That Little Genius…
Discussion
aeropilot said:
Yep, and I think he's now more likely to go to the MLS than say PSG or City (or even staying at Barca)
Potentially agree with that especially as they can have 1 or 2 players which can be signed and avoid the salary cap. Issue is he was earning 100m+ in wages from Barca, would he demand similar from another club? The jiffle king said:
If he wants to prove how good he is, I would welcome him at St Mary's as a back-up to Che Adams and Danny Ings. If he does well he may get a starting place over time. I think we would stretch to £30k a week + win bonus (not seen too many of those at St Marys in recent years)
I too, as a Saints fan, would like to see this 
Still reckon he wouldn't be out number 1 free kick taker, mind 
TEKNOPUG said:
selym said:
TEKNOPUG said:
He already has more money than he can possibly spend. Will say a lot about him if he just chases the money again.
99.99% of players chase the money.Wadeski said:
With much lower TV revenues and no fans the last 18 months, i wonder if MLS teams are flush with cash…
Probably not.I suspect, unless he's prepared to take a big drop on his wage demands (given his age and the current Covid situation impact on football) he may well find, that he might be hanging up his boots after he's finished playing in the Copa America next week....even if he can be signed on a free by another club....
aeropilot said:
Wadeski said:
With much lower TV revenues and no fans the last 18 months, i wonder if MLS teams are flush with cash…
Probably not.I suspect, unless he's prepared to take a big drop on his wage demands (given his age and the current Covid situation impact on football) he may well find, that he might be hanging up his boots after he's finished playing in the Copa America next week....even if he can be signed on a free by another club....
uk66fastback said:
I think he has said he would return to Argentina to play for his first club again before he retires, so maybe that will happen, who knows?
I think that's unlikely now given the comments he made a year or so ago, about the security worries he had for his family there, and he has since made no secret of his wish for his kids to be educated in the USA, so I think, he'll either take the big pay cut and stay with Barca - although you'd think if he was prepared to do that, he would have signed a contract by now, especially since Sergio Aguero has signed for Barca......which then just leaves the MLS option IMHO... (PSG maybe as an outside chance, if Mbappe leaves for Real?)Some of the stories coming out about him and Barca are astonishing
To accommodate his new contract they asked players to take a cut, many refused, they now seem to be unilaterally deciding to terminate a couple of players contracts to free up the wages, talk of Umtiti and Pjanic being released
To accommodate his new contract they asked players to take a cut, many refused, they now seem to be unilaterally deciding to terminate a couple of players contracts to free up the wages, talk of Umtiti and Pjanic being released
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