michalcfc 69 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 "Adidas are keen for Lionel Messi to join Chelsea and are prepared to help pay the transfer fee." [RAC1] The Barcelona board are set to discuss an approach from Chelsea for Lionel Messi. (Source: RAC1)and this:http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11833/9635373/lionel-messi-never-closer-to-making-barcelona-exit-says-guillem-balague Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,356 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Luis just gave a press conference and seemed very confident in his future etc.I still believe the only thing keeping him at the moment is who comes in if he goes?As I said I can see the deal happening due to sponsors/fees etc. not being the issue here, its Barca's willingness to do the deal.Adidas would jump at it, boot deal plus kit deal on the worlds best player, its what every sponsor craves its just a massive coup for Adidas, don't under estimate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,407 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Guillem Balague :'MESSI HAS NEVER BEEN AS CLOSE TO LEAVING AS NOW' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonlol 154 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We would need to sell oscar and schurrle among others to fund this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azpinator 2,325 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We have our own Messi in Hazard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidator 5,176 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Assuming he's staying now Balague has come out with that. Guillem did once tell me on Twitter that I would be a very good manager for rcd espanyol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Some things I can't understand from Ballague's interview Why clubs already punished by FFP rules, like Paris and City, can CERTAINLY fork out 400m for this deal, while Chelsea can not???And why would Chelsea have to sell a lot of players for this to happen, while Paris and City are safe to sign him w/o major sales???Chelsea is a bigger club than Paris and City combined, making a lot more money from sponsorship deals, TV rights and stuff. What do I miss here??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman 329 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 We would need to sell oscar and schurrle among others to fund this. we would need to sell all our current squad. then Leo will play with his german and egyptian (as someone above was joking) clones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supporter 3,088 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Courtois Varane TerryIvanovic Azpilicueta Pogba Matic Fabregas Messi Hazard Costa Living is easy with eyes closed ... I also want to believe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 balague???things just got interesting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michalcfc 69 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Enrique was asked if Messi was still 'delighted' to be at Barca- the club he has scored over 250 league goals for - after recent reports linked him with a move away from the Nou Camp.Enrique said: "I don't want to comment. We know things change and a month is a long time." [bBC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD3D 1,038 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Just trying to picture the argument in my mind. . . . Messi is on the verge of joining chelseaTC posters: No thanks we have got Schurrle, willian and the Egyptian messi, plus he doesn't track back. How ridiculous does that sound.This forum is comic relief sometimes.You are ironically disregarding the most important arguments of those who don't think this would be good for the club:1. The deal would be financially catastrophic to the club (unless Adidas funded part of it, which is unlikely).2. The FFP rules would crack down on us.3. Letting Messi in would likely mean letting Hazard leave.4. According to Spanish media, Messi's problems at Barcelona have mostly to do with his attitude regarding the discipline demanded by the manager. When the manager wants to take him off the game, he says no. When the manager benches him for one unimportant game, he doesn't show up for training the next day. Now imagine him doing all of this to Mourinho. How well would that work out? According to Guardiola's own authorized biography, the moment he realized Messi's possessive and demanding personality, he basically put Messi on a pedestal and bowed to any demand he made. Can you imagine Mourinho doing that? I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michalcfc 69 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Some things I can't understand from Ballague's interview Why clubs already punished by FFP rules, like Paris and City, can CERTAINLY fork out 400m for this deal, while Chelsea can not???And why would Chelsea have to sell a lot of players for this to happen, while Paris and City are safe to sign him w/o major sales???Chelsea is a bigger club than Paris and City combined, making a lot more money from sponsorship deals, TV rights and stuff. What do I miss here??? Because Man City can buy him as a NYCFC and loan him to Man City, and Nasser Al-Khelaifi doesn't give a fuck about FFP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamad138 190 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Mourinho should buy reus it would be better because his clause is only 20million( what were Dortmund thinking? Hahah). Hazard and reus would be deadly, he would easily bench oscar and willain, and we would save alot alot of money. He would be the best player along with hazard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidur the Spider 4,515 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Imagine Messi's delight when he turns up at Cobham for training, greeted by John Obi Mikel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 So can we place bets now on how big a salary Messi and his companions will extortionate out of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,356 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 He has enough money and is probably wise enough to know that Chelsea, with FFP in mind, can only pay so much.Lets not forget Cech will be moving on in the summer, we think, which is £170,000 off the wage bill + Drogba (Depending on whether we sign a replacement like for like ST) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supporter 3,088 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Courtois Varane TerryIvanovic Azpilicueta Pogba Matic Fabregas Messi Hazard Costa Living is easy with eyes closed ... I also want to believe!The Financial Fair Play is a joke. I think it is a rule to keep us scared because we have a president with money which he began stage presidents with lots of money in big teams that have followed after by Manchester City, PSG and other teams.I see that if that punishment to Manchester City and PSG last year, but their punishments were ridiculous. Instead I see other teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern making big signings without looking at the price of their players.This is a great suspicion that is constantly hovering our team. Whenever Chelsea intends to do some signing is the time when some very strange intelligent appears and reminds us as a threat: "Chelsea Care, we will penalize to you with the rule of the Financial Fair Play".Instead, City and PSG fichan new players and they flirt with everyone. Besides the signing of Messi we would pay with the help of ADIDAS, TURKISH AIRLINES, FIFA GAME ... I also believe that Juventus owe us money by the issue of Mutu and the UEFA sanction and we can put them to use in that operation. At any step, the signing of Messi we would pay with advertising revenues as it has done for Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo or Bale. The problem is when you pay a fortune for Fernando Torres and we can never recover that investment. With Messi would recover that investment with insurance advertising. I just remind you that RONALDINHO which seems a retired since 2006 player still moves a fortune of millions each year. Messi still moves more million and above remains to TOP PLAYER. His signing would not hurt us to the Financial Fair Play, but it would help us to keep our economic accounts perfectly.I would like to see City, PSG, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern with the same fear that we have the rule Financial Fair Play. The Financial Fair Play is a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalBlues 4,050 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 No way this is gonna happen, not until sky sources confirmed it or Messi himself said he is no longer happy. I don't believe that Balague dude said, he is more like jumping in this uncertain situation and make a pure speculation on it. Everyone can say what he has said, nothing 'exclusive' from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic weeds 446 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I think this is officially a RUMOUR and should not be on the WISHLIST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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