lionel messi to leave barcelona

[michael21]

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[michael21]

https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySportsNews/status/1423341720108998670?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcam p%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[bots]

Barcelona say Lionel Messi will not be staying at the club "because of financial and structural obstacles".

Messi, 34, has been a free agent since 1 July when his contract expired.

He agreed a new deal on reduced wages with club two weeks later, but it was dependent on Barca selling players to afford his salary.

"Both parties deeply regret that the wishes of the player and the club will ultimately not be fulfilled," the club said.

Barcelona said Messi was poised to extend his 21-year career with the club by signing the deal on Thursday, and blame La Liga for the failure to do so.

"Despite FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi having reached an agreement and the clear intention of both parties to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen because of financial and structural obstacles [Spanish La Liga regulations]," the club said.

"FC Barcelona wholeheartedly expresses its gratitude to the player for his contribution to the aggrandisement of the club and wishes him all the very best for the future in his personal and professional life."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58108298

Guess City will be forgetting Kane now :laugh:

[Denver]

Barcelona say Lionel Messi will not be staying at the club "because of financial and structural obstacles".

Messi, 34, has been a free agent since 1 July when his contract expired.

He agreed a new deal on reduced wages with club two weeks later, but it was dependent on Barca selling players to afford his salary.

"Both parties deeply regret that the wishes of the player and the club will ultimately not be fulfilled," the club said.

Barcelona said Messi was poised to extend his 21-year career with the club by signing the deal on Thursday, and blame La Liga for the failure to do so.

"Despite FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi having reached an agreement and the clear intention of both parties to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen because of financial and structural obstacles [Spanish La Liga regulations]," the club said.

"FC Barcelona wholeheartedly expresses its gratitude to the player for his contribution to the aggrandisement of the club and wishes him all the very best for the future in his personal and professional life."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58108298

Guess City will be forgetting Kane now :laugh:
He is pretty much off to PSG

[Denver]

Barcelona is in a mess, they are unable to register their new signings

[Christmas Dynasnow]

i find messi so boring and uninspiring

[Captain.Remy]

The end of an era, that's for sure. I guess PSG offered him a lifetime deal to win the Champions League...

[Merry Mockmas]

Barcelona is in a mess, they are unable to register their new signings

It's because them and Real Madrid overspend on players, it'll bite any team in the ass if they can't manage their finances.

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/FortunaSittard/status/1423344519391629314

:hehe:


imagine Messi though at my fave team :flutter: one can always dream

[Christmas Dynasnow]

i find messi so boring and uninspiring

LT but he is going to West Ham!

:shocked:

Best player in the world and a smashing guy to boot, legend


:hee:

[Candy Annie Cane]

LT but he is going to West Ham!

:shocked:

Best player in the world and a smashing guy to boot, legend


:hee:

:laugh:

I was like that when Van Persie signed for us from Arsenal :laugh:

[Nicky91]

why should he go to any of those loser clubs like City, PSG or whatever club in england, france, italy


just come to Fortuna, not for the money since he's already rich enough, just because the atmosphere, vibes here is soooo good :D

[Zizu]

The end of an era, that's for sure. I guess PSG offered him a lifetime deal to win the Champions League...


Imagine Messi / Mbappe / Neymar !!!

That said his other option is at City with Pep and play with KDB and Grealish


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[Captain.Remy]

Imagine Messi / Mbappe / Neymar !!!

That said his other option is at City with Pep and play with KDB and Grealish


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I'm from Marseilles so I can only support the Olympique de Marseille :laugh: PDG can go to hell :joker:
...but yeah, good team!

[Nicky91]

inbefore he just goes back to Argentina :laugh:

[Zizu]

Apparently ..

It is interesting that no active Barcelona player has shared a farewell message for Lionel Messi yet.


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[James]

I read that Barcelona saying he is going might be a 'power play' in the negotiation, and he might still stay.

[Alf]

Newell's Old Boys FC or One of the Milan Clubs.

[michael21]

Kane out Messi in

[bots]

I read that Barcelona saying he is going might be a 'power play' in the negotiation, and he might still stay.

it's related to la liga fair play rules, and they couldn't get their wage bill down enough even with messi taking a pay cut. They are in a financial mess which probably means they are just not viable going forward ... time will tell

[Zizu]

I’m still hoping he stays ...


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🗣 Lionel Messi - “I’ve always loved the famous Glasgow Rangers in Scotland. I’ve always remembered the roaring atmosphere at Ibrox in the Champions League, compared to that other team, the soap dodgers in green. Gerrard was a great player and someone I’d love to work with.” <a href="https://t.co/sDYvE6oZlp">pic.twitter.com/sDYvE6oZlp</a></p>&mdash; WATP 🇬🇧🏆 (@WATP_com) <a href="https://twitter.com/WATP_com/status/1423368039257489412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Captain.Remy]

Definitely sounds like something Messi would say.

[Zizu]

Apparently City have ruled themselves out of the Messi negotiations ... maybe Messi has given the wink to Pep that he’s going nowhere ??

Or maybe the PSG deal is as good as done ?

I kinda expected ManU to get involved tbh


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[Zizu]

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I still think he’ll stay ;)


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

I’m rubbish at shirts ..

West Ham or Burnley ?


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[Zizu]

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I half expected it to be a Scottish team tbh


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[James]

it's related to la liga fair play rules, and they couldn't get their wage bill down enough even with messi taking a pay cut. They are in a financial mess which probably means they are just not viable going forward ... time will tell

Barcelona, Real and Juventus seem to think the Super League is still happening.

[Captain.Remy]

Barcelona, Real and Juventus seem to think the Super League is still happening.

And we need to find out who is lying to them because it is not happening :skull:

[bots]

Barcelona, Real and Juventus seem to think the Super League is still happening.

yes, they do, i think because the alternative is financial ruin and they don't want to face reality

[Nicky91]

yes, they do, i think because the alternative is financial ruin and they don't want to face reality

hopefully financial ruin will happen to all those dumb premier league teams :idc: :fc:

[Zizu]

Barca legend Rivaldo knew back in February !!

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[Alf]

Apparently City have ruled themselves out of the Messi negotiations ... maybe Messi has given the wink to Pep that he’s going nowhere ??

Or maybe the PSG deal is as good as done ?

I kinda expected ManU to get involved tbh


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ProWhich "City" have ruled themselves out?

Stoke City? Hull City? Bradford City? Manchester City? Cardiff City? Leicester City? Coventry City? Chester City? York City? Birmingham City? Swansea City? Norwich City? Exeter City?

Be more specific, because being from Hull, when you say "City" I think you're talking about Hull City, because in Hull, they get called "City"

[Alf]

Maybe he'll sign for Town? or Rovers? or Wanderers?

[bots]

Messi agreed to take a 50% wage cut at Barcelona to 1m a week. I wonder how many teams out there can afford even 1m a week :laugh:

[michael21]

I think he end up at spurs :cheer2:

[bots]

apparently chelsea have requested a meeting with Messi's reps, so that would shake things up :laugh:

[Zizu]

Which "City" have ruled themselves out?

Stoke City? Hull City? Bradford City? Manchester City? Cardiff City? Leicester City? Coventry City? Chester City? York City? Birmingham City? Swansea City? Norwich City? Exeter City?

Be more specific, because being from Hull, when you say "City" I think you're talking about Hull City, because in Hull, they get called "City"


It was York City obs


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[Zizu]

Maybe he'll sign for Town? or Rovers? or Wanderers?


More likely United tbh


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[Candy Annie Cane]

More likely United tbh


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Utd can't afford his wages without getting rid of everyone else :laugh:

[Nicky91]

Utd can't afford his wages without getting rid of everyone else :laugh:

no one can :laugh:


whoever signs him, will become the next club in massive debt


and as if Messi had been that great last season :laugh2: were Barca champions, umm nope, very much of a unusually weak year for them


i feel like now at Barca there is a chance for new stars to rise up without this big ego around anymore




Messi at his age would be better off to go and end his career at Newell's maybe, and afterwards join there as a first team coach

[Zizu]

no one can :laugh:


whoever signs him, will become the next club in massive debt


and as if Messi had been that great last season :laugh2: were Barca champions, umm nope, very much of a unusually weak year for them


i feel like now at Barca there is a chance for new stars to rise up without this big ego around anymore




Messi at his age would be better off to go and end his career at Newell's maybe, and afterwards join there as a first team coach


Agreed .,

Plus give millions to the poor , sick and good causes in the area .


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[Zizu]

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lionel Messi's departure now means Mark Noble is the longest-serving 'one-club man' in the top 5 major European divisions. <br><br>16 years, 461 appearances for West Ham. ⚒️ <a href="https://t.co/DxmTgcHzMa">pic.twitter.com/DxmTgcHzMa</a></p>&mdash; FootballFunnys (@FootballFunnnys) <a href="https://twitter.com/FootballFunnnys/status/1423943063488053248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[bots]

press conference ongoing

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2021/8/8/eed2c8af-4730-4928-9d46-dfa60c4119d7.jpg

[Cherry Christmas]

Fgs reduce your wages then

[bots]

Fgs reduce your wages then

it's difficult to have any sympathy for a guy that will have no trouble getting another job and has been making mega millions for decades :laugh:

[Cherry Christmas]

it's difficult to have any sympathy for a guy that will have no trouble getting another job and has been making mega millions for decades :laugh:

No sympathy at all,if he loves the Club so much he could play for a lot less or even nothing as his sponsorships alone will still give him a great living

34 as well probably get injured in his first run out at whoever takes him :laugh:

[Zizu]

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[Merry Mockmas]

Which "City" have ruled themselves out?

Stoke City? Hull City? Bradford City? Manchester City? Cardiff City? Leicester City? Coventry City? Chester City? York City? Birmingham City? Swansea City? Norwich City? Exeter City?

Be more specific, because being from Hull, when you say "City" I think you're talking about Hull City, because in Hull, they get called "City"

I wish that we were in contention to sign Messi.:joker:

[Cherry Christmas]

PSG have offered a 2 year contract

[bots]

sky sports .....

Lionel Messi has received a two-year contract offer from Paris Saint-Germain and is reviewing and considering it carefully.

The French club have offered the six-time Ballon d'Or winner an initial two-year deal, thought to be worth £25m a year after tax.

Messi also has two other potential options but PSG remain the favourites to sign him.

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So before tax that about 1m a week assuming 50% tax rate :laugh:

[Cherry Christmas]

sky sports .....

Lionel Messi has received a two-year contract offer from Paris Saint-Germain and is reviewing and considering it carefully.

The French club have offered the six-time Ballon d'Or winner an initial two-year deal, thought to be worth £25m a year after tax.

Messi also has two other potential options but PSG remain the favourites to sign him.

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So before tax that about 1m a week assuming 50% tax rate :laugh:

Do they not have a salary cap in these leagues?

[bots]

Do they not have a salary cap in these leagues?

they all have to abide by financial fair play, so if the club can afford it through its income then its fine.

The reason Barca came undone was because they have made huge losses and are heavily in debt, so the spanish league wouldnt allow the contract. Thats why they are still insisting on the super league, it's the only thing that will save them now. PSG have picked up loads of players on free transfers, so they can then afford a higher salary

[Tinsel Toes]

press conference ongoing

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2021/8/8/eed2c8af-4730-4928-9d46-dfa60c4119d7.jpg

Makes millions and can't get a suit that fits !! cheap suit baggy round neck ~ not Saville Row, cheapskate millionaire.

[bots]

PSG have apparently put 10 players on the transfer list in order to fund the messi arrival :crazy:

[Zizu]

It’s not over !!

Barça make one last proposal to Leo Messi

The Argentine and the club negotiate in the morning an offer that arrives after the farewell

Barça's option is not completely closed

Ferran Reverter, CEO of the club, is the interlocutor


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[Zizu]

Barça has asked to reopen negotiations with Leo Messi. The player's lawyers have asked PSG for more time to review the contract and offer. Nothing is closed.

— @verobrunati


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[bots]

Man U are putting a bid together for Messi too :laugh:

[bots]

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

that is poch sacked if they dont win everything

[bots]

Apparently Messi was on 140m a year at Barca .... and they wonder why they had financial problems :laugh:

[Zizu]

He’s already letting his diet slip https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210810/5745c208953ae196e19c6d8fe9ae7e3b.jpg


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[Zizu]

Poor lad is taking it badly ..

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[Nicky91]

Apparently Messi was on 140m a year at Barca .... and they wonder why they had financial problems :laugh:

140m too much for a overrated player


but now we got the three ego forwards at PSG


Mbappe another overhyped talent who couldn't be a deciding player for Les Blues last euro's


Neymar LOL great commercial value but also no team player



sucks to be Wijnaldum and Donnarumma now to be in a team with all those ''me me me'' idiots :idc:

[Captain.Remy]

He's arriving today and will be introduced at the PSG-Strasbourg game on saturday night.

[Nicky91]

He's arriving today and will be introduced at the PSG-Strasbourg game on saturday night.

:yuk: :yuk:




hopefully PSG will lose all their star players to long covid, and then will relegate out of the Ligue 1 :fc: their karma for being such a loser money club

[Nicky91]

Messi and his fake tears too :yuk:


only Messi this, Messi that in our newspaper


as if he's some god :idc: overrated ******

[Zizu]

Messi and his fake tears too :yuk:


only Messi this, Messi that in our newspaper


as if he's some god :idc: overrated ******


To be fair ... he’s not overrated :)


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[Nicky91]

yes he is, same as those other spoiled little babies like Mbappe, Neymar


PSG didn't win the title last year with those two, and i doubt Messi will make the difference either



Lille again for the title pls, no stars and a real team :flutter:






Star Players need to retire fast so we can have a new generation again

[Nicky91]

now PSG also wants to buy Cristiano Ronaldo

:laugh3: :laugh3:


whatever team do these troll arab morons want to build ''biggest ego's all together'' :laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3:

[joeysteele]

Good luck to him.

[Zizu]

now PSG also wants to buy Cristiano Ronaldo

:laugh3: :laugh3:


whatever team do these troll arab morons want to build ''biggest ego's all together'' :laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3:


Sounds like bollox tbf


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[Christmas Dynasnow]

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[Alf]

The French league?

That's why Cristiano will go down in history as the greatest player of this generation. He conquered the 3 biggest leagues in Europe, while Messi likes an easy day at the office.

[Cherry Christmas]

The French league?

That's why Cristiano will go down in history as the greatest player of this generation. He conquered the 3 biggest leagues in Europe, while Messi likes an easy day at the office.

Very true

[michael21]

I will see if he play on Saturday live on bt sports 1 HD :cheer2:

[Zizu]

The French league?

That's why Cristiano will go down in history as the greatest player of this generation. He conquered the 3 biggest leagues in Europe, while Messi likes an easy day at the office.


The other side to that is that Messi has stayed with a rather poor Barcelona for the last 5+ years whereas FakeRonaldo has simply jumped from one totally dominant team - ManU to Real Madrid ( 4 CL titles etc ) to a Juventus who’d just won the league for ten years straight...

Messi is favourite to win his record breaking 7th Balon D’or in the coming months .. leaving CRonaldo in his wake ..


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[Nicky91]

no debut yet for Messi at PSG