Andrew M
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Playing him on the right, though, is like admitting that he is struggling to score the goals in the middle.
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Playing him on the right, though, is like admitting that he is struggling to score the goals in the middle.
Andrew M
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No its the opposite, its saying that he's good enough to keep up his level on the RW but Suarez needs the center to up his game.
Andrew M
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But saying that his current level means we cannot afford to have him in the middle if there is someone who could do better there. The idea of having Messi in the middle is to maximise he abilities.
Darko
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Well i suppose its a matter of how you look at it, I see it as Messi is better at both positions so for the better of the team we put Suarez in CF and Messi on the RW but I see where you're coming from.
Kohe321
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The way Tata Martino has him playing for the NT is at least very successful, he is incredibly involved and dangerous there. He has a big area to roam even if his default starting position in the lineup is at the wing. He drifts into the middle with overlaps from the RB or someone else, so he's not constrained at all. So far his play for Argentina seems very unpredictable and harder to mark than it does for Barca.
Not saying we necessarily should play him on the right at Barca, but it could be cool to experiment with the way Argentinas NT does it. Of course one big issue is that this requires a good and dependable RB in attack, which is an area where we're not at our strongest. Still, would be cool to try with Montoya, and Douglas needs more chances.
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Irish_Cules
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Lionel Messi may leave Spain over tax jail threat
Sources close to Barcelona football star say he feels he is being singled out by having to stand trial over undeclared income
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
The Guardian, Friday 21 November 2014 13.43 GMT
Lionel Messi, hailed by many as the greatest footballer of all time, may leave Spain after continuing to fall foul of the tax authorities, sources have said.
The player, who earlier this year agreed a new €50m (£40m) salary with Barcelona, has complained that he is being singled out for special treatment compared with other elite sports players in Spain with disputed tax affairs.
Messi had his first run-in over tax last year when he was accused of concealing €4.1m earned from image rights in shell companies in Belize and Uruguay.
Under Spanish law, anyone who has more than €120,000 in undeclared income automatically faces a jail sentence, but this is generally waived if the offender agrees to pay. Messi paid an agreed €5m in settlement but the authorities have decided to force the Argentinian-born player to stand trial, with the possibility of going to prison.
Sources close to Messi told the newspaper El Confidencial: “… there are other elite sportspeople who have tax problems and they’ve all been settled administratively, as was the case with Real Madrid players Xabi Alonso and Iker Casillas and tennis star Rafa Nadal. Messi is the only one who faces legal proceedings that could end with him going to jail. He’s fed up with Spain and that’s why he wants to leave.”
The sources said that in a single year Messi had paid €52m in income tax and fines “and that should be that”. They said Messi appeared to be a victim of double standards. “They started with his image rights, then his signing fee – who knows where it will end.”
In the current atmosphere of hostility between Catalonia and the Spanish government, the fact that the Real Madrid players settled out of court while Barcelona’s star faces criminal proceedings is seen as further evidence of an anti-Catalan conspiracy.
The four-times winner of football’s top award, the Fifa World Player (renamed the Ballon d’Or in 2010), Messi hinted in an interview with an Argentinian sports paper earlier this week that he may consider leaving Barcelona, the club that has nurtured his talent since he moved there at the age of 13.
Now 27, Messi said he would like to end his career at Barcelona but the situation was difficult and “sometimes things don’t work out as you planned”.
A comment by his teammate Xavi Hernández that “Messi would be an even better player in the English Premier League because it’s not so defensive” did nothing to dispel rumours that he might be leaving.
Messi has won six Spanish league titles and three champions leagues with Barcelona and led Argentina to the finals of the World Cup this year.
Sources close to Barcelona football star say he feels he is being singled out by having to stand trial over undeclared income
Stephen Burgen in Barcelona
The Guardian, Friday 21 November 2014 13.43 GMT
Lionel Messi, hailed by many as the greatest footballer of all time, may leave Spain after continuing to fall foul of the tax authorities, sources have said.
The player, who earlier this year agreed a new €50m (£40m) salary with Barcelona, has complained that he is being singled out for special treatment compared with other elite sports players in Spain with disputed tax affairs.
Messi had his first run-in over tax last year when he was accused of concealing €4.1m earned from image rights in shell companies in Belize and Uruguay.
Under Spanish law, anyone who has more than €120,000 in undeclared income automatically faces a jail sentence, but this is generally waived if the offender agrees to pay. Messi paid an agreed €5m in settlement but the authorities have decided to force the Argentinian-born player to stand trial, with the possibility of going to prison.
Sources close to Messi told the newspaper El Confidencial: “… there are other elite sportspeople who have tax problems and they’ve all been settled administratively, as was the case with Real Madrid players Xabi Alonso and Iker Casillas and tennis star Rafa Nadal. Messi is the only one who faces legal proceedings that could end with him going to jail. He’s fed up with Spain and that’s why he wants to leave.”
The sources said that in a single year Messi had paid €52m in income tax and fines “and that should be that”. They said Messi appeared to be a victim of double standards. “They started with his image rights, then his signing fee – who knows where it will end.”
In the current atmosphere of hostility between Catalonia and the Spanish government, the fact that the Real Madrid players settled out of court while Barcelona’s star faces criminal proceedings is seen as further evidence of an anti-Catalan conspiracy.
The four-times winner of football’s top award, the Fifa World Player (renamed the Ballon d’Or in 2010), Messi hinted in an interview with an Argentinian sports paper earlier this week that he may consider leaving Barcelona, the club that has nurtured his talent since he moved there at the age of 13.
Now 27, Messi said he would like to end his career at Barcelona but the situation was difficult and “sometimes things don’t work out as you planned”.
A comment by his teammate Xavi Hernández that “Messi would be an even better player in the English Premier League because it’s not so defensive” did nothing to dispel rumours that he might be leaving.
Messi has won six Spanish league titles and three champions leagues with Barcelona and led Argentina to the finals of the World Cup this year.
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Messi is not just any other player. His critical ability to contribute to our success either by scoring or assisting, or by merely playing can not be underestimated. But even if we put that aside, he is a HUGE part of what made us the way we are today. Sentimental values are priceless.
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