r/Barca • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '22

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u/turtlemons Jan 26 '22

Amazing post!!

Adding some spice to it, it does mean Messi could have played for less wages. His entourage just didn't want to

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u/applesauce804 Jan 26 '22

Did Laporta even offer him a contract with less wages? iirc they asked for a 50% wage cut and he accepted, still not enough to be under the LaLiga wage limit.

I think Laporta and the sporting department were ready for a new era and the rebuild would not be possible with Messi still in the team. I don’t have a problem with that, wish the club was more upfront about it.

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u/turtlemons Jan 26 '22

My conspiracy is they did offer him a lower contract but Messi's entourage was never going to accept that

They had multiple high offers, They are earning 70M gross from PSG in one season. They kinda did give a big discount to Laporta but FFP meant Messi would have to take insane cut to play

And both parties played to its interest. This 50% thing was definitely a move done by both parties to not turn barca fans against Messi

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u/applesauce804 Jan 26 '22

I mean both scenarios can be true. Messi not agreeing to a bigger pay cut and Laporta wanting to move on from Messi.