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Well...this makes sense...

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"The financial year of 2020 has not fallen under FFP rules and will instead be rolled into 2021. Those two years are then to be assessed as a single financial window. Losses over the €30 million threshold will be permitted without punishment, so long as it is clear the deficit came as a result of COVID-19.

And that is where PSG and, in theory, City can flourish this summer."

"Owners of Europe’s elite were permitted by UEFA’s FFP rules to put additional money into their clubs as of last June. Those “emergency measures” were an acceptance that a global pandemic would bring unavoidable losses and that the limit of losing a maximum of €30 million (£26 million) over a rolling three-year period would no longer apply."

So City losing £100mill due to covid is written off. Therefore, the can pump that equivalent into the club and technically spend it without it being a part of FFP.
 
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Would be good if PSG came out and said they don’t want him.

Serves him right for his actions last season when he tried to force a move away from Barca.
Now, when they offered him a boss deal that took him up to 39 years old, but couldn’t afford it in the end, he starts crying.
 
They can't even register any of their new signings until they get their wages to turnover ratio down to 70%, they're currently at 95% (110% before Messi left). Even if he agreed to play for free, which I'm not sure why anyone would expect the best player to ever play the game to do, they wouldn't be able to register him as a player anyway. They're properly banjoed.
A lot of talk that most signings went through him, and of course, his own salary anchors the salary expectations of the players Messi himself wanted the club to sign, so he can't wash his hands of the right mess the club is in financially.

 

If he feels like that, is he not capable of just going down to £20k per week or something?

Don't think it would make too much of a difference as theyre still way over on wages with Countinho etc on the books to register players.

And also...he's their best player. Getting paid about the same as some academy graduate is a bit steep
 
If he feels like that, is he not capable of just going down to £20k per week or something?

Exactly. If his tears were real he could almost play for free. His image rights and private sponsorship deals will mean he still gets paid more than 99%. Hard to feel sympathy for someone who was earning 80+ million a year for the last 5 or so years.
 

Not even close, mind boggles how anyone could rate Ronaldo as better. Messi could and still can do everything Ronaldo can, plus a ton more... plus he’s just objectively a much more entertaining footballer watch with a far wider skill set.

How many headers does he score? Has he done it in multiple leagues/countries? Did he win an international trophy leading a mediocre team? Has banged in as many high-pressure penalties in his career? Does he have 5 European Cups?

And let's not mention the HGH.
 
How many headers does he score? Has he done it in multiple leagues/countries? Did he win an international trophy leading a mediocre team? Has banged in as many high-pressure penalties in his career? Does he have 5 European Cups?

And let's not mention the HGH.

Mate he’s bent over just about every big team on the planet in the champs league so the hasn’t done it in multiple leagues line is clutching at straws. If he had no problem destroying the likes of United, City, Bayern, Inter etc then he’s going to have no problem dealing with the likes of Everton or Newcastle.

He won the Copa America with a very average Argentinian squad against Brazil in Brazil only a few weeks ago winning top goal scorer and player of the tournament trophies. Better overall performance than Ronaldo put in at the Euros that he won (where he barely played in the final)

Messi is still the heartbeat of every team he plays for, Ronaldos game is more much basic nowadays and he will go long periods of barely being involved… Then he’ll slot, cause that’s what he does.

How anyone can still claim Ronaldo is better is beyond my comprehension. In their primes there was perhaps an arguement to be had but Messi is comfortably the better overall player nowadays and his stats reflect this.
 
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