Village Idiot Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 If PSG matched or just slightly increased his wages instead of doubling them, nee chance he'd gone there. "Challenge and opportunity to lead" be damned. It's fine. I actually wish him well. More worried about what we'll do with the cash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Almost any move is a step down for him TBF, he may as well become even more disgustingly rich in the process. It's not his fault the PSG owners are absolutely mental. Thing is he was already that rich the money he's getting now will make zero difference to his life. He's an idiot leaving Barcelona where he could have cemented his place in history there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 From a footballing point of view I really don't find it a crazy move, yeah it would be better if he wasn't going to France, but if PSG go on to win the CL with him as the main man, then it will have been worth it. Plus he's already going down as a Brazil legend, which will be the main thing for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Obviously money is probably the primary reason and who honestly would turn down the kind of money he'll get but he will still get to win trophies and compete in the champions league. Hell maybe even win it worse teams have won it after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I just read that Qatar Sports Investments that owns PSG have access to almost £200 billion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I just read that Qatar Sports Investments that owns PSG have access to almost £200 billion. What were you expecting, them to burn a third of their budget on Neymar? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nobody Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 If PSG matched or just slightly increased his wages instead of doubling them, nee chance he'd gone there. "Challenge and opportunity to lead" be damned. It's fine. I actually wish him well. More worried about what we'll do with the cash. (except the wish him well part. Hope Monaco somehow wins the league again). Will be extremely interesting what Barcelona do with the money like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 I just read that Qatar Sports Investments that owns PSG have access to almost £200 billion. ..all to spend just to raise their profile. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Does anyone actually care? Player moves to new club for lots of.money. meh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Does anyone actually care? Player moves to new club for lots of.money. meh. Yeah - I do. I love football but the money in the game is ruining the sport. People want to see the best players stay in the best leagues. In France it's not like the Premiership where all the clubs are benefiting from an insane TV deal, thereby all getting stronger. You have just one team that is being backed up by Sovereign Wealth which no one can compete with. Ibrahimović had more of an impact on footballing world playing the one season in England than he did in all the four seasons in France. People all over the world stood up and remembered how great a player he was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 All the best players being attracted to Barca and Real Madrid isn't a great situation either. Personally I remember the days when the Dutch teams were actually seen as a threat, there were genuinely good teams from all sorts of leagues, but those leagues and many famous clubs have been crushed by the modern game. To me it is strange to complain about the talent being more spread out, I think football was better back then. Not that PSG jizzing money about is going to bring back the good old days when the CL was interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Does anyone actually care? Player moves to new club for lots of.money. meh. Yeah - I do. I love football but the money in the game is ruining the sport. People want to see the best players stay in the best leagues. In France it's not like the Premiership where all the clubs are benefiting from an insane TV deal, thereby all getting stronger. You have just one team that is being backed up by Sovereign Wealth which no one can compete with. Ibrahimović had more of an impact on footballing world playing the one season in England than he did in all the four seasons in France. People all over the world stood up and remembered how great a player he was. "Money is ruining the sport" in one sentence while outlining the virtues of the Premier League in the same post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Staying at Barca to succeed Messi is a joke tbh. Why would he do so? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Staying at Barca to succeed Messi is a joke tbh. Why would he do so? TBH, he probably can't. Messi is 30 and still killing it. When would Neymar take over? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 anyway if Qatar weren't spending it on Neymar's salary they'd be spending on funding ISIS wahhabism so it's probably for the best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Staying at Barca to succeed Messi is a joke tbh. Why would he do so? TBH, he probably can't. Messi is 30 and still killing it. When would Neymar take over? Exactly. So either he accepts to be a legendary supporting cast or he has to go. You can say he loves money etc but to say he had a bad career move / step down / staying at Barca is the best option etc is bullshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I'm going back a few pages but I'm interested again as to why people rate the Bundesliga so highly as a league. It seems to be largely from the fact the national team is successful and that there was an all German CL final 4 years ago. I find German football a bit of a contradiction for me. It has lots of ideals that should be admired - cheap tickets, full stadiums, 51% fan ownership, focus on youth development. If I lived in Germany I think it would be fantastic to be a match-going supporter. However out of the top 5 leagues it's easily the one I watch the least from the armchair, and I would now probably not tune into anything other than maybe Bayern vs Dortmund. I find the atmospheres bizarrely sterile despite the huge attendances. It's like watching Pro-Evo crowd, full of colour and the bouncing up and down happening without any correlation to whats going on on the pitch. Then I also find that tactically every game is very similar, with teams playing largely the same style of football and the same systems. Add to this the clubs that have competed at the top in recent years are often plastic, corporate style clubs - Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Leipzig, Hoffenheim. Despite the good ideals, it always comes across very packaged, sanitized and boring. I'd struggle to list the derbies too, other than Dortmund vs Schalke. All seems like something I should enjoy, but I really struggle to do so. Find it dull tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Staying at Barca to succeed Messi is a joke tbh. Why would he do so? TBH, he probably can't. Messi is 30 and still killing it. When would Neymar take over? He would never take over precisely because Messi is ten times the player that petulant crybaby will ever be anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 anyway if Qatar weren't spending it on Neymar's salary they'd be spending on funding ISIS wahhabism so it's probably for the best This is so true that it's almost not funny Really though, anyone associating with that cretinous government deserves everything that's coming to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 So it's a free transfer then! Neymar had to buy himself out of his contract with Barcelona in order to complete his move to France following a battle between the French and Spanish leagues over the payment of his world-record fee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 has the 2022 WC been mentioned at all in this? i wonder if part of the whole thing will be neymar promoting it for the qataris and such as part of an inevitable PR offensive for their shitty, tawdry WC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Does anyone actually care? Player moves to new club for lots of.money. meh. Yeah - I do. I love football but the money in the game is ruining the sport. People want to see the best players stay in the best leagues. In France it's not like the Premiership where all the clubs are benefiting from an insane TV deal, thereby all getting stronger. You have just one team that is being backed up by Sovereign Wealth which no one can compete with. Ibrahimović had more of an impact on footballing world playing the one season in England than he did in all the four seasons in France. People all over the world stood up and remembered how great a player he was. Absolutely not true regarding Ibra. Suggesting people remembered how great of a player he was only after having joined Manchester United is ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Staying at Barca to succeed Messi is a joke tbh. Why would he do so? TBH, he probably can't. Messi is 30 and still killing it. When would Neymar take over? He would never take over precisely because Messi is ten times the player that petulant crybaby will ever be anyway. No one is every going to take over from Messi unless he dies. Man is an alien. Exactly, why Neymar's move makes sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Neymar is a greedy little whore. The end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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