the the Pittsburgh Penguins had to give Mario Lemieux ownership in the franchise in lieu of some of his wages.

[Lee909]

Laliga will buckle and he will resign on some dodgy contract offer, they'll pay him the huge wage but over 10 years instead of the 5 they planned to do it on

[Vincent Vega]

2 minutes ago, Lee909 said:

Laliga will buckle and he will resign on some dodgy contract offer, they'll pay him the huge wage but over 10 years instead of the 5 they planned to do it on

They’ll probably tell all the other clubs that they need to subsidise his wages so Barcelona can keep him.

[Vincent Vega]