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I know, but there are political and experience reasons involved in the captaincy. When was the last time a young and non la masia product was a captain for Barca?

Fair play for admitting your previous view. Some on here would never do that and stick to their agenda no matter what.

I think that might have to do with someone from Barca being linked with them lol. I'm pretty sure he was saying pep and man city wouldn't go near Messi a few weeks ago

Shouldn't really matter in the CL if you have you know who...

BBZ does go over the top, but people shouldn't be expecting Messi to destroy the league at 33. He will be very good for them imo, which is good enough. I have no doubt though if Messi went to the prem when he was younger he'd break every record there.

That would be the sensible thing to do so it's definitely not happening. You just know the type of person bartomeu is, he will try to make a statement signing and get it horribly wrong once again.

It will do him more harm than good if he gets the armband now. Koeman will still keep pique, busi, sergi Roberto and alba in the squad. FDJ should just focus on becoming our main man in midfield.

We'll see how he does. How does he fit into koeman's 4231. He isn't a CF and he isn't a CAM. He hasn't got enough pace for RW. He's 29 now, so needs to deliver straight away, especially if Messi leaves. A poor buy for 120m.

Agree. There were some that were adamant that no top manager/team would go near Messi and have now changed their stance. There are always some positives though. We're lucky that this has happened when he's 33 years old. Imagine if it was the same situation and Messi was 25.

We should still get top 3 without too much trouble. Our squad will be the second best in the league even without Messi. The others will have to step up though, no more hiding behind Messi. Koeman will have to be really bad for us to not get top 3 with the level of la Liga at the moment.

What if, seeing the fans protesting, he has a change of heart and decides to stay for the rest of his career to keep the peace in Catalunya. I don't think you'd be able to find someone more happy with this outcome than serghei 🤣

Using some reasoning, the only explanation is that losing Messi this way, is worse for them than those defeats.

It's not exactly the same. Despite those bad defeats, Messi is synonymous with a golden Barca era. He has given them a lot of joy over the years, I doubt a few bad results will change their opinion of him.

PSG has made aware Messi they are gonna make an offer for him, according to @verobrunati

He definitely knew imo. Even in his presentation, koeman was saying he doesn't know if he has to convince Messi to stay. Bartomeu and co definitely knew Messi wanted to leave

It's not completely up to him though is it. If Barca reject the offers, he will have to stay. Honestly a lot of the regular posters were going crazy coming up with Messi this and Messi that. Have some patience and see how it plays out. Khaled and DonAK and a few others have my respect, never...

Messi's decision does not surprise the Bar?a locker room. They were aware of his desire to leave right after the Bayern debacle. [espn via @Elwood_White]

Does there have to be a hidden agenda. What if, after getting embarrassed 8-2, he thinks this team is done and wants to leave to have a better chance of winning.

I think people are putting 2+2 together and getting 5 with the Suarez thing. He probably decided to leave at halftime in the Bayern game. Didn't the guy who broke the neymar to psg report Messi wants to leave a day after the game. I think his name is Marcelo bechler

Thanks. Didn't think it was. They're saying man utd are trying to sign messi. Man utd are penny pinching for Sancho who would probably be a starter in their team for the next decade.