And there were those who said the Barcelona meet up between BuMessAlba was purely coincidential in regards to their futures.
Lionel "The Greatest of All Time" Messi V2
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And there were those who said the Barcelona meet up between BuMessAlba was purely coincidential in regards to their futures.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
Shouldn't include Messi in that list.
His 18/19 season was a masterpiece with everything around him being shit
Messi983
Senior Member
No, I think teams have 8 spots for international players (could be wrong) but they could use mechanisms like TAM/GAM (read in article below) to trade for more international spots if needed from other teams (and there are always teams who "tank" and/or don't want to spend money on foreign stars) so player's nationality is not really a problem for most teams.
What you've probably meant is they have 3 DP (designated players) spots but there are other mechanisms (TAM, GAM) which will allow them to bring Alba, not sure about Suarez though unless he'll accept really low wages (like a "normal" player) to play with his amigos again (he probably will tbh).
Here is a good explanation.
Gregore, with a salary of $826,000 according to the MLS Players Association, will have his contract bought down using general allocation money (GAM), one of the league's roster-building mechanisms. That will clear a path for Busquets to sign a DP deal of his own.
For Alba, it's both simpler and more complicated.
He is expected to join using targeted allocation money (TAM), which caps his salary at $1,612,500 per year. Every team in the league has $2,720,000 in TAM available to it in 2023 -- essentially supplementing the salary cap -- but as part of the sanctions levied against Inter for the past violations, the club has had $2,271,250 deducted from its allocation allotment spread across the 2022 and 2023 seasons, making it a scarce resource on South Beach.
Messi should be turning point for draconian MLS roster rules
Miami employed salary cap gymnastics to sign Lionel Messi & Co. If MLS wants to be a destination league, it must cater to its most ambitious clubs.
Birdy
Senior Member
Alba next to be announced
If the sequence of events shows something, it clearly proves that the clan of Amigos WAS a real thing that ruled the team for years (with devastating results)
Now the people in here (you know who you are) that passionately attempted to downplay the existence of the Amigos should admit clearly and loudly that they were wrong - if they have any sense of integrity in them.
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
No, I think teams have 8 spots for international players (could be wrong) but they could use mechanisms like TAM/GAM (read in article below) to trade for more international spots if needed from other teams (and there are always teams who "tank" and/or don't want to spend money on foreign stars) so player's nationality is not really a problem for most teams.
What you've probably meant is they have 3 DP (designated players) spots but there are other mechanisms (TAM, GAM) which will allow them to bring Alba, not sure about Suarez though unless he'll accept really low wages (like a "normal" player) to play with his amigos again (he probably will tbh).
Here is a good explanation.
Gregore, with a salary of $826,000 according to the MLS Players Association, will have his contract bought down using general allocation money (GAM), one of the league's roster-building mechanisms. That will clear a path for Busquets to sign a DP deal of his own.
For Alba, it's both simpler and more complicated.
He is expected to join using targeted allocation money (TAM), which caps his salary at $1,612,500 per year. Every team in the league has $2,720,000 in TAM available to it in 2023 -- essentially supplementing the salary cap -- but as part of the sanctions levied against Inter for the past violations, the club has had $2,271,250 deducted from its allocation allotment spread across the 2022 and 2023 seasons, making it a scarce resource on South Beach.
Messi should be turning point for draconian MLS roster rules
Miami employed salary cap gymnastics to sign Lionel Messi & Co. If MLS wants to be a destination league, it must cater to its most ambitious clubs.www.espn.com
That is a massive paycut for both Alba and possibly Suarez tbh. Kudos to them if they are really doing it
Birdy
Senior Member
LOL
Yes, let's give them massive respect for not wanting to leave their confort zone and getting more money than what they would earn anywhere bar Gulf countries
KingLeo10
Senior Member
Birdy still seething about players who overstayed their welcome (Alba, Busquets) but still contributed to big trophies like CL/treble, while diving headfirst like a peregrine falcon for Dembele's nuts. The Dembele who's cost us CL ties, and been injured 50% of the time, including the business end of the season Top joker, this lad
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Imagine being so upset about ex-Barca players who also happens to be friends getting back together at an MLS club.
No matter how badly certain things ended those guys are still Barcelona legends at the end of the day unlike some of the players people get wet for these days.
No matter how badly certain things ended those guys are still Barcelona legends at the end of the day unlike some of the players people get wet for these days.
fergus90
Senior Member
No disrespect intended to any of the players at all. But had the coach and sporting department had their way, 3 of them would be playing important roles at Barca next season plus we've had to bring back Romeu to cover one of them such is the current state/composition of the squad lol.
Birdy
Senior Member
Sorry I won't buy this whitewashing.
A legend of a club is much more than WC quality on the pitch during prime years.
On the contrary, if you overstay your welcome time and time again while the team suffers continuous humiliations on the pitch and you keep using your player-power and clan-power against the development of the team, you are more of a leech than a legend.
Compare this bunch to Xavi and Iniesta, who gave everything to the club and had the integrity to leave before they become a burden to the team.
Real legends not fake ones...
DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Don't be stupid.
They're all club legends, or at least Suarez, Messi and Busquets are. Messi is the greatest player in the history of the club as well.
Saying otherwise is pure degeneracy or blind hate, sorry to say.
As for "clan power" or whatever then it exist in every single club.
Birdy
Senior Member
Not for my standards of a 'legend'.
By your logic, Pique is also a legend.
The guy who tried to use club's FFP problems for his own personal business profit.
You can make an exception for Messi only because of his impact.
But the rest of the Amigos 100% tainted their historical reputation with what they did to the club the last 5 years.
WC on the pitch on their prime, yes
Legends, no way
Never on the same line as Xavi and Iniesta
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