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Koeman just said he is happy with Griezmann even if he didn't score. He seems like one of those managers who like to reward hard work.

There is absolutely no place for him in the team. If the club is having financial problems why didn't they try to sell him or swap him for a real #9? Maybe try him at RB if they like his defensive work, wouldn't be worse than Roberto.

One question, would Puyol or Xavi have behaved like this if they were the current captains no matter how much they disagreed with the board? That's a difference between real club legends and real captains and mercenaries.

Real Madrid would have sold him two or three years ago.

Semedo- Pique - Lenglet- Alba -------Thiago - De Jong----- ---Messi----Puig----Ansu/Dembele --------Griezmann/Depay------

Thiago is very good defensively and has a high work rate.

According to some reports Koeman wants to play 4-2-3-1. Thiago would be perfect for this formation. ----------Ter Stegen---------- Semedo- Pique - Lenglet- Alba -------Thiago - De Jong----- ---Dembele----Messi-----Ansu --------Griezmann/Depay------

If he stays and doesn't play and whoever is replacing him doesn't perform very well from the start you will have the media and many of the supporters putting pressure on the manager to bring him back to the team. If he is really intending to stay if they don't pay him, that's probably what he is...

Apparently he wants full payment of the last year on his contract or he wouldn't leave. That would be 28m including taxes.

Thiago Alc?ntara, sobre Ter Stegen, que dijo el primer jugador que fichar?a ser?a ?l: "Es un honor que Marc diga mi nombre, peso infelizmente no es director deportivo de ning?n equipo. Es una gozada que pueda decir mi nombre" Ter Stegen praises him and says he wants him to join the team and...

Exactly! Both together would cost around 50m which is not much considering the significant improvement they would bring to the midfield.

He wants to go back to Barcelona and Bayern only want 30m!

How would anyone dare to do something like this to Suarez when his friend Messi is running the club? The guy missed a week of training and called the president incompetent and a liar in an interview and Bartomeu didn't respond with anything. Now you can imagine how little power a manager...

Now wait for something like "Suarez has convinced Koeman in training and the manager wants him to stay" from MD and SPORT

People saying Bartomeu should start negotiations, negotiate what exactly? There were no formal offers from any club and Messi wants to leave for free relying on an expired clause. Messi and his new club are the ones who should start negotiations not Barca.

Bartomeu isn't a good president and made many wrong decisions but he certainly wasnt bad to Messi, he gave him an astronomical salary, kept his friend Suarez for at least two too many seasons and hired yes men for managers to allow him to have so much power and do what he wants when he wants on...

Bartomeu had to do this. If Messi leaves now it would be because he absolutely wanted and insisted on leaving the club, he needs to force a move now. If Barto quickly agreed and started negotiations he would have been the one who SOLD Messi. What Barto did also drives the price up and makes...

Messi's agent who is also his father is in Argentina, was Messi even serious with all this?

Renew for half his current salary.

Serious question: Is the current Messi worth his wages which are enough for 3 world class players? Is it better to keep Messi who only has one year of his contract remaining and could leave for free next summer or sell him now and try to rebuild the team with the money. I mean even if Messi...