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Soccer/Football
Related: About this forumSo this guy Messi is leaving Barcelona. Ever heard of him?
Barcelona CONFIRM Lionel Messi will leave club after 21 years and 31 major trophies as they heap blame on LaLiga for 'economic obstacles' stopping them from giving him huge new deal - while fans are left in tears outside the Nou Camp after bombshell news
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9865819/Lionel-Messi-set-LEAVE-Barcelona-fresh-contract-talks-break-down.html

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So this guy Messi is leaving Barcelona. Ever heard of him? (Original Post)
ornotna
Aug 2021
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Casady1
(2,133 posts)1. only the best soccer player
of his generation.
Celerity
(51,600 posts)2. Barca are a hot steaming pile financially, well over 1bn in short maturity debt and they shit away
over £750m on 3 busts, Griezmann, Coutinho, and Ousmane Dembele.
worst run top 25 footie club on the planet.
brush
(61,012 posts)3. Wonder where Messi will end up? Probably an EPL team.
Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)7. Either Manchester City
Or the MLS (if finances are worked out somehow)
I know Barcelona are in a hot mess financially, but this is still surprising. I thought some sort of deal had been worked out through third party financing.
They have gobs of cash and are building the team up again. Messi and Neymar are on good terms so I think it's the most likely destination.
rownesheck
(2,343 posts)9. Houston Dynamo?
Yeah right. One can dream...
obnoxiousdrunk
(3,085 posts)6. One of the gretest
soccer players.