Lionel Messi - v7

serghei

Senior Member
Think we got used to winning so many league titles. Ask an honest Madrid fan how annoying it is us winning so many and them winning so few in recent years.

Zidane said after first La Liga and this recent one that he prefers his league wins to Champions League wins. Shows how underrated it is. He knows that to win La Liga you need to be consistent and he?s battling against Messi and what Barca does every week. Not knock out games where anything could happen.


Obviously times have changed and CL has more glory nowadays, no one thinks a league title is worth as much or more than CL but this GOAT explained it nicely:


P.s he won two European Cups back to back.

Precisely right. We had a unique generation racking up La Ligas as if they were nothing. Now that the level has dropped, we already see a re-valuing of how important winning the league is.

It's basically the old saying that you always cherish and long for what you don't have. Now that we don't have either La Liga dominance and CL potential, I can already see users placing far more importance on winning the League.

Basically we've been spoiled to no end in the last 10-15 years.
 

Horatio

You're welcome
Precisely right. We had a unique generation racking up La Ligas as if they were nothing. Now that the level has dropped, we already see a re-valuing of how important winning the league is.

It's basically the old saying that you always cherish and long for what you don't have. Now that we don't have either La Liga dominance and CL potential, I can already see users placing far more importance on winning the League.

Basically we've been spoiled to no end in the last 10-15 years.

lol, this is what the now disbanded cult of Valverde have been saying for years. Now sounds like you made some crazy revelation.
 

serghei

Senior Member
lol, this is what the now disbanded cult of Valverde have been saying for years. Now sounds like you made some crazy revelation.

:lol: I've been saying it myself since years man. EV had a team to be more competitive in Europe though, that's the beef people had with him. And his playing style, which was ugly and boring for my taste. And the dumb stuff he said to deny the problems in the team.
 

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Hearing some whispers of Messi signing a new 1 + 1 year contract with Barca with a 30-40% paycut :coffee:

How much will depend on the audit and plans for the summer.
 

BarcaOG

Banned
my respect and esteem for him would increase a thousand-fold if he took a pay cut

would show (against the likes of neymar) that he genuinely loves the sport and this club

(that said, messi is of course so rich that he could take a 100% paycut and still have more money than god)
 

malvolio

Senior Member
my respect and esteem for him would increase a thousand-fold if he took a pay cut

would show (against the likes of neymar) that he genuinely loves the sport and this club

(that said, messi is of course so rich that he could take a 100% paycut and still have more money than god)

this is a business not a charity.

doubt it you would take a pay cut for a multinational corporation, regardless of how much you were making. let's stop with this hypocrisy.
 

BarcaOG

Banned
this is a business not a charity.

doubt it you would take a pay cut for a multinational corporation, regardless of how much you were making. let's stop with this hypocrisy.

beckham took a 100% paycut when he played for psg.

some CEOs have a 1$ salary because their income is in shares and stocks

hardly 'wishful'

and what hypocrisy? leo and other players need to take a pay cut, otherwise the 'business' will crash

also: (and of course this is hypothetical because it wont happen) even if messi took a 100% pay cut as a barca player he would still be making millions from his endorsement deals
 

Messigician

Senior Member
Andre Cury (Brazilian scout for Barcelona and Neymar's former agent): "Laporta is the only one who can reunite Messi and Neymar. Messi will not leave, and he has decided to end his career at Barcelona. If Neymar plays with Messi again, it will be at Barcelona."
 

BarcaOG

Banned
the ship for neymar has sailed a long time ago. Let's move forward.

right. why would we even want him now anyway? he's almost 30, has made no effort to stop partying and become a proper professional, etc. cant have that sort of nonsense around our young players like Fati

also the March sister birthday party absence is a huge meme. no, thanks
 

malvolio

Senior Member
beckham took a 100% paycut when he played for psg.

some CEOs have a 1$ salary because their income is in shares and stocks

hardly 'wishful'

and what hypocrisy? leo and other players need to take a pay cut, otherwise the 'business' will crash

that time when beckham "donated" his salary to avoid paying taxes? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/christ...harity-to-avoid-paying-taxes/?sh=412ab88a29b1

fc barcelona is not listed on the market, therefore messi doesn't own or can't buy shares and stocks.

it's hypocrisy because neither him or club are indebted to each other. so you and me, can't really tell them what they should do or not. we may wish/dream for some things, but it doesn't mean it will go the way we like/want.

messi can do what he wants. the club will be the one that will deem his demands acceptable or not.
 
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BarcaOG

Banned
that time when beckham "donated" his salary to avoid paying taxes? - https://www.forbes.com/sites/christ...harity-to-avoid-paying-taxes/?sh=412ab88a29b1

fc barcelona is not listed on the market, therefore messi doesn't own or can't buy shares and stocks.

it's hypocrisy because neither him or club are indebted to each other. so you and me, can't really tell them what they should do or not. we may wish/dream for some things, but it doesn't mean it will go the way we like/want.

messi can do what he wants. the club will be the one that will deem his demands acceptable or not.

ok? lol
 

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