The issue he has with leaving Barca is that the wages owed (about £11m) is due to be paid across the remainder of his contract, which means leaving would see him effectively write off a large portion of what he should have earnt so far at Barca.
posted on 13/7/22
comment by joeymancityz. (U4783)
posted 5 minutes ago
Not to mention the fact that he probably doesn't want to play for a mediocre mid-table premier league outfit
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typical brain dead city fan who doesnt know what mid table means
posted on 13/7/22
comment by montleeds (U18330)
posted 12 minutes ago
Do they owe Messi any back pay?
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Not sure but I think the situation is rather bleak.
Hopefully it's a lesson for our club that all these silly contracts can come back to bite hard.
posted on 13/7/22
In other news reports coming in about Titanic hitting an iceberg and sinking
posted on 13/7/22
comment by joeymancityz. (U4783)
posted 31 minutes ago
Not to mention the fact that he probably doesn't want to play for a mediocre mid-table premier league outfit
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Enjoy your little stint in the sun
posted on 13/7/22
Més que un club…
More like mess of a club!
posted on 13/7/22
And people say that RDD isn't ITK.
posted on 13/7/22
Surely that's nonsense? You don't have to remain at a club to have a legally binding agreement for them to reimburse wages. Managers move on all the time and clubs continue to pay their wages, or at least an agreed lump sum.
He'll get his money whether he's at Barca or United.
posted on 13/7/22
comment by fridgeboy (U1053)
posted 7 minutes ago
Surely that's nonsense? You don't have to remain at a club to have a legally binding agreement for them to reimburse wages. Managers move on all the time and clubs continue to pay their wages, or at least an agreed lump sum.
He'll get his money whether he's at Barca or United.
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It is being reported quite widely, including on the BBC in a recent article. I can understand his reasoning to be fair. He knows that Barca need to sell him to raise money. So at the moment he has a pretty good bargaining chip - pay me what you owe me or I am going to stay put. In fact, he would be stupid to agree to leave before he has been paid up.
posted on 13/7/22
comment by Elvis: King of Cult (U7425)
posted 44 minutes ago
And people say that RDD isn't ITK.
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More IDK than ITK
as in I Don't Know
posted on 13/7/22
Surely he would be taking a pay cut when/if he does in fact join us? I thought he was on something like 500K euro a week there ?