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It's a very tough decision on Bartomeu's part. If he gets rid of amigos and calls Messi's bluff, then he will go down as the president that destroyed Messi's last five years at Barca. If he just leaves and let the next president take care of it, he will look like the victim and all the blame...

This, exactly this. This could be a bigger political shitshow than this forum thought. Huge drama in the club. Very high chance that Bartomeu could look like the victim in all of this mess.

No European club will buy Suarez and Rakitić due to their high wages. Both of them would not willingly go to MLS or China either

I feel this way too, let's see how the next week or two play out. Changes need to be made quickly since next season is starting September 12th. New board accepting Messi's demands will make Bartomeu the winner out of all of this. Hilarious really, this entire forum blaming him for everything in...

He's a delusional moron if he thinks his Amigos will stay with a new board.

Him going to be PSG would be stupid. They would walk Ligue 1 even more and anything below a CL finals spot would be a massive disappointment for a squad like that. It would be RM Galacticos of 2000's on steroids. Best career choice would be Inter. It would renew the CR7 vs Messi rivalry. If he...

No chance. I'm willing to bet that a big reason other amigos are staying is because he vouched for them. Without Messi there is no one disturbing the coach or the board from making squad selections.

I would personally love him to go to another team, just as a fan to see how he adapts to another league and other players and to also see if he can improve that team massively. It will also be good for our rebuilding phase. Messi leaving would surely make it easier for other Amigos to leave...

One thing that I'm curious about is how Messi can play in a system in other top teams or CL group stage teams (City, PSG, Man U, Inter, Napoli, etc.). These teams have basically all adapted to the modern game (pressing, physicality, no one player walking around). Could these teams offer Messi...

Barca players back then were a lot more honorable and respected what the club stood for. These overpaid divas were pampered for nearly a decade. Much like raising a spoiled child could lead to them being bad adults, same goes for these players.

Would be an odd choice. At least he would emphasize defense

There used to be notifications before, but this forum had a big update last month (or two months ago?) removing this feature. Not sure why.

What's amazing about this match that's been different than previous big Barca losses is the confidence level of Bayern. Usually teams have a level of "respect" for barca to not dare to attack with too many men in case of a counter. That was not the case last night, after the own goal Bayern...

@sickstar Excellent analysis

Had a fighting spirit and made a huge impact on this team despite having half the talent. Goes to show just how important hard work is. Honestly, I really miss him. You could argue Vidal is like him too, but Paulinho always willed himself to score a goal. Such a shame he wasn’t used much in that...

No one on this forum is blaming things on Messi alone. Entire forum knows the problem is deeper than just one player.

I don’t think he will have much of a playing career. I think he will never be fit, not for us, not for France, and not for another club. This club likes giving paychecks as charity to players, so I fully expect him to stay here until he retires

So iiirc la liga is starting September 12th. That’s less than a month away. What is expected to change? What can we realistically do to change this team in less than a month?

Not even close, dude has lost very close matches in all his CL exits. Bayern and City never got battered like our pussy team