Do you have anything better to do other than moan and groan?
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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Do you have anything better to do other than moan and groan?
If we do get this deal in @ £56m, wonder how much it leaves in the transfer kitty for other signings this summer?
That's not me implying its a huge chunk or insane spending, I think the fee is a terrific deal! more general curiosity on what the overall spend will be at the end?
That's not me implying its a huge chunk or insane spending, I think the fee is a terrific deal! more general curiosity on what the overall spend will be at the end?
I criticised the club many times but if we do get him for that price then I'd be the first to admit that we made a good deal.
Yep. BBC openly talking about money is a pretty big thing. Usually they deny deny until it's confimed by the club.
I suspect by the end of the week we will have confirmation.
£56 million will be spread over multiple years presumably so a healthy amount.
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Add-ons usually affect future seasons, but they're typically balanced out by add-ons we receive ourselves.
Nah it's still there
And to think how many posters here were moaning about how we dont wrap up deals quickly. From what it seems there has been a lot of negotiation going into this, and we look like we will end up paying far less than the original price tag Barca put on
Off to the Antony thread then!
I was one of those fans and I don't mind saying that I was wrong if this does happen. That doesn't justify us not making other signings/not getting rid of deadwood yet though.
This we can't be sure. Barcelona may have required us to pay in fewer years/more up front. I guess (again) this is why the negotiation took long for supposed very reasonable fee, and why we didn't commit the fund over other signings until we got this done. Paying more front, completing the transfer payments in fewer years is sigficant difference in accounting book for the near future.
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This train will stop at the Eriksen thread next.
Barca have also signed Auba, Depay, Braithwaite, Torres ect... And they're not good enough for us. Moral of the story is, just because Barca sign them it doesn't make them good.
Odd, I get a no longer there message and a picture of a poodle on a chair.
I blame Elon Musk.
Of course but I think it's pretty likely.
Can we get away with not buying a DM this season with De Jong around? I have a feeling that United will wait another year so they get Rice
As long as that's the case, we're fine with it
Stop it people, you're getting boring.
Best dribbler in the top 5 leagues, please join. We need more exciting players.
Chelsea will sign him next summer.
De Jong is the player ETH wants. He's clearly better then Soler as well. At 56m he'll be a steal.
Soler and De Jong aren't the same type of player. Barcelona aren't going to replace De Jong with a similar player since it's one of the reason they can sell him, they will replace him with a more dynamic box to box player which is Soler.
BBC now reporting a broad agreement is in place.
That's good news no?
He always has to put a degree of skepticism on it. Just be a muppet ffs
Simon Stone said that anyway though? Thought theres still some things to tie up with the player
I criticise our board countless time in the past, well, decade and a half or so. Yet even I admit that sometimes we hit way above our weight in terms of transfers. I wouldn't have thought that we would sign Veron and Pogba for example. From my experience its rare for United to have a fixation for a player and lose out on it.
Like saying "Why didn't Real Madrid sign Antonia Valencia instead of Cristiano Ronaldo."
I’d take just qualifying for the tournament!
Then I'll be off to the Eriksen thread!
De Jong can be a B2B but there's more to his locker then that. The guy is the closest thing we ever had to Robson (although Robson was a better player)
This is genuinely one of the worst takes I've ever seen on here.
Frenkie has replied he will only start negotiations after barca and Man Utd have come to an agreement
Wasn’t that much higher in the end - €2M more.
€65M initial fee with performance based add-ons taking it to €80M-€85M
Great deal by the club and a steal in todays market
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