Capaldi: That transfer news is so fake. Man City already have cancelo and Walker so makes zero sense. If they wanted a fullbacks it will he at left back to replace Mendy.
Maybe Cancelo is earmarked as left back. Also the fact Reece can play CB and CDM
Trevor012: Cc Ibime I found a forum thread from 2006 and a comparison of Messi vs Robinho and Rooney talking about most potential. Seems Messi was not that rated high there unlike Rooney . Seems a 19yrs old Rooney was better and more highly rated than Messi in 2006.
English boys. Besides Rooney had a 2 year headstart and had already burned down Euro 2004 while these boys had not really seen Messi play as of 2006 apart from the odd UCL game before he got injured
Trevor012: They are numerous factors for that. Messi was short, similar dribbling style and most importantly both where Argentine. If Messi was built like Ibrahimovic and was from maybe Sweden nobody will make that comparism.
Ronaldinho said that the best player in the world is an Argentine kid in Barca academy. This was before Messi made his debut. Messi came in rated higher than Ronaldo. Infact the reason Ronaldo became rated in Balon D'or category is due to relentless hardwork and shooting practice whereas Messi came in with that talent. Think about why Messi would place 2nd in Balon D'or in 2008 - a season when Barcelona finished 3rd in LaLiga and did not win the UCL. People just rated the boys natural talent to vote for him regardless of team success or not.
I can see Moratti placing bid of $150m for him or threatening to at least. Moratti was known for wild excesses having spent £1bln on Inter in a few years and he's known to shatter transfer records for who he thinks will be the best player of his generation, like he did for Ronaldo Lima.
Trevor012: It's still a fat ass lie please. No way in hell Barca will not gracefully accept 150milli for Messi in 2006. No Way in hell is inter Milan that stupid too.
Well it's your word against his. Moratti confirmed he made bid but didn't state the number, and the fact they gave Messi new contract within 3 months of his last one specifically to increase his release clause indicates they felt the €150m release clause was under threat.
The hype around Messi in 2005 was mind-boggling, that's why I laughed when Havertz10 said some people probably thought Messi won't reach Ronaldo's level. Messi came in rated higher than Ronaldo right from debut, it's only that Ronaldo first pipped him to Balon D'or in 2008 that would make someone think Messi was behind Ronaldo. Even at that, Messi was still second to him in 2008.
I saw Ronaldo playing for Portugal under 20 in 2003 before Manure signed him. . . I was blown away. . .like this guy might be Figo
But when people saw Messi in Under-20 World Cup in 2005, it was Maradona comparison straightaway.
Trevor012: Hope some people don't believe that fat ass lie from laporta . Inter Milan submitted 250million in 2006 for an 18yr old Messi and Barca then rejected it . That old man is drunk.
They definitely submitted €150m bid which was Messi's release clause. That's why Barca signed new contract with Messi within 3 months of his last contract to up the release clause. Laporta just got his numbers mixed up or the journalist misheard.
Havertz10: pathetic, they actually helped his game by being negative like this, good thing I never saw games like this
Disgusting behavior by Chelsea players
Go and face front three of Ronaldinho, Eto and Messi and see whether you won't keep it tight
Messi is the one who actually messed up our game plan and destabilized our set up cos he kept overloading our left wing, causing players to fall back to help Del Horno. We did well to keep it that tight with ten men.
You can see how we blasted them 4-2 just few months earlier below
Havertz10: I will continue to say it, I pray that he leaves Chelsea soon, hopefully in the next 3 years, they have a mediocre mentality, if someone compared messi to ronaldinho based on potential back then, you would call the person a mad man, will you call him mad today?
Messi was already rated higher than Ronaldo in 2006. Don't talk what you don't know or didn't witness.
When Ronaldo finally blew in 2008 winning Balon d'Or, Messi was right behind him in 2nd place
You tried to force me to change the gauge from 21 to 22 I refused now you are using sentiments to argue
Havertz was in team of the season at 19, he lost out on player of the year not young player but player of the year to reus at 19 with less than 30 votes
He won the champions league at 21
He has gotten Ballon d'Or shouts from both inside and outside Germany
He was valued at 100m
Chased by all the top teams, not chase as gist, they approached his agents to discuss possible transfer
He was signed for 71m at 21
Havertz is not dele alli's level on any metric, rest with your agenda abeg
Intermilan made a £150m bid for Messi in 2006 at the age of 19 when market was cheaper.
As of the age of 22, Alli in EPL > Havertz in EPL
Leave all the shalaye.
Balon d'Or shout ni, someone that won't make the 20th EPL team of the season this year, who can't finish in top10 for Chelsea POTY
MorataFC: No one is comparing talent here, the article compares number of games played , number of goals scored and number of assists made by Kai messi and Ronaldo within the age bracket. Haaa
basilico: Jim Crow the democrat. Jessie Owens never could vote you sure
qOwens joined the Republican Party after returning from Europe and was paid to campaign for African American votes for the Republican presidential nominee Alf Landon in the 1936 presidential election . [49][50] Speaking at a Republican rally held in Baltimore on October 9, 1936,
Mumu, I will reiterate the below for your dumb skull
The South is Jim Crowe (Trumpanzees) and the North is Democrat (abolitionist)
Ibime: Today's Democrats are yesterday's Northern Republicans while today's Republicans are yesterday's Southern racist Democrats. Get that through your thick skull.
Havertz10: are you trying to say that dele alli is comparable to havertz? Cause I don't understand the narrative you're trying to push here, under 21 was the margin, you are forcing me to add goals scored at 22 to fit your agenda, you self
Comparing Dele Alli to Havertz is 10 times more reasonable than comparing Havertz to Messi and Ronaldo
Infact Dele Alli at that age was already in PFA team of the year twice and won PFA YPOTY twice which Havertz utterly failed to get considered for.
basilico: when did the first black votes google says 1824
You are woefully lacking in historical knowledge hence your support for the racist Republicans.
Blacks were denied the right to vote in the South due to Jim Crow laws (from the same racist confederate States that vote for the orange buffoon) and we have only had universal black sufferage since the civil rights act of 1965