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Indeed. When you've been a Man Utd reject and gone to a team like Lyon, he would say yes to any big team if they're interested. We only want him because of Koeman and that he's free. He's a decent player, but I doubt he's going to do that much with us. If it doesn't work out we can sell him...

There is no way that's remotely true. Why would Real Madrid care? They'll sign a big TV deal without Messi. La Liga will still have 2 of the biggest teams in the world. Also, Messi will be leaving in roughly 2 years in any case. La Liga will have to move on from Messi.

Griezmann has all the power here. You can't force him to take a pay cut.... and Laporta knows this. I doubt Atletico really wants him. They might take him if we pay half his salary, but there is no way that we're going to do that.

Laporta saying the same thing over and over. Just stop fucking about and get it done!

The good thing is, even if he's terrible we can make a decent profit on him next season. We can't say the same for Aguero.

We can't afford to terminate enough contracts to keep Messi here and register the other 4 new players. We literally have to get Griezmann off the books.... and possibly Coutinho and Pjanic.

He no doubt wants to stay with us, but may not have a choice if we can't sort this mess out. I think City and PSG is just sitting back and waiting in case we can't sort it out.

Fabrizio has been so wrong about this Messi news for the past 7 to 8 weeks. He keeps stating that Messi will sign in a few days... and he's still no closer to signing than he was 8 weeks ago. I honestly believe he's getting his sources from someone who works in the club and they're obviously...

The problem is, you can't force him to take a 50% reduction. He'll probably get his legal team involved if that happens.

Bartomeu really fucked us over by the awful contract he gave to Griezmann. We can't get rid of him because of his age and salary. No other teams are prepared to take a gamble on that. I doubt that Griezmann wants to drop his salary down too much for any other team besides Atletico.

I don't blame him. There is no way he's going to take a wage reduction or agree to a mutual termination. It's going to be hard to get rid of him because he's on around 300k a week.

He's over 30, on massive wages and isn't really a striker.

It's hard to get rid of our high earners. Most are average or have been injured and not played much in the past 18 months. I can only see us getting rid of Griezmann.... and even that's looking unlikely. I think Atletico is the only realistic shot we have of getting rid of him, but I think...

I don't disagree with you. He would be an upgrade over Busquets, but we know damn well that Koeman will start Busquets over Saul.

Now you're throwing personal insults when I've been civilized with my debates? I must have hit a nerve. How the hell am I a hater when I've been supporting Barcelona for over 30 years? I've been a Barcelona fan before Messi and I'll be a Barcelona fan after he leaves, which will be in roughly 2...

It's hardly surprising why Atletico isn't too keen on him. Massive wages and him being 30. I doubt Saul is too keen to come here. He would have to take a 50% pay cut, and there are no guarantees that he'll start. The only way this is going to happen if we pay half his salary and if they...

It's no wonder why Atletico doesn't want to give us any money with the deal if they're going to potentially give Griezmann around 400k a week. It's also not surprising why Saul doesn't want to come here. He may not even start ahead of Busquets, and he'd have to drop his salary down by 50% to...

I don't mind us playing Fati up top with him rotating with Depay, I just don't want Aguero being our main striker and him playing together with Messi.... it'll end in a disaster. It's the reason why Aguero doesn't start with Messi in Argentina.

Be careful or you'll get called a hater. Messi claimed he would stay for a sporting project, but he's most likely staying so he can go on dinner dates with his buddy Aguero. Messi cannot moan next season if we're struggling. But it is what is.

We can't start both of them. They don't work well together. Never have with Argentina. Not to mention, Aguero does look finished. Looks like he's lost a lot of his agility and speed in the past 18 months. His finishing has looked off for a while.