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The only source I'm believing from now on is from Messi's party. All these 2nd hand sources have been changing their story every 5 minutes. I'll wait till Messi officially says he's staying for another year before I believe anyone else.

And you think City can't cover Messi's salary and a 100m euro transfer fee? But Chelsea can automatically cover a potentially 250m euros + big salaries?

THE FFP has been relaxed. Why do you think clubs like Chelsea are spending big money this summer?

Which is stupid at this point. Why are we forcing unhappy players to stay? We're basically saying Messi is bigger than the club. If he doesn't want to play for the club, just let him go. His head won't be in it next season. Can't believe we're haggling over a 9 month contract, who is 33, who is...

He still may it to court. He's only just released this statement. I'm not sure I believe that report about him staying. It just doesn't make any sense after he just released a statement saying he can leave for free and that La Liga is wrong. We'll just have to wait and see. Plenty of sources...

It still doesn't make any sense. Why would they release that statement saying he could leave for free and that La Liga/Barcelona got it wrong about his contract if he intends to stay anyway? Not to mention, they released this news like 30 minutes after Messi's father released his statement. It...

Why the hell would they release that statement but only to change his mind minutes later? It doesn't make any sense to me.

La Liga have basically responded and said Messi took the meaning of the end of season out of context. But the end of the season was the end of the August. Technically Messi is right. It states in the contract the end of the 19/20 season.

They might have to take it to court now.

The sure thing is that Messi still definitely wants to leave and that he basically told La Liga to fuck off.

I think they much more than we do.

Messi states his exit clause went on till the end of the season (which is August), so he should be allowed to leave for free. This is going to go to court.

Just came out that Messi still stands that his exit clause is valid and that he should be allowed to leave for free. Basically said La Liga is wrong.

https://twitter.com/cityreport_/status/1301857244326301696 Lionel Messi's statement is NOT him saying he's staying or going - it's him putting his point of view regarding his contract, why he believes still firmly that he has triggered his buy out clause and how he feels he is a free agent. [...

Not once did I say Messi should have his contract torn up. You're just twisting things. I stated we should negotiate a peaceful exit for him and get offers him for him. No other teams are going to come in for him whilst Bartomeu and Messi are fighting. City still might come in for him even after...

My arguments are valid. You're just being too stubborn. Pointless debate.

That's my whole point. We're still going to struggle even with Messi in our side, so why not just negotiate a sale for him and put that money towards the future? He signed that contract years ago. We were in a better place. We didn't throw away a 3 goal lead twice and get smashed by Bayern at...

I'm talking about our worst season with Messi. If you're happy with us finishing 3rd or 4th and getting knocked out of the Champions League early because change needs to happen, I have no clue what to tell you. He's obviously being forced to stay. He wants to leave. He sent in a transfer...

Possibly finishing 3rd to 4th in the league. Possibly getting knocked out in the group stages of the Champions League. It's coming out that Messi is only staying because he can't get out of his contract. So, we're basically forcing him to stay. He probably doesn't want to take the club to the...

Based on the fact we just had our lowest points total in the league for quite some time. We've been getting worse in the league for a few years now. The only reason we won the league a couple of years back is that Real Madrid's squad was worse than ours. Then we look at the Champions League...