How much would Messi cost?

200 squillion

£180m

The Bat-Man wrote:

dena wrote:

Oh please. Take away Messi and Barcelona are still a top 5 team at worst.

They won't win anywhere near as much.

Their run over the past few years was unnatural, esp. when a team with the talent of Real Madrid is your main rival. It's easy to guarantee that over the next 3 years they won't win as much as the last 3, just because that run was so incredible. With or without Messi they won't win as much.

I could see City offering 250M for him.

Messi has a release clause in his contract, so how ever much that is. But even if a club did make a bid equal to the release clause, Messi still wouldn't accept it.

It would be interesting to see if like one year before he retires, a recently bought out club splashed the cash on him to increase the reputation of the club. Kind of like how Anzhi bought Eto'o and Roberto Carlos.

He'd cost an outrageous sum but I think he should be worth around €135 million. He is after all just one player and many teams' starting lineups in La Liga and the Premier League are worth less than that sum. Every player has a price at the end of the day.