Lionel Messi - v7

serghei

Senior Member
What does the Superleague have to do with it? We don't have money to register the huge contract of Messi. Messi took a cut. But the cut places his contract from astronomical to "just" huge.

Laporta can't just continue on the path of Barto and pay up what the club can't afford. That would be a disaster.
 

Neeraj

Senior Member
What Laporta has just said confirms that the messaging from the statement yesterday was misleading. It was a decision taken that Messi's contract cannot work. It's not that they agreed to play within the rules but La Liga said no. They basically evaluated the risk and said NO. It is a decision that they took to let go of Messi. Very different message.
 

serghei

Senior Member
Laporta knows half the fanbase has developed a Messi obsession. So this is a tough spot for him. He will not end up as a great hero, but he's making the right move.
 

Neeraj

Senior Member
He just said they knew about La Liga rules and it's NOT an excuse. He has made it very clear. Not commenting on the decision at this moment, just that this changes the narrative a lot.
 

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