⚽️The Footy Thread: Lock Thread

[Trey Bantz]

Need United to come in and sweep up Griezman

Nobody needs this.

 

[yankeesking92]

Nobody needs this.

He wont make them better, and Liverpool will still be able to beat em around. No worries.

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I guess Alexis peeps Arsenal TV too...

 

[QU!K]

Stop selling your best players to domestic rivals.

Off the top of my head I can think of:
Ashley Cole
RVP
Samir Nasri
Sagna
and now Alexis

Maybe if y'all would stop being Barca's farm team y'all would win something for once.

How did you come to be a Liverpool supporter anyway? You just pick the club with the most Ls in it's name?

 

[Beans]

 

[sonoftony]

I guess Alexis peeps Arsenal TV too...

 

[tomdiginson]

Maybe if y'all would stop being Barca's farm team y'all would win something for once.

How did you come to be a Liverpool supporter anyway? You just pick the club with the most Ls in it's name?

I mean y'all are the leagues farm system. If any team is lacking something, you just look over an Arsenal roster and see if you can find something.

 

[Trey Bantz]

I bet if I added up all of Arsenal's sales to domestic rivals, the sum wouldn't come close to the fees Liverpool has gotten in their dealings with Barcelona.

 

[QU!K]

I bet if I added up all of Arsenal's sales to domestic rivals, the sum wouldn't come close to the fees Liverpool has gotten in their dealings with Barcelona.

I bet if you added up all the times Liverpool won the EPL you'd equal how many Fs I give.

 

[sonoftony]

United is only mentioned to bring the price up. Alexis ain't coming to OT

 

[Trey Bantz]

I bet if you added up all the times Liverpool won the EPL you'd equal how many Fs I give.

You don't care about Arsenal making good sales? Well the club's ownership seems to share your indifference.

 

[Verde Shuttles]

We should swoop in for Alexis, give him a nice salary for a 1-2 years play him at cf/winger

 

[sneaksoy]

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I guess I'm a Pep stan through & through... Bayern ain't as much fun to watch anymore.

 

[QU!K]

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Javi Martinez with the golazo... Leverkusen can't defend a set piece to save their lives... 0-1 34 mins in.

 

[Belgium]

@jape
Have you read about those football leaks reports in the French press about Messi's contract and salary?
€104m per season guaranteed
Mediapart released the article on it but it's locked behind a paywall. I know the paper and it's well respected. Der Spiegel also helped in providing some of the documents. L'equipe has a report on it as well but it's also in French

Someone translated a few key parts of the Mediapart article:
June 2017, a 400M deal over 4 years. It took the form of two documents (a work contract and an image contract), obtained by Der Spiegel and transmitted to Mediapart and its partners in the EIC investigative media network. Written in Catalan, these contracts, dated 30 June, extend Messi's career in Barcelona until June 2021. They are signed by his father and agent Jorge Horacio, who manages the "Messi business" with an iron hand.

This is the first time in the history of football that a player has received a guaranteed income of more than 100 million euros per season.

Lionel Messi's income may even be higher. Because the player never signed the documents issued on the day of his marriage. Messi Sr. went on to extend the negotiations, putting Barcelona supporters in agony. The final contracts, which are not included in the Football Leaks, were only signed on November 25, after five months of fighting. They are therefore at least as advantageous as those of 30 June.

The preliminary contract figures are already staggering. Messi has a fixed income of 71,053,846 euros (including 85% salary and 15% image rights). Added to this is a signing bonus of €63.5 million. There is also a "loyalty bonus" of €70 million if he does not leave the club before the end of the contract. This represents a total guaranteed minimum of €104 441 346 per season. That is 286,140 euros per day, or 11,922 euros per hour.

A calculation carried out in June 2017 by FC Barcelona shows that Messi's new salary alone accounted for 40% of the team's total payroll (possibly more so today following Neymar's departure). So much so that leaders fear tension in the locker room." The player must realise how disproportionate his salary is to the rest of the team,"wrote a Catalan club manager to Messi's father in a confidential email from Football Leaks during the negotiations

 

[Kimchi Papi]

Yeah, that's why there were a lot of stories about the wage bill. I didn't know he was getting that kind of dough... More power to him. He's worth every penny.

Damn, Leon Bailey has been pretty much asleep until now... What a gorgeous attempt but that damn cross bar got in the way...

Edit - The pervert scarface Frenchie scores... 0-2 Bayern...

 

[PRIME]

BRUH

 

[Trey Bantz]

The GOAT should get GOAT money.

Jealously? His teammates should thank him for the trophies.

 

[fluid hips]

Stop it. Messi isn't worth that much.

He ain't the GOAT either. All this D riding has gotten outta hand

 

[Trey Bantz]

Stop it. Messi isn't worth that much.

He absolutely is.

 

[SadBoi]

Stop it. Messi isn't worth that much.

He ain't the GOAT either. All this D riding has gotten outta hand

GetRichQuick’s burner account confirmed.

 

[Trey Bantz]

Stop it. Messi isn't worth that much.

He ain't the GOAT either. All this D riding has gotten outta hand

Who's the GOAT then?

 

[Kimchi Papi]

I thought that was panasonic...

Edit - Damn, Leverkusen almost ties... 1-2...