I blame them both! Messi could have changed so many things if he spoke against the board after Roma or even Liverpool losses. Messi kept blessing the board gave Barto all the excuses to fuck this club, and Barto blessing Messi created club de amigos.
Fuck them both really.
hehe datz sum fuck fest GeorgieB but ya better watch ur 6! There's already an amber alert on kattanib prowling Kampf Nou in his Hitler outfit, looking the bite Messi's dick off like it was a Frankfurter, Achtung!!! You might get caught in the crossfire.
Way I see it, Ratomeu is fucked either way. Dude's holding the shittiest hand ever. Club is out da money and he desperately needs to balance the books. Last thing he wants is for the pesos to fall out his sombrero come reporting time. His only realistic move is getting Leo's wages off the books.
Not buying this Barto Hero hype for a sec and all his hard ball nego exploits a la KDB + Silva + ? + 100 mil. City ain't idiots. They know he's caught in the quick sand so why hand him a rope .. They'll just call his bluff and wait till he chokes in the mud and agrees to release Leo.
There's no other play.
Raki will leave for Sevilla for about 5 to 10 mil but that's not enough. Umtiti, Sergi, Busi, Vidal, Suarez et co ain't gonna agree to shit. Even if they did, there's no club out there stupid enough to take them of our shelves, given their freak paychecks.
Most likely outcome:
1/ Leo gets to leave for free. Accounts are balanced. Barto's Swiss account still full, and he exits with maybe a few pie in the face highlights and a rabbied katta tackled in mid-flight by security
2/ All vets remain minus Raknarok + Koemmander leading the charge. Question then is whether they'd be in the mood for battle or more slacking. On the positive, we get da Bouzeman back, Koemann will have more options in Puig and Couti along with Pedri, Trinc, Pjanic and Garcia?