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Originally Posted by Slava
I should've posted yesterday, but Spurs are through in the FA Cup and face Norwich in about a month. It wasn't exactly a deserved victory, and we played rather poorly for most of the first 70 minutes. But, maybe the issue is after a very different style under Pochettino I'm just more accustomed to seeing us play with possession and try to breakdown (often fruitlessly) an opposition. Instead, we're ones trying to hit on the break these days. Regardless though...a win is a win.
Two bits of transfer news. First, the PL will have the window close on September 1 again, and that was probably a foregone conclusion.
There is an article in/on the Athletic today that says City thinks they have a shot to sign Messi this summer. Apparently he has a release clause of some sort that he can trigger and leave on a free transfer. It's a lot of conjecture and such, but still an interesting thought.
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I read this too but I'm skeptical. Barca would have to be criminally insane to have a 'Free-Out' Clause in Messi's contract. Nobody would agree to that. Nobody of sound mind at any rate.
I'm thinking within the context of a contract negotiation that would be a huge give on the Club's part, what did they get in return for agreeing to a clause that could ostensibly cost millions?
I can understand why a player would want something like that, he could have his pick of any club in the World and on a free his wages would be astronomical (Alexis Sanchez: Hold Messi's Beer), but whats in it for the Club?