Nike 373 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Messi had 3 countries he could of played for...SpainItalyargentinaChose the country was the least amount of chance for glory and team success... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovieticus 743 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Messi had 3 countries he could of played for...SpainItalyargentinaChose the country was the least amount of chance for glory and team success...England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Messi had 3 countries he could of played for...SpainItalyargentinaChose the country was the least amount of chance for glory and team success...That awkward moment when Argentina come within minutes of taking the World Cup Final to penalties without their most dynamic player (Di Maria). Italy haven't done shit since 06. Spain, well, idk. He's Argentine why wouldn't he play for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholo 428 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Chose the country was the least amount of chance for glory and team success... Yeah, because you play for your country because of your title chances and not because your heart tells you where you are from... poor Bale, Ibrahimovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Messi had 3 countries he could of played for...SpainItalyargentinaChose the country was the least amount of chance for glory and team success...Maybe it was never a choice for him. Perhaps it was always going to be Argentina regardless of the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Yeah, because you play for your country because of your title chances and not because your heart tells you where you are from... poor Bale, Ibrahimovic Kind of like khedira, gundogan, ozil and boateng... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Lion 1,223 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Are we seriously speaking of this? South Americans are truly passionate for their country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Maybe it was never a choice for him. Perhaps it was always going to be Argentina regardless of the rest.Maybe. However, Spain was trying hard to get him to play for their u20 team when he was a teenager... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cholo 428 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Kind of like khedira, gundogan, ozil and boateng...They were born in Germany, raised in germany, speak German better than the language of their parents, know Germany, consider Germany their home and themselves German. What else do you need?You as an american should understand this since you are from a country which doesn't really have the culture and history of other peoples as all Americans are descendants of settlers or immigrants from around the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Are we seriously speaking of this? South Americans are truly passionate for their country like Thiago alcantara, THiago Motta, Camoranesi, Pepe, Deco, or how bout chelsea's own Diego Costa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 They were born in Germany, raised in germany, speak German better than the language of their parents, know Germany, consider Germany their home and themselves German. What else do you need?You as an american should understand this since you are from a country which doesn't really have the culture and history of other peoples as all Americans are descendants of settlers or immigrants from around the world.if Germany was shit like England...Ozil and Gundogan would of never played for Germany....Kind of like how if algeria was a good team, players like nasri, benzema would of played their instead. Or kind of like how France seems to get half their team from Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Lion 1,223 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 like Thiago alcantara, THiago Motta, Camoranesi, Pepe, Deco, or how bout chelsea's own Diego Costa. Thiago was born in Italy and raised in Spain, Diego Costa and Thiago Motta were shunned by Scolari during both his spells with Brazil, whilst Pepe and Deco both had obligations to play for the Portuguese national team after obtaining citizenship. All of which do not relate to Messi's allegiance to his home country when speaking of true nationalism and passion, only Camoranesi the exception. (Avoiding the fact that he already had strong ties to Italy due to his first generation upbringing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thiago was born in Italy and raised in Spain, Diego Costa and Thiago Motta were shunned by Scolari during both his spells with Brazil, whilst Pepe and Deco both had obligations to play for the Portuguese national team after obtaining citizenship. All of which do not relate to Messi's allegiance to his home country when speaking of true nationalism and passion, only Camoranesi the exception. (Avoiding the fact that he already had strong ties to Italy due to his first generation upbringing) Thiago grew up in Brazil as much as he did in Spain. Thiago Motta wasnt shunned by Costa. He chose to play for italy. Pepe and Deco played for Portugal because they couldnt make Brazil...Messi parents are Italian descendents and Messi grew up in Spain, not Argentina. Spain/Barcelona are the ones that paid his medical bills, his growth hormone pills, etc.. Argentina didnt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atlas Lion 1,223 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thiago grew up in Brazil as much as he did in Spain. Thiago Motta wasnt shunned by Costa. He chose to play for italy. Pepe and Deco played for Portugal because they couldnt make Brazil...Messi parents are Italian descendents and Messi grew up in Spain, not Argentina. Thiago spent 5 years under Brazilian Soil and 10 years in Spanish soil. Thiago Motta wasn't shunned by Costa, I was speaking of a manager that goes by the name of Filipe Scolari. He was rarely preferred due to injuries or Scolari never having faith in him due to having duel citizenship and questioning his allegiance to his Italian ancestory. Pepe and Deco both had obligations to play for Portugal due to legal reasons under their approved citizenship's. Unlike Cameronasi who is first generation Argentinian, Messi's roots settled in Argentina in the late 1800's so any ties towards Europe to him matter at the slightest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nike 373 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thiago spent 5 years under Brazilian Soil and 10 years in Spanish soil. Thiago Motta wasn't shunned by Costa, I was speaking of a manager that goes by the name of Filipe Scolari. He was rarely preferred due to injuries or Scolari never having faith in him due to having duel citizenship and questioning his allegiance to his Italian ancestory. Pepe and Deco both had obligations to play for Portugal due to legal reasons under their approved citizenship's. Unlike Cameronasi who is first generation Argentinian, Messi's roots settled in Argentina in the late 1800's so any ties towards Europe to him matter at the slightest. Hey wiki guy... Thiago was not in Brazilian soil for only 5 years... Somehow Rafinha plays for brazil nt... More or less because brazil didnt go for Thiago when he was young and he took exception to that. Thiago Motta has nothing to do with Scolari, unless you think a 20 year old Motta was good enough to play for brazil in 2002 and shunned by Scolari as a result. Deco chose portugal because he couldnt get on Brazil national team as did Pepe. Funny thing is that Scolari naturalized Pepe in the portugal national team and called up Deco....O yea, I forgot Marcos Senna as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Dont think Messi will retire at Barcelona. I can see Pep going to City and Leo following suit in +3 years...With CR7 and maybe Ancelotti joining MU, damn that would really be written in the starSaying that CR7 scored another couple today, already on 11 goals LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Chelsea Jose Mourinho wanted to sign Messi and was willing to pay 150 million euros.http://www.esport3.cat/noticia/2492993/futbol/El-Chelsea-de-Jose-Mourinho-va-voler-fitxar-Leo-Messi-i-estava-disposat-a-pagar-150-milions-deuros-segons-lEfectivament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Boyukliev 32 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Chelsea Jose Mourinho wanted to sign Messi and was willing to pay 150 million euros.http://www.esport3.cat/noticia/2492993/futbol/El-Chelsea-de-Jose-Mourinho-va-voler-fitxar-Leo-Messi-i-estava-disposat-a-pagar-150-milions-deuros-segons-lEfectivamentIf it's true, I think he rejected us because he didn't want to be loaned at Vitesse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,062 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Were do these rumours come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Were do these rumours come from?Pure fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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