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We're in a shit financial situation even if Messi stays. We're in a mountain of debt and have no money to rebuild our squad. At least if we sold Messi, we could get around 120m euros, get his 1m a week off the books.... and we won't have to pay his massive bonuses for another year. It makes no...

He's not a bad coach, but he's not going to get us back to that level. He was shit at Valencia, did okay at Southampton, did shit at Everton. He's done well in shit leagues, but he's often struggled in good leagues. He's also got a history of falling out with his players. If you really think...

https://twitter.com/jmbartomeu/status/1301106635163742213 Rakitic, who was only at Barcelona for 6 years... gets his contract basically ripped up, and Bartomeu states he always has a home at Barcelona. But Messi, who has been at the club for 20 years, won everything with us, brought in a lot of...

That's the whole point. Messi clearly wants to leave. He's sent in a transfer request. He's missed 3 days of training. He's also asked his agent to come from the other side of the world to get him out of here. I think it's pretty obvious he wants out. Even if we were to get a new board, there...

You said, "oh, City just want him for free." Any club would love Messi for free. City can't make an offer if Bartomeu is being stubborn. He's said multiple times that the release clause 700m. Besides, they're probably just sitting back to see if Messi can get a peaceful exit.

Who wouldn't want Messi for free? City is probably just sitting back seeing if they can work things out. City will also be willing to pay a fee for Messi. That story about the FFP is a lot of bullshit. They can afford his transfer fee (within reason) and his salary. Besides, the FFP has been...

Bartomeu doesn't care. He's going to be hated regardless if Messi stays or goes.

You honestly don't get it. If a club takes Messi on now, they could be in breach. Both sides are arguing their case. Messi has clearly stated he's a free agent. He's not missing training for the fun of it. He clearly must think he has a case.

But we don't know who's in the right. Barcelona's side is saying he can't leave because he has a contract.... and Messi's side is saying he can leave for free. We won't know who's right until it goes to the court.

Not that wording he used. He clearly stated that Messi would be free to do so if he wanted to leave. He just didn't think Messi would do. Regardless of his clause or not, Messi wishes to leave. Bartomeu said he could leave and wouldn't stand in his way. He's only using the 700m release clause...

He has to leave legally. If he were to leave today and go and sign for a new club for free, that club could be in breach. No other club is going to take that chance until it's legally sorted. Barcelona is arguing that he still has a clause, whereas.... Messi's party is arguing that it states...

Because Bartomeu is trying to block his move, so he can't just leave for free. He wants to end on good terms, so this is the best way to do it. Regardless, Bartomeu stated back in 2019 that if Messi wanted to leave before 20/21 season, he was free to do so. He wouldn't stand in his way. He's...

He can't bank on that, though. Messi is free to sign a pre-contract with any club in January regardless of that. Besides, we have no money to rebuild.

He's trying to work out a deal for the club he loves. And he can't just go to City if Barcelona is protesting that he has a clause. It will end up going to court. Messi wants to avoid going to court. He has to leave legally.

Bartomeu doesn't care. He's gone in 8 months anyway. He's going to be hated in any case. He's destroyed this club enough.

Where he's in his right to leave for free. Barcelona argues his exit clause had finished when he put in that request, Messi's party argues that the contract states till the end of the season, which would mean the end of August (due to COVID). At the end of the day, we should negotiate and get...

Means Bartomeu thinks the release clause stands and they won't be selling him Bartomeu is one stubborn piece of shit. Messi is clearly not happy and wants to leave. He only has 9 months left on his contract, so why the hell are we haggling over 9 months? Besides, it's already been stated that...

He can't exactly say that he's been negotiating with City, can he?

Why do you keep posting unreliable sources?

He's not going to get anymore money from us..... he's already on 1m a week. We can't afford to pay anymore in any case.