Jase

The merchandise sale isn't even going to cover what we would spend on him. Only way to make the signing all worthy is if he leads to the quadruple or at least the treble every season. Moreover, if we spend all that money on Messi, we can probably forget about buying players over the next few years.

A reminder of what Messi will cost...

When people say this deal or that deal seems to have gone quiet etc, do people expect every second, every word, every action, every moment of the people involved to be reported? Chill, be patient...

I don't think the club are concerned about FFP at all especially when it's relaxed this summer because of the pandemic. The problem is, finding someone to take Kepa, be it on loan or just outright buy him. The former is obviously more likely at this point but there does not seem to be any takers.

The implementation of that new loan rule was postponed back in April because of the pandemic and subsequent impact on clubs. https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/2020/04/07/5e8cb41be2704e87598b4573.html Will come into effect when things are back to normal, whenever that will be.

But this is Messi we are talking about. The scale of this one transfer alone is completely different to signing Werner, Havertz, Ziyech etc all in one window. It would also require the club, for example, to completely blow up the wage structure for one player - even if it's the best one in the world - and maybe even set us back in the coming windows in the terms of the budget etc. And as I also said earlier, Messi wants to win the Champions League again. We aren't going to win it anytime soon. So, he isn't going to come here.

That is too much drama for one night...

Don't know why 'Messi to Chelsea' is even a discussion. We aren't going to get him. He isn't going to come here.

Show improvement, get past the round of 16 first and then we'll see.

Jesus fucking christ...

To think that the player power we once had with Terry, Lampard, Drogba etc was bad. The one with Messi at Barcelona is like next level, 100x worse.

Would Messi really make that huge of a difference at Man City? I mean, he might help them win the Champions League or get past the quarter finals but domestically, City have been dominating it in the last few seasons and winning the cups and league and that is without Messi. They are always the favorites without Messi and that wouldn't change with Messi at all. They aren't unbeatable and certainly won't be either with Messi.

Even if it is not about the money, Messi wants to win the Champions League again. We are not going to win it any time soon. So people can definitely forget about us signing him. Mind you, Barcelona did not win everything with Messi at their peak every season under Guardiola. And that Barcelona side are better than City would be with Messi, a much older Messi. And I know he's Messi, the best player in the world etc, the Premier League would represent a different challenge altogether especially when he's already 33.

Go to Real Madrid please!

Get ready lads!

LOL

Oh boy...

So much drama...