The fact is Barcelona do not want to pay up, but in the end they will likey have to.
Also another club paying it has been explored and deemed to he potentially illegal
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Also another club paying it has been explored and deemed to he potentially illegal
Wouldn’t have predicted we would get Rabiot instead of De Jong but that appears to be what’s going to happen.
Late panic buying similar to what happened when missed out on Sancho now seems likely.
Late panic buying similar to what happened when missed out on Sancho now seems likely.
That's down to Barca not us though
It's not happening, is it...
We are daft. So in all likelihood, we never talked to him in last 2 months.
Be hilarious if it can be overturned and could leave on a free.
I’m guessing one of those two people ISN’T Ten Hag!
They are too cheap for Tielemans
With the way things are looking for Barca maybe Chelsea should just abandon the De Jong interest, wait for them to go into fire sale mode, and try to scoop Pedri in a year instead. 
As long as he told to more than two people that he would pick United and Manchester over Chelsea and London, everything is good.
If another club can just give the money to Barcelona as part of the transfer fees and then Barcelona can just use it to pay the deferred wages, is that illegal?
Can’t quite believe how long we’ve gone after one player and it’s not gonna get done.
What are we actually about
What are we actually about
If there are reports that Chelsea are willing to pay his owed wages, that's most likely a Barcelona plant. I'd suspect someone like Ornstein would confirm that with a source at both clubs prior to reporting with any certainty but you never know.
Brains in the tuck shop
Oh wow
I'm starting to think it might be time to walk away. This is a mess of biblical proportions.
Oh wow
I'm starting to think it might be time to walk away. This is a mess of biblical proportions.
Yeah never seen a transfer like it
sounds like your selectively choosing which “reports” to read.
I don’t think it’s in any bodies interests to play this game of chicken, when everybody is supposed to be aligned on the outcome and at most 5-10 million is at stake.
the season just started with a defeat for one of the protagonists. The other can’t get funds together to register players and the player looks likely to be on the bench and have the fan based turned against him.
Barca pay alittle, United pay alittle more and de Jong leaves something on the table.
Or maybe the kids just poorly advised and too dumb to see the writing on the wall.
You can't possibly be this incompetent if you tried. United is seriously one of the worst businesses I've ever seen.
I mean. Real Madrid are still hoping to get Mbappé in 2025.
Which players fit into clubs ethos in your opinion?
I'm officially out. It's not happening.
If FdJ were to revert to his old contract then his back pay legally falls due right now. That doesn't help Barca. The only way this makes sense is if he really does intend to stay till 2026 instead of 2024 and they don't want him to.
The subtext is that Barca now knows somebody else is going to pick up the backpay bill anyway and the problem is that it is the player who is refusing to leave.
The subtext is that Barca now knows somebody else is going to pick up the backpay bill anyway and the problem is that it is the player who is refusing to leave.
With 4 dragons out it now turns to Deborah Meaden, has she seen something in Murtoughs transfer strategy worth investing in?
Till the bitter end.
'We wouldn't be in for him if he didn't want to come, the board can't be that stupid'
Oh how naive was we.
Oh how naive was we.
Nooooo not you too sewey!
As soon as the Chelsea links gained some steam and teeth, I put a foot out the door.
The news of him prefereing to stick around at the club in spite of them threatening legal proceedings over their own contract with him now has me jumping off the train entirely...
What a glorious fecking waste of time and energy. Fully preparing myself for the nausea inducing camera close up of the embrace between him and ETH when we visit Stamford Bridge with him wearing Chelsea blue
The more the faces change, the more things stay the same
With 4 dragons out it now turns to Deborah Meaden, has she seen something in Murtoughs transfer strategy worth investing in?
Sorry mate. This day is the straw that broke my back, me being a proverbial camel.
Boooooo
Isn't this just maintaining his current stance though? Just because they're trying this BS, doesn't mean he should forfeit the money right?
Yeah, this is my take away too. I still think he's more likely to stay at Barca than go to Chelsea, but I wouldn't be surprised with either outcome.
I feel sorry for ETH. I feel as though he's been sold down the river a little bit with the promises he was no doubt given
Reported.
How is this Utds fault?
What a terrible day - I thought you were an actual Camel
Leaks are coming out. Think we are officially reaching the end .
Can't see him staying at barca without taking a massive pay cut and if he does, fair enough!
The bad news keeps coming
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