Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £80m
David Squires on ... Lionel Messi going full George Costanza
Our cartoonist takes a look at Lionel Messi’s current predicament and suggests an alternative way out of his Barcelona stalemate
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He`ll be worth more than 200mil in shirt sales etc to whoever buys him.
Plus if City where to buy him, it would finally put them on the map as a footballing super power.
To qualify, you're probably not wrong. But, for comedy purposes, last time I heard a similar line of argument it was by a Stoke supporting chum about signing Owen.
PaulPowersTash
Player Valuation: £15m
I can't disagree on the price for a 33yo regardless of who he is for footballing reasons. However, it would raise the
profile of City into the stratosphere. It's a one off chance to do it and the owners can afford it.
Chelsea have already spent £134m with another £90m for Havertz more than possible and they
are still in the hunt for a new central defender and goalkeeper. Liverpool spent the neck end of that
a couple of seasons ago also. From a footballing point of view I wouldn't do it but as we know
there is a lot more to it than that these days. It would also boil the urine of the two American owned clubs
who play in red, so another good reason to do it. I don't think it will happen but I hope it does.
PaulPowersTash
Player Valuation: £15m
Pep was In Barcelona last week and City's Director of Football is over there now if reports are to be believed.
Maybe Pep was there to see his family etc but that would be highly coincidental?
Let`s face it, if he does go to City, everyone of their home games will be sold out and every away game will be sold out too.
TV stations from all over the world will be there.
Whichever way you look at it, Messi in the Premier League would be huge.
TV stations from all over the world will be there.
Whichever way you look at it, Messi in the Premier League would be huge.
NathDogg
Player Valuation: £60m
Agreed - the fee mentioned is ridiculous but small change for oil well FC, newly empowered by the uefa FFP ban failure.
Im not even sure he helps city out on the pitch massively (better keeper and defenders needed there, not another forward), but I don't think they are bothered about that - the financials, and what Messi does for city off the pitch are massive.
It is, unfortunately, the football equivalent of willy waving. And its the currency modern footie runs on. Biggest wang = more attention, sales and cash.
NathDogg
Player Valuation: £60m
Very likely, but I don't think city are arsed if it didn't play out like you say - I'm sure they want to wind uefa and FFP up even more, they started already with Ake!
You'd make a huge chunk of it back with shirt sales and sponsorship deals I reckon
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
Barcelona are making a terrible appointment here...Fatty Koeman is a horrible man....the abominable Koeman
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £80m
Plus the circa £100 million in wages per annum?
I think that it might be an acceptable price to pay for City's owners if it makes them join the super elite. That's the big 2 Spanish clubs, United, Bayern and Juventus for me. I don't even think that the rs are there really (1 CL and title doesn't make up for the decades of not being champions, but I concede that it would only take a couple of seasons like the last one to get them back into contention) or the other Italian giants are in that category; certainly none of the London clubs are yet, and PSG are like City banging on the door.
How ballsy a move would it be to go get him? If we were in City's position, I'd be willing the owners to go all in on this.
I agree. It’d be great for the league too.
Yarrgh
Player Valuation: £80m
It really, really would. I'd check out more City games if he was playing.
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