10-08-2021, 05:25 PM
Technically even if he played for Free (not that I would ever have expected him to do so but) Barca still would not have reduced their wage bill by even nearly enough to be in line with the rules to allow them to then register him or any of their other new players. It is a complete mess there and getting worse by the day as it seems Aguero who they are still also unable to register is now injured again and will be out for a few months.
Weirdly Messi's new wage at PSG is actually going to be similar to what Barca are paying Griezmann (although no doubt Messi will be making extra bank with image rights etc) which imo was one of the craziest decisions the club ever made. Spending 120m euro on a player who plays in the exact same position as Messi, then give him that crazy wage!
It is a great life though for Messi, in tears over the fact that he gets to spend a year or two in Paris (while obviously earning so much) winning a new set of trophies and never having to be seen as the guy who chose to leave his club while having a better chance of winning the champions league again than he had at Barca, then probably head off to the MLS to retire after that and keep raking it in.
Weirdly Messi's new wage at PSG is actually going to be similar to what Barca are paying Griezmann (although no doubt Messi will be making extra bank with image rights etc) which imo was one of the craziest decisions the club ever made. Spending 120m euro on a player who plays in the exact same position as Messi, then give him that crazy wage!
It is a great life though for Messi, in tears over the fact that he gets to spend a year or two in Paris (while obviously earning so much) winning a new set of trophies and never having to be seen as the guy who chose to leave his club while having a better chance of winning the champions league again than he had at Barca, then probably head off to the MLS to retire after that and keep raking it in.