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Quote from: EarnOnVictor on January 03, 2025, 03:37:49 PM

Quote from: KTChampions on January 02, 2025, 03:22:09 PM

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Many accused Neymar of being greedy, many accused Mbappe of being greedy (quite rightly), but it looks like we have a champion: Messi.
What do you think of these numbers? This is absolutely Saudi Arabian level of payments and no adequate European club with non-corrupt management would ever sign such a contract.
Against the backdrop of these payments, Messi's tales of loyalty to the club look like a joke. He actually destroyed Barcelona, which fell into a financial crisis (by the way, they still pay him) and currently lost Olmo due to financial problems.

Let's not forget that this is an X post, we can't trust the integrity of the values quoted as the values are not certified by Messi and Barcelona themselves.

That said, every international player is a business person whether we like it or not, there will always be negotiations and they will certainly not settle for less. So calling Messi or any player greedy is out of place, it's business, it's contractual, it's never by force. Messi did his best when he was in Barcelona as one of the best, Barcelona has to pay for it. Barcelona had the issue when Messi was there and after he left and still wanted him back before they were stable, so what's the point?

Nope, it isn`t just X post. It is post by Fabricio Romano. He is well known as football insider and often give us correct information before officials. Of course it is not 100% guarantee, but he is someone who can tell the truth.
PS. The same time he told just the part of the truth. No words how much Barcelona got from Messi.

Don't give Fabricio Romano too much credit, he can't be more than a sports journalist, he is still not Messi nor Barcelona, they are the ones who can guarantee those figures officially and I am happy you mentioned it similarly in the latter part. That was even by the way, the main gist of my post was that Messi earned what was agreed upon between him and Barca, no one forces the other here, so labelling him greedy or a destroyer is 100% out of place.

I don't know why anyone would see that as greed, definitions can be given in various ways but not when Messi is included. I'm a big football fan of Messi and his style of play, not alone his influence on the pitch. Anyone who watched him play at Barcelona will have less to wrong details to spot about the whole deal.

Let's be guided, we are referring to the best player that ever kicked football, free to challenge either disagree to later agree as my local saying on matters like this where everyone has their different opinions.