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Lionel Messi to Chelsea?

It’s such a difficult situation with signing Messi be he is one of the greatest players ever to have lived. However, for the money you spend on him, you’ll could buy a younger player with 6/7 years of peak talent. 
 

There is also the added element of the control Messi clearly experts over the club. What he wants, he gets, and that doesn’t bode well for a young slightly inexperienced manager. 
 

Seeing Messi in a Chelsea strip would be insane though. 

 
Part of me hopes that, if he does go to City, Barca force them to pay his release clause, or force them to put up huge amount of cash. But in reality, I'd rather Messi did not go to City so that means he's probably going to end up there for like some stupid cheap fee

 
I dont think we will be signing him with wages like this unless he takes a huge paycut:-

Messi’s fixed salary totals £64m (€71m) but bonuses for signing, for staying, and for winning trophies takes the figure well above that.

Just by playing 60 per cent of games until the 2021 date his contract ends sees Messi earn on average £95m (€106m) a season but the potential – if he were to win the treble and win FIFA's player of the year award – exists to push the final figure over the £110m (€122m) mark.
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I think he'll stay at Barca but if he did come to England, City is the logical destination given the number of ex-Barca people there. Won't matter because even Messi won't get them the CL.

 
I'd love to see him at Juve, a Swansong with  Ronaldo, boy they'd shift some shirts, Apparently 550k+  when CR7 signed for Juve😮😮😮

 
As a matter of interest, as an Argentine national and a convicted criminal would he be successful in getting a visa to come to the UK?

 
big blue said:
Really solid argument. 

Maybe were all on crack?

Is messi on crack? 

Has messi cracked? 

Hmmm interesting....
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i don´t need to argue with someone that thinks messi doesnt have a place in  Manchester City´s team because of aguero, or anywhere else for that matter.
You didn´t answer me, are you on crack?

 
Montessori said:
i don´t need to argue with someone that thinks messi doesnt have a place in  Manchester City´s team because of aguero, or anywhere else for that matter.
You didn´t answer me, are you on crack?
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He is back again. 

An opinion on where messi would fit into city's team seems to be beyond your comprehension. 

I wouldve happily put forward an adult debate about it, after all, talking about football is what this forum is all about. 

You dont seem to be able to put forward an argument, other than asking whether i am on drugs. 

Why is that? Do you have some problems in your personnel life that you are trying to project on me? 

I am sorry for you if you have been effective by drug abuse in your life, maybe this is the wrong type of forum for you. 

 
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If we do buy Havertz there is no starting place for Messi, though I don't think we would buy him anyway re the money and age.

Of course then there is the legal situation with Barca and I think if they refuse him a move or put a huge fee on him I think he will just sit on the bench in disgust.

 
Interestingly he has been sending his children to an English school in Barcelona...

 
Strider6003 said:
If we do buy Havertz there is no starting place for Messi, though I don't think we would buy him anyway re the money and age.

Of course then there is the legal situation with Barca and I think if they refuse him a move or put a huge fee on him I think he will just sit on the bench in disgust.
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If you ask me it's still better for him to stay and sit on the bench. He's their captain and legend, leaving the team in this way would be very damaging for his image and career, the captain shouldn't abandon the ship in such a way even if it's sinking. Or specially if it's sinking...

 
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Messi is still the best player in any league he joins. He is just that good. Forget his age, he will be excellent for 4-5 years at least.

 
Gol15 said:
If you ask me it's still better for him to stay and sit on the bench. He's their captain and legend, leaving the team in this way would be very damaging for his image and career, the captain shouldn't abandon the ship in such a way even if it's sinking. Or specially if it's sinking...
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Barca were 2nd in La Liga I don't think we can say it is a sinking ship just yet though it might turn out that way.

With Suarez being allowed to leave suggests to me a new generation will be allowed to come through.

Now maybe they will be good enough maybe not and if the latter sure they will go to the market though perhaps in December if not now.

 
Pah, poor man's Pulisic. (etc.)

Seriously though, I think we'd probably need to sell about seven first-team players just to afford his wages. Plus we just got past seven years of having to build our entire team structure around the fact that we only had one genuinely good attacking player who happens to be a bit lackadaisical off the ball. 

In the unlikely event that he does come to the Premier League (or leaves Barcelona at all) I do hope whoever he joins draw Stoke away in the early rounds of the Cup.

 
Has anyone seen the new Pepsi advert?

Salah- Liverpool

Stirling - Man City

Pogba - Man Utd

Messi - ????

It’s happening!!!

I know, I know, I’ll get my coat.

 
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