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He's going to be one of the hardest players to sell. He's on 800k a week, so he'll probably let his contract run out whilst he's getting those types of wages.

I'm honestly expecting contract renewals for Pique, Alba and Busquets pretty soon. Laporta still rates them as the best players in the world.

If he offers a 34-year-old 900k a week, plus a big signing-on fee.... plus a 33m loyalty fee, I'd be extremely disappointed. Not to mention, it'll make him a hypocrite by saying he's still got to reduce the wages for the team but gives Messi big wages.

We'd be lucky to get 25m back for Roberto. Besides, he's another one who rather let his contract run out because he's on big wages.

Unfortunately, we have sign players for free. We have 700m euros worth of short-term debt we have to pay off. Yes, 700m euros has to paid back pretty quickly. We have to pay 266m by June and then another 120m on top of that by the end of the year. We have no other options but to be sensible in...

All he needs to have is Barcelona DNA and he's good to go. It really doesn't matter about the experience.

I wonder when Laporta will offer him a new contract.

Laporta will do the same thing with Barcelona DNA-type players. Don't think he won't. He's already claimed that Pique is the best defender in the world and that Busquets is still world-class. I guess he'll try and get the likes of Coutinho, Griezmann and Umtiti out of the club. The problem...

The problem is.... Laporta is making out that Messi is still the future of the club. It seems he's going to do everything he can to keep him here. If that means making Messi the highest earner, then so be it. It's very risky offering a 34-year-old a big contract like that. I get he needs to try...

It's common sense that he doesn't generate that type of money.... and he wouldn't have due to COVID. If Messi generated that type of money, we wouldn't be in this type of mess.

Messi does not bring 300m worth of sponsorships a year. Only a fool would believe otherwise. Besides, I highly doubt he's bringing in that type of sponsorship money during COVID. I'm just realistic here. I've been supporting the club before Messi was here. We had players like Maradona...

I feel we can survive without Messi..... and keeping him here will just add to our debt. What happens if we struggle next season and Messi starts complaining again? Messi may be happy at the moment, but that can easily change if things are going wrong. He'll then be locked into another 4-year...

This is the same guy that stated that Messi was closer to Man City than Barcelona a day after we lost to PSG.

Laporta is going to offer him at least 500k a week, which is still too expensive. Not to mention, I think he'll demand a massive signing-on fee.... not sure how much it'll be, but it'll probably be more than 30m. Then.... we have to pay him his 33m loyalty bonus. If Laporta has any...

The biggest difference is.... our wage bill is way higher than what it was back then. Our debt is much worse than what it was back then. If anything, we probably need to release players just to balance the books. If we do sign any players, it'll be free transfers. He also can't really release...

It's going to be hard to shift Umtiti, Griezmann and Coutinho. I think Coutinho is on 300k plus a week and hasn't played all that well, and he's missed the last months of the season. Then you have Umtiti, who is on 200k a week.... and hasn't played much. I think he'll just see out his contract...

Prepare for that. We won't be signing Aguero for just a short-term deal..... he'll more than likely be on 200k a week on a 4-year deal. Aguero will most likely be injured for half his time here. We'll then offer a 34-year-old Messi a 4-year deal where he'll be on 500k plus a week. We...

I don't see what the fascination with Dembele is. Even when he's fit, he's been nothing but average here. His dribbling isn't great, he can't pass the ball all that well.... and his finishing isn't the best. besides his pace, there's nothing more to his game. He literally reminds me of Tello.

We have no chance of turning this around. We need to win 4-0 away from home. That has never happened against a good team in the Champions League in our history. Actually, our record in the Champions League away isn't the best. People are getting carried because we've beaten some pretty average...

I don't know how you can say that when he's barely played. Besides, when I've watched him, he's struggled in every game he's played for City. If he was good enough, he would be starting. He's years away from being a consistently good defender. At least it's not a gamble since he's a free signing.