Capaldi:
So they are actual people that will buy a 34yr old finished Messi with over 1million weekly wages over a 20yr old Haaland and 21yrs old mbappe in 2021. It can only be ment na

abimic:

I am not even going to divulge confidential information to him. Let him be enjoying mtn made money from recharge cards, in this 21st century. He clearly doesn't even know how much MTN is worth.....

DumaEmpire:
Your hatred for Havertz is disgusting aswell.

A dude that got a winning goal @ Ucl but you claim his goal is worthless.

That's a disgusting statement.

User09:


To buttress your point. See Note 9 of their FS. I also checked to understand his perspective

BlueMann:


This Messi you people are calling finished...okay o.

Shey they said he was finished last season?

His 2021 performance neva shock una reach abi

BlueMann:
AC + Emerson for Hakimi?

AC deserves to stay abeg...let it be Emerson + cash.

donstan18:

Choosing Messi over Halland is okay, only few will do otherwise.

Messi is tested. If he doesn’t score goals, he’s creating and assisting. He’s intelligent and good with free kicks.

Mbappe is tested, did well in Monaco, did well them in UCl against top teams and took them to semi finals, did and still doing well with France.

Still doing well with PSG. A big game player, he dey tidy both big and small teams. He dey create, run defenders down, gives good passes.

No dey compare am with Halland abeg!

Halland isn’t tested yet. He’s not proven shiit against big teams with tough defenders. No be Chelsea he suppose use prove am, we are not good in developing strikers.

Capaldi:

Choosing Messi over Haaland in 2021 is madness. Hell am picking Harry kane over Messi as at today. Messi that's finished

BlueMann:
Baba Donstan18, when Havertz eventually comes good...

U must come out to accept your L with your full chest oh

donstan18:

Harry Kane over Messi is understandable because he’s tested and trusted.

Hålland over Messi in Chelsea is a big risk, unless we’ll give Dortmund Harvertz with 20m.

airmark:


Many people actually dont know including me, until i ventured into the VOIP biz over 10yrs ago.

Don't waste your time on that dude.

donstan18:

When it comes to returning shiits with shiit, you can count on me.

DumaEmpire:
Yea me2

Capaldi:

Baba no body is picking Messi over Haaland in 2021 leave all this story. One is finished and old while the other is on the path to greatness if he can maintain his current progress.

Havertz10:
that guy behaves like a woman

I get androgynous vibes from him

Capaldi:

What spectacular thing did he do in the champions league last season or against la Liga big teams ? You think stat padding against Eibar and Huscea will hide the fact that he is finished. So you will join those that will spend 120million plus 1million weekly wage on Messi?

izzou:
Haaland's wages is just my problem.

If not, it makes no economic sense to pay 100 million for Messi who is 34 years

izzou:
Haaland's wages is just my problem.

If not, it makes no economic sense to pay 100 million for Messi who is 34 years

Greatihex:
You mean, like the Kepa business?

I don tell una make una rest with all these things. You have no say in the signing. Just rest. Na all these things una dey do dey cause all these unnecessary arguments for here.
When Chelsea sign this Haaland now and em begin flop instead of you to accept say em don flop, you go begin write long Epistles on why he will come good and everything.

All club to sign player come. If em flop, you bash. If e do well, you hail. Simple. I stopped following transfer news and discussing incoming players since 2-3 years now.
Anything wey club like make dem sign, e no concern me. My own na to watch match, support players wey dey do well or try their best to do well. Flop and don't look like coming good, I bash you. Na my own be that.

donstan18:

Dembele, Harvertz, Morata, Martial, Jovic, Asensio and some few use to be on this table until reality hit them.

I’m not saying Halland isn’t good, I’m saying the price tag and the fact that he’s coming to Chelsea a club known for messing up promising strikers will be a big risk. The expectations will be high, he might not give it.

If he was going to ManCity, PSG or Liverpool, e for dey sure say he fit do well, but Chelsea?? Guy Na Chelsea we dey talk about oo!!

Close to 20 years, Na only Drogba and Costa you go count wey do well for Chelsea.

BlueMann:


There's little more he can do with the squad and players he plays with, and the manager at the helm of affairs.

Messi not doing a lot against the big teams should not be of any surprise if you actually follow Barcelona. Rather, you should ask yourself: how did the manager plan for those aforementioned big games?

Barca's tactics against them big boys was mostly pass to Messi and Inshallah. So once you lock Messi, the whole team becomes predictable and stale. Did you see the game against Real Madrid, when they lost 2-1? Did you see the tactics employed by Koeman? Busquets at DM, and an extremely high line featuring Pique against a Real Madrid side that were more than happy to sit back and hit on the counter, which is probably their biggest strengths. The moment the lineups were released and the formations predicted, even Barca fans knew they were in for some trouble. The only reason the scoreline was respectable was because of profligacy.

That has been the theme for Barca in most of the big games. And you expect Messi to do it all by himself? Which of the supporting cast raised their game? Griezmann? Dembele? Or is it youngsters like Dest, De Jong, Pedri, Ilaix Moriba abi Puig wey Koeman no even gree play? Abi na Braitwaithe? Sergi Roberto?? Lenglet?

And even against PSG, he got both their goals. Against Atletico nko, when his best chance came when he dribbled like four or five players before drawing a fantastic save from Oblak? And when Dembele had a clear chance, he nodded over.

That has been the theme of Barca's season, especially in big games.

My point is, you cannot conveniently say Messi is finished just because he "failed to turn up in the big games". That would be conveniently ignoring Barca's problems.

And I dare say if you remove Messi and put Mbappe, Ronaldo, Haaland, Neymar etc in that Barca team, they would not fare much better.

PS. This doesn't mean I feel 120m for Messi would be a smarter deal that 150m for Haaland.

Capaldi:

Yes playing with 100Million Griezmann,120million Dembele, 130million coutinho, 60million De jong must be difficult for poor old Messi having to carry average players. Leave story bros. He never turned up against any of the big teams he faced last season rather he focused on stat padding against Eibar and their likes. He is finished.

Unlimited22:

Hasselbaink, Drogba and Costa. Since like 2000.

DumaEmpire:
True. Except for commercial reasons. Like Juve who splashed 100M for Ronaldo just to get more social media followers and sell more jerseys

Capaldi:

Yes playing with 100Million Griezmann,120million Dembele, 130million coutinho, 60million De jong must be difficult for poor old Messi having to carry average players. Leave story bros. He never turned up against any of the big teams he faced last season rather he focused on stat padding against Eibar and their likes. He is finished.

popizaino:



I stopped following transfer news about 10years ago when the news of Edwin Dzeko to Chelsea was flying around. Man I did some mumu mumu thing and was ready to fight anybody that tells me I was only dreaming. I had Edwin dzeko transferred to Chelsea on my console just because I was following his news passionately only for him to end up at man city . Since then I don't follow transfer news again. No be una go kill with hbp.

izzou:


It's always business for the club owners.

It's more than just goals for them. If Havertz and Haaland excel here, they would be money spinners for Roman in the next five years. Hazard is an example.

Business wise, it's preferable to buy Haaland, than Kane or Messi

But then, the wages....

airmark:


Your bag of beans missed awoof PK and fired blanks in 2 games only for Giroud to come and replace him and he showed him where the goal post was.

Giroud - 1 World cup

Benzema - No World cup