Messi - officially on the market

[Jan_Aage_Fjortoft]

I know he's been a free agent for a while but Barca have just put out a statement that he won't be staying. So who will he be joining? Man City? PSG? Or someone else?

Leo Messi not staying at FC Barcelona

Despite club and player reaching an agreement and their clear intention to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen because of financial and structural obstacles

www.fcbarcelona.com

 

[uncle_rico]

Just seen that. I’m sure he’ll end up staying but could really only see him at PSG now.

 

[tonymcandrewshattrick]

sign him up Neil

 

[Jedi boro]

Wow

good job we tied up payero

 

[Diego]

Be gutted if he goes to PSG.


Would love someone like Man United to convince him.

 

[BaronSmoggie]

Guess they can't affect that £200m wage reduction they needed to resign him.

 

[uncle_rico]

Official…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1423341016455819271

 

[Colin Warnek]

The banks have stopped writing Barca blank cheque loans then.

 

[TeaCider]

Wow, really wasn't expecting that.

Hope it's not PSG.

 

[fella]

It's be great to see the daft sod in the prem.

 

[Caesium137]

Please go to Real.

 

[parmoboy]

Think Man Utd and Man City are the only two English clubs he'd consider joining.

 

[Teesside_Steel]

Man City & Pep

 

[WeeGord]

His love of Barca obviously doesn't extend to taking a substantial pay cut, whilst likely still remaining one of the best paid players in the world.

After making hundreds of millions through Barca he's now still chasing the money rather than stick with the club he loves.

I don't think this will be a popular opinion but I think it shows him in a very bad light.

 

[Brian Marwood]

Would dearly love to see him in the Premier League.

 

[MFP]

I wonder how Harry Kane is feeling right about now.

 

[Teesside_Steel]

Maybe he is the “shock” striker?

 

[Jan_Aage_Fjortoft]

His love of Barca obviously doesn't extend to taking a substantial pay cut, whilst likely still remaining one of the best paid players in the world.

After making hundreds of millions through Barca he's now still chasing the money rather than stick with the club he loves.

I don't think this will be a popular opinion but I think it shows him in a very bad light.

He did take a huge paycut but it was all to be paid much further down the line. The problem was getting around the La Liga rules on finances. Although maybe this is just a ploy to force Tebas's hand so that they add all the players they want. Everyone knows how obsessed he is with Man City and PSG that he'd bend any rule to stop them getting his prized asset.

 

[sambaDTR]

He’s going to Banfield.

 

[Diego]

Middlesbrough are after a forward who has been playing in Europe and would be a shock to it’s supporters