Belfast Owl 2 Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gob_Bluth said: I came in, said he'd taken the easy way out by signing for PSG on page 8, I'm not going back to look for a point you made that wasn't directly addressed to me I think the same of any player signing for PSG as I did as any player signing for a chinese club or Man City Veratti, Mbappe, Neymar etc. You disagree What club should he go to, would meet your criteria. Plus a club needs to bid for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, hirstyboywonder said: Opens thread, reads thread, posts in thread to ask who cares! BRADDO in opens thread on Owlstalk because he reads and posts in Owlstalk threads shocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gob_Bluth Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Belfast Owl 2 said: What club should he go to, would meet your criteria. Plus a club needs to bid for him. As I said earlier in the thread He could literally go anywhere he wanted and all it would take is one press conference Do a press conference, slate the Qatari owners of PSG for their involvement in the world cup human rights fiasco, same with City and Abu Dhabi, and literally put out a come get me plea to clubs like Man Utd, Dortmund, AC Milan, Napoli - teams who have fell behind. Imagine him going to Napoli and following in the footsteps of Maradona and dragging them to a Serie A Maybe I'm being too sentimental. My best mate is a Marseille fan so I've inherited his hatred of PSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 minute ago, BRADDO said: BRADDO in opens thread on Owlstalk because he reads and posts in Owlstalk threads shocker. So you care then! Unless you decided to open and contribute to a thread you don't care about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest T Hardy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 11 hours ago, Gob_Bluth said: He's already won it, he's going for the money pure and simple. He could have done a press conference, made a statement, say he's not going to go to Paris because of the Qatari's human rights record around the World Cup construction, and he's looking for a challenge with a team not dominating their league and named such as AC Milan, Man Utd, Dortmund. Roma etc and wants a fair wage But instead he cries like a mug at a press conference - boohoo I can't stay at Barca because my wages are too high He's one of the reasons Barca are fizzed, they've paid him ludicrous wages which means players like Griezmann and other people who can't touch him can ask for 500k - 700k a week with a straight face and now the chickens are coming home to roost. I have no sympathy for any of them - Barca can fizz off with their saviours of football sctick It’s Messi’s fault Barca kept throwing money at him? What a ridiculous observation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, hirstyboywonder said: So you care then! Unless you decided to open and contribute to a thread you don't care about? No. I opened the thread as I do when I read Owlstalk threads. I read the thread and having done so, decided I don't care about Messi, his silly sobbing or his ludicrous, obscene wages. Is that OK with the thread Police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Man Utd apparently going to make an offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanderowlsterdam Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 It's looking almost certain that he will join PSG, but I hope he doesn't. I'd much rather see him at Man U or Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Sounds like PSG is a done deal. Disappointing, tarnishes Messi’s legacy IMO, and I say that as a big fan of his Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Owl 2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, beswetherick said: Sounds like PSG is a done deal. Disappointing, tarnishes Messi’s legacy IMO, and I say that as a big fan of his In what way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 https://amp.theguardian.com/football/blog/2021/aug/10/messis-exit-shows-players-are-abottom-of-footballs-power-structure-barcelona?__twitter_impression=true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Nothing against Messi and his talent but makes me laugh that he moves to PSG. Such a crap move. Wonder how fun it'll be watching him destroy Brest and Clermont whilst the front 3 are rimmed to death. Just meh. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, Belfast Owl 2 said: In what way? In a way they can't actually work out, bar something about him being greedy. Oh, or he should play for free or some nonsense like that. Cause they'd all work for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, TheEnchanter said: Nothing against Messi and his talent but makes me laugh that he moves to PSG. Such a crap move. Wonder how fun it'll be watching him destroy Brest and Clermont whilst the front 3 are rimmed to death. Just meh. Where is he meant to go, exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overlandandsea Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said: Nothing against Messi and his talent but makes me laugh that he moves to PSG. Such a crap move. Wonder how fun it'll be watching him destroy Brest and Clermont whilst the front 3 are rimmed to death. Just meh. Would love to have seen him in the prem, albeit not someone like city though. A Man U type would have been far more exciting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Owl 2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, SiJ said: Where is he meant to go, exactly? People are on here are failing to understand he can't move to a club who don't bid for him. PSG did make an offer so he moved there. City want Kane cause they need an Aguero replacement and Chelsea want Lukaku to replace their duff centre forwards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Owl 2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 minute ago, overlandandsea said: Would love to have seen him in the prem, albeit not someone like city though. A Man U type would have been far more exciting Foook me. Should he turn up at Old Trafford despite them not bidding for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, SiJ said: Where is he meant to go, exactly? I get that. But I still think PSG is such a naff club. I also think if Messi really wanted to play for hid beloved Barca he still could. Yes on much reduced wages but he still could if he really wanted too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Owl 2 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, TheEnchanter said: I get that. But I still think PSG is such a naff club. I also think if Messi really wanted to play for hid beloved Barca he still could. Yes on much reduced wages but he still could if he really wanted too. The point is he can't. He offered to take a 50% wage cut Even on 50% reduced wages Barcelona couldnt register him: Messi wouldn’t have been able to take any more than a 50 per cent cut due to a clause in Spanish employment law that is in place to avoid financial manipulation. Even if Messi had offered to play the 2021-22 season without a salary, Barcelona would not have met La Liga’s salary regulations. Had Messi stayed, Barcelona’s annual salary would have accounted for 110 per cent of their income, but even with him off the books, the remaining figure is still 95 per cent. To comply with La Liga’s regulations, they need to bring it down to 70 per cent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, TheEnchanter said: I get that. But I still think PSG is such a naff club. I also think if Messi really wanted to play for hid beloved Barca he still could. Yes on much reduced wages but he still could if he really wanted too. No, he couldn't. Even with a 50 percent paycut they still couldn't afford him. I think 50 percent is more than generous. Yes, he's paid absurdly well, but just think how much money that man has generated for that club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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