https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/53910492
Paris St-Germain and Man Ure, How come they are not throwing Liverpoo into the mix.
If wages came down I don,t think any club would turn him away. Its all about getting the finances in order?
Plus Man Ure just offloaded Alexis Sanchez who was costing them a reported £500 a week. (
alexis sanchez wages at man utd)
Either way in my opinion he,s staying at Barca. Or if, in the unlikely event a move does come off then am backing PSG.
I didn't think the Sanchez deal was so good,
but £500 per wouldn't go much towards offsetting Messi's £500k+.
There are possibly only a few clubs able to afford Messi. Teams funded by oil, a single wealthy individual, or effectively a country. Teams that fall into that category, imho, are PSG, Man Cit€h, Chel$ki, Real Madrid and any Chinese club. There may be more, but those are the ones that come to mind. Man Utd are separate from those, again, imho, in that they have built up money over decades of success, and being in the most lucrative league for TV rights to become one of the largest clubs by most measuring methods in the world.
At the moment Man Utd are trying to build, seemingly on the cheap after spending huge amounts since Ferguson retired on players, and managers. A Messi signing could hinder their ability to improve other parts of the team. Being mentioned as a possibility though puts in people's minds that they are still an option when they probably aren't.
PSG will spend spend spend to get the Champion's League, Neymar and Mbappe is evidence of that. Could they afford Messi too! With that amount of money behind them anything is possible. Similar with Cit€h, though it curious they are not being mentioned as much. Real Madrid always seem to find the money, though with Barca to Real, I would fear for Messi's safety. Yes, some players have done that, but Messi would be a step above anything that would have gone before.
With Chel$ki, Ambramovich seemd to take a back seat for a few years and tightened the wallet. He has spent some so for this next season, but a lot of that was the Hazard money which they were not able to spend because of a transfer ban. I think the huge spending by Ambramovich may be over.
A Chinese club would just have the money if needed, though their deals have tailed off a bit.
Liverpool seem to trying to build success from a sustainable model now, and buying players in a more thought out long term fashion. Yes, Allison and van Dijk stand out against that, but they can thank Barca and Coutinho for making those transfers affordable.
Klopp builds a team and slots people in, with Messi it is building a team around Messi. Plus I don't think Liverpool are at the financial level to be in the conversation, without a sponsor adding extra finance in some way, Nike to contribute for the additional merchandise sales for example, though I doubt that would happen. Mbappe would be a wiser move for something like that considering Messi's age.
And there's another thing, Messi's age, 33. How many years would a club get out of a deal to try and recoup the money spent! Some teams, mentioned above who are financed more by money away from their popularity don't have to take that into account as a consideration, most well run teams do.
Messi is too big for more than a few clubs in the world unless he took a huge pay cut, and even that would be if they somehow got him for a Neymar type fee, or even better free. And even fewer clubs could afford a fee too much above that.
I doubt he will move if he gets the changes he wants at Barca, but even if he doesn't I can't see anyone actually paying for him post Pandemic, with sport finances in limbo atm, and business plans taking a hit.
It is interesting to watch from the outside, though I think the BBC at least are going a bit OTT on their site with the number of articles. You would thing he had been transferred, retired, or died with that amount of coverage.
