Dongqiudi pinned post: Messi told Barcelona that he would leave before the start of the new season. (123852 comments)
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[He's really leaving? Laporta, what the hell are you doing???]
[Messi's wages are too high. He could carry that when he was younger, but now his salary is too high and Barcelona doesn't want to keep paying him.]
There was still no further news about Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United, yet Messi's departure had already been confirmed. The news immediately drew widespread attention from fans.
As for Laporta forcing Messi out with an unacceptable pay cut, most fans chose to side with Messi.
Everyone was a worker. Who the hell could accept a 70% pay cut!
Barcelona's refusal to provide for aging players was indeed a bad look. Because of this, the club would probably lose a huge portion of its fans.
So where would those departing fans go?
To answer that question, one had to understand the state of football in the current era.
Piggy World had just completed its transition from Jurassic!
It would be terrible if all of Messi's fans ran off to Manchester United!
August 8, London time.
This was Manchester United's final warm-up match before the new Premier League season. Their opponents were fellow Premier League side Everton, and the match was held at Old Trafford.
"King Tang..."
"Shoot directly!"
"Nice, brothers!"
"2:0!"
"No, why does anyone think Everton can take on Manchester United? Aren't they just getting crushed?"
Twenty-two minutes in, Manchester United had extended their lead to 2:0 through Tang Ye's goal.
In fact, there had been no need to extend it, because Everton had barely managed to carry the ball into Manchester United's half since kickoff.
Here, one could see a change in Manchester United for the new season.
Tang Ye's