Would it *really* surprise you that after Messi's tax problems and Barcelona's general financial idiocy that neither of them knew about the cap until today? I believe that
Would it *really* surprise you that after Messi's tax problems and Barcelona's general financial idiocy that neither of them knew about the cap until today? I believe that
1) Barca and Messi are playing a game of chicken, using the statement to force La Liga to reckon with a post-Messi future and then scale back their cap rules after they vacate their bowels.
2) Barca and Messi are used to not abiding by any financial constraints and were caught off guard by the concept of a financial constraint.
My New Jersey scumbag senses are telling me Messi and/or Barca saw the influx of cash from that private equity group, who probably invested that much (3 Billion) with the expectation that Messi would be in the league. Messi and Barca are trying to force the group into threatening to withdraw the investment unless La Liga changes the cap rules so that Messi can get paid.
Would it *really* surprise you that after Messi's tax problems and Barcelona's general financial idiocy that neither of them knew about the cap until today? I believe that
There are two options, basically:
1) Barca and Messi are playing a game of chicken, using the statement to force La Liga to reckon with a post-Messi future and then scale back their cap rules after they vacate their bowels.
2) Barca and Messi are used to not abiding by any financial constraints and were caught off guard by the concept of a financial constraint.
The second one seems way more likely to me!
My New Jersey scumbag senses are telling me Messi and/or Barca saw the influx of cash from that private equity group, who probably invested that much (3 Billion) with the expectation that Messi would be in the league. Messi and Barca are trying to force the group into threatening to withdraw the investment unless La Liga changes the cap rules so that Messi can get paid.