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I am amazed how football fans can follow the sport for years and years and years and yet never learn not to have knee-jerk reactions. Talking about any player after a preseason game after a week of training as 'a lost cause' is hilarious.

Sorry but when did Messi make it public?

It's not finding Messi 'absolutely guilt-free'. Guilt for what? The transfer saga or our sportive failings? The only fault that I see Messi has in the magnitude of this transfer speculation saga is that he didn't speak out sooner, but I understand why he couldn't or wasn't advised to. The...

Same here :cheers: Let the overreactions wear down a bit and I'm sure we won't be off as bad as people paint it now.

I can't believe this feels like a victory to Barto at all, he just got publicly dragged by the biggest player of the sport. Everyone knows his name now, and not in a good way.

Ditto. I find the whole statement to be consistent and understandable. Expected something completely different and actually find it refreshing.

Two different things. One is that the 700M evaporate in case he unilaterally terminates his contract at the end of the season. The other is HOW the unilateral termination is possible. We don't know whether there's a clause defining that. If not, Messi is good to go. If yes, it depends on what's...

I actually think they are right here. Jorge should talk about the actual termination clause, not the one about the 700M.

I think Messi is omitting stuff here. This clause only defines the release sum and what happens with it in case of a unilateral termination at the end of the 19/20 season (i.e., it does not apply). It does NOT define the unilateral termination of the contract and the conditions for it as such...

Yeah, according to his own understanding he should be able to sign a contract with City now.

Yeah. This statement gives really little though, would be important to see the original wording (this one is translated?) and also the whole context of that quoted paragraph. Find it hard to believe that it is that straight-forward and that Bartomeu would be so adamant about something so...

What this means is: The contract does not mention a date, but indeed refers to the end of the season. Which strengthens Leo's legal case. Or am I getting something wrong? Edit: Wait, it doesn't mention an expiry of that exit clause at all. Are they omitting something?

I am a bit irritated by the shit thrown at Messi and the talk of 'after all that happened' as if he caused the twitter circus (which was what got us all going). He sent a fax asking to leave and didn't appear to training to allegedly support his legal stance, yes. The news circus and twitter...

He just said 'difficult' twice when asked about the chances of Messi staying.

A bit too late for that, mate

As you do

This is just ridiculous, they "were spotted" at Suarez house "to say their goodbyes"? Did they have goodbye written on their T shirt or how would someone conclude that from seeing them leave in their cars?

I can't take anything "ITK"-like Rafa says seriously and I doubt he has any actual links. He just goes with what's being published around him at the time, especially if it's pessimistic. That is, assuming he hasn't changed since I stopped following him.

And you know how in real life people talk completely imprecisely about comparatively easy shit like rent contracts. No indication that the football journalists are any better in this, so no one probably has a real clue what's in there right now except for the two parties involved. To think that...

If that's the case then why are you raising concern over there being no funds from a free transfer?