The difference, Jona, is that there is a precedent with CR whereas Messi's behavior has not been open to misinterpretation - he's a team player...Jumping on a rumour that stands in stark contrast to how someone has historically conducted themselves publicly is irrational and simultaneously giving truth to a journalist who is so consistently wrong is willfully ignorant
Balague probably asked Pep, or told him he was gonna do it. But I really doubt Pep had any involvement other than that. And sorry if I hit a nerve, but that's what you do here often. Trying to prove the world is made of arrogant people like cronaldo, that no one can be humble, etc etc.
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Knowing how The Zlatman is, would have expected him to be way more vocal about Messi and hate on him instead of praise him from Milan and only hate on the bald guy... Unless he had no idea about Messi being the cause for Pep to dismantle his role like that and get rid of him so soon.
The whole world was echoing the fact that Ibra was not really working well with the Barca style..etc his goals went dry in the second half of the season also...etc it was only due to obvious reasons, no need for that conspiracy since there was enough motive for Pep, plus Ibra's attitude probably made things easier, Personally i would have like Ibra to stay and go for another season.. oh well.
Messi Biography? This is Guardiola's I'm talking about. Is there a Messi biography? I would buy that.
I'm not jumping on any rumor, if you read my post above I think it's BS, but that doesn't mean it is. Using Occam's Razor the story would be BS, but none of us know Messi, he could have an even worse behaviour in private thqn Ronaldo from what we know. We can only judge him from face value.
To be honest mate Ronaldo isn't actually arrogant in definition we use, what he displays is performance arrogance, which MIGHT not necessarily a bad thing. Who does Ronaldo think he is? Better than everyone else? Well, yes, actually. When it comes to football, he is demonstrably better than just about anyone else. But that is not arrogance, its actually just a description of reality. For Ronaldo to say, no, I'm not the best in the world would actually be disingenuous.
This is where Messi fits in, he KNOWS he is one of the best players in the world, he probably thinks about it everyday. "Oh yeah, 3 Ballon D'Or's bitches!". But there is nothing wrong with this, he's absolutely right. He doesn't come out with it like Ronaldo does because he would be labelled as arrogant, when he's not. Same as the likes of Tiger Woods, Nadal and Vettel, they would have to be in some major form of denial to not know their the best in their profession.
I don't really expect people to understand this, they'll just resort to bringing out the Messi hater card.
The Messi Mystery (by Alex Juillard & Sebastian Fest) is the one we are talking about having that controversial quote.
Please tell me your joking, because I cannot believe that someone could be that stupid. The only WUM here is you, making a utterly pointless post which have nothing to do with the discussion. I wasn't even talking to you anyway, so stop sticking your nose in where it doesn't belong.
Now jog on son.
Pep Guardiola could barely believe his eyes. Sat on the Barcelona bus alongside friend, confidant and club colleague Manel Estiarte, the Catalan coach had just received a surprising SMS.
But this was no ordinary text. No. The melancholic message was from Lionel Messi. The Argentine, sat several rows back, was suffering in silence. Unable to express himself with direct dialogue, he took to typing and technology to get his viewpoint across.
Seems legit.
David Villa, who later replaced Ibrahimovic at Camp Nou, was told in no uncertain terms upon his arrival that he should avoid competing with Messi. At first he tried to, but later he understood and was soon left in awe by the astonishing Argentine.
Balague probably asked Pep, or told him he was gonna do it. But I really doubt Pep had any involvement other than that. And sorry if I hit a nerve, but that's what you do here often. Trying to prove the world is made of arrogant people like cronaldo, that no one can be humble, etc etc.