Lionel Messi - v7

[JamDav1982]

Congratulating themselves on making an agreement they knew was not possible unless rules changed is a bit hollow...

 

[Rassvet]

Laporta: "We had to make a decision... and I have made it."

Well done Laporta. I think he is looking out for the club’s interest.

Blame for the situation belongs with Barto/Rosell, not him.

 

[Messigician]

Congratulating themselves on making an agreement they knew was not possible unless rules changed is a bit hollow...

This

 

[behindbrowneyes]

question is when the messi camp will say something

He must be really disappointed right now. I'm sure he wanted to stay.

 

[serghei]

Also, Messi let his contract run down too often to gain more leverage and more bonuses when signing a new one, considering otherwise he'd be a free player. Man and his advisors are experts at making money. If his contract didn't expire this summer we'd have zero issues.

 

[Sterlingfan2000]

“Even if got rid of lots of players, that wouldnt have sorted it out (as there are payments to do). What is not good in life is to keep going when you know things cannot be sorted. At some point, you have to stop. We have moved the end two years earlier than we wanted”

 

[ajnotkeith]

Laporta says even without Messi they do not have a margin. Again I repeat how will our new signings be registered.

 

[DonAK]

So they're still over the salary limit without him lol?

 

[FCBfan22]

Also, Messi let his contract run down too often to gain more leverage and more bonuses when signing a new one, considering otherwise he'd be a free player. Man and his advisors are experts at making money. If his contract didn't expire this summer we'd have zero issues.

Yes. The Messi camp is very mob-like. His brothers and his father...

This seems like a war between 3 clans, LLiga, Messi and Barca, but without shooting.

 

[Xaviniesta]

Laporta is literally fighting tears now

not really. looks exhausted if anything

 

[neo_wolf]

The whole damn conference is fairplay and no flexibility by la liga, thats all.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

So they're still over the salary limit without him lol?

Yep. This is a joke.

 

[Sterlingfan2000]

So they're still over the salary limit without him lol?

Well 144M freed , 60M still has to go. New players only have a total salary of 10Million.

Need to get rid of Coutinho Braithwaithe Dembele and player taking salary cut.

Or Sell De jong

 

[DonAK]

Also, Messi let his contract run down too often to gain more leverage and more bonuses when signing a new one, considering otherwise he'd be a free player. Man and his advisors are experts at making money. If his contract didn't expire this summer we'd have zero issues.

He was never going to renew with Bartomeu given what happened as he broke off negotiations in Winter 2019 with the intention of leaving the club last summer and with Laporta there's been a whole lot of other issues otherwise he'd have signed an extension before this one ran out.

 

[malvolio]

So they're still over the salary limit without him lol?

Probably bullshit just to make out as if he is doing the impossible. He knew all along what the situation is. The only bluff he pulled was lying to us all along.