They also label Santi Aouna as a reliable source in that Tweet, which is clearly wrong as he's been incredibly speculative this season.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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Can it really be a transfer window without ehsanul trawling through Twitter for every negative tweet?
This response will be somewhat off topic, so I'll keep it short and sweet. He still shows his class with his excellent close control and consistent touches of the ball. His passing is also consistent and accurate. In short, when he's on the field, he looks a level above, but he's just not productive enough in that Barcelona team.
Iirc in Di Marias last season at Madrid he played a more central position and had his best ever season only to be reverted back by VG as a winger who hardly touched the ball and even as a CF in some games. It was an all round disaster from the start.
To be honest if any player jump at the chance to join Manutd even after our current situation, i would worry more about his mentality. If you want players who are winners and world class, they will hesitate seeing how we have been run and how we can jeopardise their chance of winning trophies. So its okay if FDJ has doubts about us. Dont think CL is the biggest issue, concern is where we are going to be in 2-3 years.
If you think we should not persuade top players, then you should be happy with Mcfred. Players of higher caliber will always want to play at the top with a chance to win trophies. I hope we do persuade him because he will transform our team. Thats why i believe that ETH must have told him that this CL absence is just 1 year and we are planning to go back to the top.
If you think we should not persuade top players, then you should be happy with Mcfred. Players of higher caliber will always want to play at the top with a chance to win trophies. I hope we do persuade him because he will transform our team. Thats why i believe that ETH must have told him that this CL absence is just 1 year and we are planning to go back to the top.
Pogba vibes. Barca using him in a wrong position and getting sub par performances in return. Hope he can find his Ajax form if he signs
It almost seems like we've spent all this time trying to play Pogba in the way FDJ should be getting used, and meanwhile it sounds like Barca are using FDJ in the way Pogba should be played.
If Pogba weren't out of contract it might have been a smart move by both clubs to swap the players.
Anyone who's watched today's (or tonight's) final must now see why we need him.
Midfield is the beating heart of a team and if we're ever aspiring to get back to where we what to be we need players of his quality to run the strings.
Hope we wrap him up and deliver him to ten hag soon enough.
Midfield is the beating heart of a team and if we're ever aspiring to get back to where we what to be we need players of his quality to run the strings.
Hope we wrap him up and deliver him to ten hag soon enough.
Is this still on 
The b/s never stops, the only thing that changes is the name.Is this still on
Thanks for replies. I haven't followed him at Barca, certainly not with any focus on him alone anyway. Just wondered what he generally looks like outside of being incorrectly utilised.
It is on like next year’s quadruple.Is this still on
I agree 100%. If we are to start the rebuild this summer it must be done right and the manager must be backed. I think we need 6 players in this summer window. CB, RB, DM, CM, RWF, CF. Rashford Maguire or any other player that has not performed for us should be also up for transfer. We have a load to get rid of.
They will do that anyway.
Agreed.
But we all know that that won't happen.
Most of the players we have in our first XI are disgraceful and we will hang on to them, forcing the new manager to work with them.
It's as if the last 6 months didn't happen.
This is why I believe that our strategy hasn't changed. Essentially, the board make the decisions on what happens on the pitch and the players have all the power, no matter how badly they perform.
We tried Pogba in every role with every suggested formation and it didn't work.It almost seems like we've spent all this time trying to play Pogba in the way FDJ should be getting used, and meanwhile it sounds like Barca are using FDJ in the way Pogba should be played.
If Pogba weren't out of contract it might have been a smart move by both clubs to swap the players.
He is a deep playmaker who can evade the press, has a high work rate and has a great dribble to break through defensive lines.
No idea what this is supposed to be about:
https://manutdnews-com.cdn.ampproje...agree-fee-with-barcelona-for-frenkie-de-jong/
https://manutdnews-com.cdn.ampproje...agree-fee-with-barcelona-for-frenkie-de-jong/
I'm not sure about De Jong. A bit of a forgettable career at Barca. He was much more impressive in 18/19 with Ajax.
Maybe Ten Hag can revive him.
Maybe Ten Hag can revive him.
Probably a combination of walking into a team on the decline, settling into a new team and being played slightly out of his best position.
Yet they expect to make a profit on him. Something about the price they’re asking is really rubbing me up the wrong way.
Its a ridiculous fee and only we are daft enough to pay it. They are on the the brink financially and we're the ones getting bullied.
We are mugs when it comes to negotiations.
I don't see an alternative. Yesterday showed you what we are missing in midfield technically and in intelligence. If ETH wants to be successful, we have to buy De Jong, as he is the best one available. He is world class, dont give a feck if we pay 60m or 100m, we are desperate in midfield. Every other position i can see going for alternative B or C, not in midfield. For that playmaker role, it is De Jong or no one for me. That is why we are not moving on as well. Glad to see, we need to be persistent here.
Weren't they saying that they'll need to sell before June?
If that's true there should be some movements very soon.
If that's true there should be some movements very soon.
Yeah Erik needs to use that fact to persuade him
We’ve supposedly lined up Neves if DeJong is a non starter.
If we can't get De Jong, I wouldn't mind us moving for Fabian Ruiz.
No, barca need to sell before July so the transfer fee can be registered as income for the new season to ease the ffp. If they need to sell frenkie at all. Laporta is on the verge on selling barca studios and future tv income for 900 mio €.
That 900m euros is an abstract figure until someone gives it some context. Over how many season is that etc. I doubt it will be more than previously given most of la Liga’s star players are no longer there.
Once again, sounds like they need to sell...
barca needs to sell, that is clear. The question remains what. Players or assets? We'll know more in the coming weeks. And with dembele gone, another big wage disappears. But also quality of course.
This is becoming another boring and tedious saga like the one we had with Fabregas.If a player doesn't want to come then why waste time for him.
It's May 29th. Those complaining it's taking too long and its a saga should stop paying it so much attention.
Don't want another Di Maria type situation. If he doesn't want to come move on.
Big day tomorrow.
I struggle to see why any decent player already at a top club would want to swap them for us right now, we just need to accept that they will need to be persauded, and most likely forced to come by the selling club, and even then we'll have to over pay.
If the time comes we start been sucessful again we can use the 'if we don't want come move on' line again.
If he wants to come and help Ten Hag build a nice bright future for our club, welcome.
If he only wants to come if we are throwing 400k per week in his direction, I'd rather he stay at Barca.
If he only wants to come if we are throwing 400k per week in his direction, I'd rather he stay at Barca.
Agreed, don't skimp on the home security this time.
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