But I think Man Utd and Chelsea can't pay the deferred wages for legal reasons. There's a cynic in me that believes that Barca have enticed Chelsea in so that Utd would get frightened and raise their bid for FdJ and Barca would then use the extra money to pay Frenkie's deferred wages
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Exactly what I was thinking! And Laporta would be capable of doing something like that
It's a single sentence in the Cucarella article.
You also have to think that is suits De Jong to have more than one suitor. Even if he fancies United he can squeeze more money if there’s another club conveniently interested..
It's a throwaway in their piece about Cucurella: "Chelsea are also in talks to hijack Manchester United’s protracted attempts to sign Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona and have also made an enquiry for Southampton full-back Kyle Walker-Peters while also showing interest in Inter Milan’s Denzil Dumfries. "
“Only an idiot would go this far with a deal without knowing for sure they could get the player” said Murtough, as he attempted to free his foot from the bucket.
I think that's what would piss me off about it the most. There is nothing special about Chelsea.
Liverpool, much as we might despise them, are a special team because of their unique history. Arsenal to a lesser extent also have that going for them, and are also a meme. City, whilst having very little in the way of history, at least have the X-factor of being England's most dominant team right now and are also owned by a state. And even Spurs, like Arsenal, are a meme. What the feck is cool about Chelsea? Aside from being the team with England's most insufferable fanbase, and the side that arguably introduced oil money into the world of football, there's nothing special about them.
But would he, after what Barca have done to Chelsea with Raphinha and Kounde? They pretty much had both wrapped up until Barca got involved.
I suppose Chelsea are just a very forgiving kind of club who hold no grudges haha
Let's see if Chelsea are moronic enough to pay it for Barcelona to get the deal done.
And relax!
Things are happening ...
Always rated Gerard Romero.
The new FFP rules won't be in full effect for another few years. The 70% revenue cap will only start in 2025/26 season and there will be a few years of adjustment period where the cap slowly starts to decrease year by year.
In a way it makes a lot of sense for Chelsea to spend heavily now and then just try to make sure the rules are met in a few years once they're actually in place and penalties start to be given for breaches. I don't expect the big spending to continue forever but Boehly wants to make sure the club are ready to challenge for the big titles ASAP so having a statement window right away with lots of big money signings puts the club in a good position to compete, right? Still plenty of time for the club to get rid of the expensive deadwood before then, and also plenty of time for the new owners to increase revenues before then through new commercial deals etc.
Still don't believe Chelsea are seriously in for De Jong but other than that the spending doesn't seem like a big issue if you ask me.
They won't, or even if they did, United would jump right in there and do the same.
We've spent 3 months on this, and the only reason i think we've not paid it (in a legal way - such a signing on fee) is because we thought we were the only ones involved and could drag it out.
IF Chelsea are actually progressing (and i don't know if they even will put in a bid) you can guarantee that United will have a backup plan of sorts to get it done ASAP such as a £17m sign on fee spread over the life of his contract (say 5 years, so £3.2m or so a year)
Could be Dest.
Can see them take Depay
Scenes when Orny got confused and it turns out Luuk De Jong is actually Boehly's big striker target.
Yeah, I think there were rumours that his agent was trying to drum up interest across other clubs
Romero is just all over the place
He's fishing for likes at this point
He's fishing for likes at this point
Fake news -
Tweet deleted... i did see what it said and replied to it (deleted though due to tweet deleted)
What was it
He’s already deleted this tweet as once again he’s probably wrong. Needs to be blacklisted as he does this all the time along with hawking accounts for cash.
We all love a nice deleted tweet eh
What did the tweet say?
Chelsea are interested in a Barca player but it's not de Jong. By Romero apparently, posted by aggregator, but it's gone
Have that Barca you focking vankers 
Are you ok sweetie?
I dunno, I think there were rumours that Utd were exploring other options at the weekend (A bluff in reality) and Barca might have wanted to test this bluff by telling Chelsea that Utd were possibly withdrawing from trying to sign de Jong (Which would tie in with what Miguel Delaney said earlier)
Have that Barca you focking vankers
Yeah... have, that?
I swear I was trying to figure out the meter of this 'poem' until I realized it was just line after line without a paragraph.
I just saw that tweet I think you just posted which got deleted. Basically Romero saying chelsea are after a Barca player and it ain’t de Jong.
Yet Dwight Yorke spoke to FDJ directly who told him no CL football was as big an issue as the money.
I have serious doubts about communication between Utd, manager and player. Looks farcical to me to carry on for months without reassurance.
Will hate watching him for Chelsea if he ends up there.
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