Keyblade Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Messi would be wasted at United, they're hardly better than the bad Barca side that's just made him leave. At City though? Oh God, please. Aguero would score about 40 with Messi and De Bruyne behind him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Messi at City would be crazy. They already scored over 100 goals last season. Yes he’s not as much a team player as he was and he doesn’t defend from the front as much, but a front three of Sterling, Aguero, Messi with KDB behind, really is frightening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 2, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 01/09/2020 at 18:17, OutByEaster? said: The mooted City deal was for two or three years in Manchester then on to NYC to their American club - best of both worlds. And a very clever way to swerve FFP (again) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 7 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Messi at City would be crazy. They already scored over 100 goals last season. Yes he’s not as much a team player as he was and he doesn’t defend from the front as much, but a front three of Sterling, Aguero, Messi with KDB behind, really is frightening This is right, if he wasn’t so much money then you could understand them taking the chance to have a special player. If it’s true they’re putting €250m down to get him, then the thick end of €100m in wages per year for a player they don’t really need then it’s a bit stupid. They don’t struggle for goals, and Messi doesn’t track back or press from the front so the increased likelihood of winning a major trophy is quite small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Thing is if they do sign him, go backwards as a team on the pitch, finish 3rd, don't win anything... It still doesn't matter because their global growth will benefit from it for decades Was in the pub Tuesday night with a lad talking about the Qatar World Cup, got round to saying that in 2022 potentially the best 2 players at that tournament will both play for PSG, by the end of the decade they could potentially over take some of the more established clubs like juve or even bayern, definitely beating Man City, this might decrease the margin though Basically it's all about shirt sales, what he does on the pitch is pretty irrelevant The shit thing about that is the English being the English are sat waiting for him with sharpened knives, there will be a vocal minority wanting him to fail because they're words removed who can't enjoy anything and want their bollocks Stoke comments to come true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, villa4europe said: Thing is if they do sign him, go backwards as a team on the pitch, finish 3rd, don't win anything... It still doesn't matter because their global growth will benefit from it for decades Was in the pub Tuesday night with a lad talking about the Qatar World Cup, got round to saying that in 2022 potentially the best 2 players at that tournament will both play for PSG, by the end of the decade they could potentially over take some of the more established clubs like juve or even bayern, definitely beating Man City, this might decrease the margin though Basically it's all about shirt sales, what he does on the pitch is pretty irrelevant The shit thing about that is the English being the English are sat waiting for him with sharpened knives, there will be a vocal minority wanting him to fail because they're words removed who can't enjoy anything and want their bollocks Stoke comments to come true I'm not sure about this tbh. Man City and their incredibly rich owners want to dominate English and European football. I doubt they are overly bothered about shirt sales or the revenue it generates. If they fall back from where they are now trying to build around Messi it'll be a bit of a disaster. Messi also wants to be winning trophies. If they drop out of the CL without winning or getting to the final he'll be doing his now famous head down sulking. Edited September 3, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 On 01/09/2020 at 19:50, LondonLax said: There was a bit of analysis about this in the Guardian recently: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2020/aug/29/forget-the-romance-lionel-messi-will-not-make-manchester-city-better I'd have thought Messi would play in the false 9 role mainly rather than the right, certainly when Aguero isn't playing. Him being able to cruise about and provide 2 goals a game outweighs the tracking back imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 3, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2020 3 hours ago, villa4europe said: Thing is if they do sign him, go backwards as a team on the pitch, finish 3rd, don't win anything... It still doesn't matter because their global growth will benefit from it for decades Was gonna say the same thing. It's a shame that we have to talk about football like this. but it's true. Imagine the boost to the City "brand" by having Messi playing for them. I don't think the Premier League has ever had a player on the level of Messi move to the league at this stage of their career (as in, when they're still amazing). For City to be that club would be huge for them. They may be willing to put down that kind of money for that kind of impact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rino8 Posted September 3, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Keyblade said: Messi would be wasted at United, they're hardly better than the bad Barca side that's just made him leave. At City though? Oh God, please. Aguero would score about 40 with Messi and De Bruyne behind him. Well Messi and Aguero have notoriously struggled to play together for Argentina and he's slightly wasted on the wing so wonder what they'd do with him? For City if it wasn't the Messi brand they could be signing im not sure its a good deal. From a purely football sense they'd be better conventionally improving the squad instead of 'lol we signed Messi' but that's not how football works now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) Latest rumour is that his dad has spoken to City and the Barcelona president and he has decided to stay in Spain. Edited September 3, 2020 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sne Posted September 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 3, 2020 But that would mean he was throwing a tantrum just to get his way and get an even more ridiculos salary. Doesn't sound like Messi. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 The owners bought a majority share in Troyes in Ligue 2, 10 clubs in the portfolio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubbs Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 03/09/2020 at 23:21, Zatman said: The owners bought a majority share in Troyes in Ligue 2, 10 clubs in the portfolio Hopefully this is the route our owners want to take. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I’m a bit disappointed if there isn’t a Man City fan who got a Messi tattoo or at least a Messi Man City shirt already... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Fraudiola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 27, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2020 He isn't even the best manager in the North West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momo Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 minute ago, TrentVilla said: He isn't even the best manager in the North West. Ole is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted September 27, 2020 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2020 Just now, momo said: Ole is better Yeah.... no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 The veil is slipping more and more from Guardiola, his "tactical" expertise is getting found out easily by mediocre managers I wouldnt be surprised if throws a tantrum and quits by Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 £70m CB incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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