hoyaguy
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Post by hoyaguy on Aug 5, 2021 13:45:12 GMT -5
It’s official that Messi will not sign another contract with Barcelona and can leave on a free due to the debt Barcelona has built up and inability to keep all of its players. It is very sad even not as an avid barca fan to see this era come to an end. Where will he end up? No idea right now due to how expensive his wages are. What is more interesting is that a private equity firm had just announced yesterday that they were injecting almost 3 billion euros into La Liga for a cut of future revenues as a cash injection to help the clubs but the league loses massive value with its star.
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Post by hoyaguy on Aug 5, 2021 13:49:57 GMT -5
Further more (I’ll probably keep updating this just to keep anyone remotely interested in arguably the best soccer player ever) Barcelona apparently rejected their cut of the bail out provided by the private equity fund CVC as it would lock them out from ever joining a super league, but now that decision costed them Messi since they don’t have the money. They got the “bad regime” out but still making questionable decisions
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Post by professorhoya on Aug 5, 2021 14:16:22 GMT -5
It’s official that Messi will not sign another contract with Barcelona and can leave on a free due to the debt Barcelona has built up and inability to keep all of its players. It is very sad even not as an avid barca fan to see this era come to an end. Where will he end up? No idea right now due to how expensive his wages are. What is more interesting is that a private equity firm had just announced yesterday that they were injecting almost 3 billion euros into La Liga for a cut of future revenues as a cash injection to help the clubs but the league loses massive value with its star.  |
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Post by Elvado on Aug 5, 2021 14:17:11 GMT -5
Sad day for football.
He will not look right in any other kit.
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Post by professorhoya on Aug 5, 2021 14:20:20 GMT -5
Further more (I’ll probably keep updating this just to keep anyone remotely interested in arguably the best soccer player ever) Barcelona apparently rejected their cut of the bail out provided by the private equity fund CVC as it would lock them out from ever joining a super league, but now that decision costed them Messi since they don’t have the money. They got the “bad regime” out but still making questionable decisions I think Man City is the only place he goes. Too bad for Harry Kane. Pandemic and shutdown crippled the overspending Spanish and Italian clubs. Style of play wise Liverpool might be interesting. Chealsa and Aresenal not so much. |
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Post by professorhoya on Aug 5, 2021 14:23:56 GMT -5
this move could propel Man City into the stratosphere in terms of world wide popularity of their brand.
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Post by hoyaduck on Aug 5, 2021 14:28:16 GMT -5
Man City and PSG are seemingly the only clubs that can realistically afford his wages, but I think this is a bluff by Barcelona to put pressure on La Liga. Provide some flexibility or watch your biggest commercial draw walk. But hey, maybe La Liga saw this coming and that's why they sold 10% of their business.
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hoyaguy
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Post by hoyaguy on Aug 5, 2021 14:35:33 GMT -5
I agree that PSG and Man city are really the only destinations possible and there are arguments for both. Especially since there was a possibility that mega 5 year multi team deal with City last season since they also own NYCFC but I genuinely have no clue. If he wants to relax with easier league play and focus on Champions league then PSG is the spot but England could quite the place to get in the bag since there was always much pride in England about how Messi wouldn't be able to do well there
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Post by professorhoya on Aug 5, 2021 14:41:43 GMT -5
I agree that PSG and Man city are really the only destinations possible and there are arguments for both. Especially since there was a possibility that mega 5 year multi team deal with City last season since they also own NYCFC but I genuinely have no clue. If he wants to relax with easier league play and focus on Champions league then PSG is the spot but England could quite the place to get in the bag since there was always much pride in England about how Messi wouldn't be able to do well there I don't see how Man City won't dominate the world with De Bruyne Mahrez Greelish Sterling Foden Fernan Torres Kyle Walker Messi etc, etc. |
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Post by hoyaduck on Aug 5, 2021 14:49:20 GMT -5
I agree that PSG and Man city are really the only destinations possible and there are arguments for both. Especially since there was a possibility that mega 5 year multi team deal with City last season since they also own NYCFC but I genuinely have no clue. If he wants to relax with easier league play and focus on Champions league then PSG is the spot but England could quite the place to get in the bag since there was always much pride in England about how Messi wouldn't be able to do well there I don't see how Man City won't dominate the world with De Bruyne Mahrez Greelish Sterling Foden Fernan Torres Kyle Walker Messi etc, etc. They're still manage to lose the Champions League somehow |
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Post by professorhoya on Aug 5, 2021 15:02:35 GMT -5
Usually I don't like Galacticos type unfair stacking of teams but watching DeBruyen/Mahrez/Greelish feed Messi will be amazing. Messi may average 3 goals a game.
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hoyaguy
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Post by hoyaguy on Aug 5, 2021 15:08:37 GMT -5
I don't see how Man City won't dominate the world with De Bruyne Mahrez Greelish Sterling Foden Fernan Torres Kyle Walker Messi etc, etc. They're still manage to lose the Champions League somehow If they cannot win the Champions league with that team then it would really be on Pep (Fraudiola as some call him) as he has choked so much over the years and only has won it once with arguably the best team ever, but this would be a scary team nevertheless and City might just say forget spending so much on a 28 year old Kane now |
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Post by Elvado on Aug 5, 2021 15:22:17 GMT -5
Don’t be shocked if he is back at the Camp Nou…
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Post by hoyaduck on Aug 5, 2021 15:51:42 GMT -5
Vegas has weighed in...
PSG 4-5
Barca 2-1
Man City 5-1
Any MLS club 14-1
Newell's Old Boys 16-1
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hoyaguy
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Post by hoyaguy on Aug 5, 2021 15:52:19 GMT -5
It would be quite the way to jerk the fans around if this was all a trick, I would walk away as Messi anyway since he needed to take a salary cut and barca is probably not gonna be good enough again this season
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Post by HometownHoya on Aug 6, 2021 9:55:53 GMT -5
It would be quite the way to jerk the fans around if this was all a trick, I would walk away as Messi anyway since he needed to take a salary cut and barca is probably not gonna be good enough again this season The theory is that Barca is doing this to force La Ligua's hand into including them in the recent funding the league received without having to agree to never pursue the Super League. That said, I agree they should walk away. Barca screwed themselves by paying Messi so much so they need to blow it all up and start it over. |
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Post by professorhoya on Aug 6, 2021 13:23:01 GMT -5
It would be quite the way to jerk the fans around if this was all a trick, I would walk away as Messi anyway since he needed to take a salary cut and barca is probably not gonna be good enough again this season The theory is that Barca is doing this to force La Ligua's hand into including them in the recent funding the league received without having to agree to never pursue the Super League. That said, I agree they should walk away. Barca screwed themselves by paying Messi so much so they need to blow it all up and start it over. They should have also never tried to leave for the Super League along with that gremlin Joel Glazer |
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