Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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But lewa was in his last year. I don’t think Bernardo is.
He probably is the tweets thread but they're all allowed in here.
Busquets, Pedri, GaviYou just gotta laugh.
Pjanic, Kessie, Bernardo
Frenkie
As if...
Something doesn't add up. De Jong 'wants' Chelsea, but Chelsea have yet to put in a formal bid because they are waiting for the player to give the green light?
If anything, it sounds like FDJ is stringing Chelsea along, just like Kounde. Who even went as far as agreeing the contract.
If anything, it sounds like FDJ is stringing Chelsea along, just like Kounde. Who even went as far as agreeing the contract.
Laurie in the Arnautovic article:
Exactly and Lewandowski is 34 while Silva only turns 28.
I can't believe City will let him go for just 50m Euro, which is exactly what Barcelona paid for Lewandowski and less than they paid for Raphina.
I agree, just worried with the little optimism part. I feel that we wouldn't wait this long if it was just a little optimism.
I've never understood why everyone just ignores the fact that Chelsea has CL football and won it recently. De Jong is 25 years old, not 19. It's safe to assume he wants the chance to win trophies now, and not be part of a rebuild.
The more I think about it, the more foolish this whole chase was. Two midfielders, who actually want to come, could have been bought for the rumored De Jong fee and integrated into the squad much earlier in the window. This was nothing but a shot in the dark that everyone convinced themselves was more likely than it actually was.
Why do they get a €30m discount?
It's deferred, not a discount
Would they just accept a transfer ban and a point deduction at this stage with the signings they have gotten if they can't break even?
I mean, transfer ban, point deduction, demotion, unable to register new players would cause a full on Spanish meltdown of epic proportions.
Is this now why they have claimed legallity issues with the contracts, so they can blag their way through LaLiga financial rules?
Really is baffling.
I mean, transfer ban, point deduction, demotion, unable to register new players would cause a full on Spanish meltdown of epic proportions.
Is this now why they have claimed legallity issues with the contracts, so they can blag their way through LaLiga financial rules?
Really is baffling.
In a perfect world we would bring in all 3.
Because honestly, what fecking top team would play Fred or McTominay regularly?
None.
At best they are backup players.
Sadly we have the glazers. cnuts.
How is De Jong stringing Chelsea along? There’s only one clubbing running to Spain after him and it’s not us.
At the very most, we are monitoring the situation but again, I don’t expect us to bid.
Deffered until such time as they can declare the whole deal illegal and therefore null and void. In fact Man City will have to pay them back the 50m.
No idea, its Barca, they do weird nonsense. I doubt Frenkie goes along with it though.
Jamie Jackson on talkSPORT right now saying why aren’t Utd just going to West Ham and giving them whatever money it takes to get Declan Rice when it’s looking like you aren’t going to get your main target.
Sad thing is I actually think Rice would say no to us and wait for Chelsea next summer.
Sad thing is I actually think Rice would say no to us and wait for Chelsea next summer.
You forget City's entire setup is composed of Barca people?
It's not a transfer ban or point deduction though, it's not being able to register the players so it makes zero sense to keep signing more when they won't be playing.
De Jong will be sold before Friday
Agents using your name for their own agendas.
Times changed, you guys are bigger than us now. Get used to seeing your name on the papers all the time..
Yeah that 50 mill euros bid is absolute bollocks. Bernardo is worth nothing less than 80 mill. Hell if De jong is 80 he should be 100.
We are both waiting on De Jongs decision. We are both in the exact same position.
Enjoy it. Snacks and refreshments are on your right and the bathroom is 3 doors down
We've had a bid accepted. But Chelsea have 3 tweets from Ben Jacobs saying he prefers London.
Too close to call.
Always thought it was a long shot and gamble by United and ETH, hoping to land a top player and speed up the process, try to win him over if no-one else comes in and is pushed out. We've probably had more contact with Barca as they hoped to offload him and we'd obviously pay. It might still pay off being this backup option for him but it seems more logical a CL club will find a way to pay or get him on loan or he stays for another year at least and sorts out the disputed contract.
In a past interview while at Ajax he did laugh at the thought of going to the EPL. He see's himself playing on the continent and will try hard to prove himself in Spain given a chance and slot in when others retire. Even Chelsea will be a sort of last resort for him.
In a past interview while at Ajax he did laugh at the thought of going to the EPL. He see's himself playing on the continent and will try hard to prove himself in Spain given a chance and slot in when others retire. Even Chelsea will be a sort of last resort for him.
Agreed and thats probably the exact reason we're not.
Add to that the fact that maybe the manager doesn't want him.
Comments like this make me laugh, they lambast the club for not learning from previous mistakes and then implore them to go and sign the latest big money available player
Here without you, Frenkie, but you're still with me in my dreams...
Nevermind the fact Rice would cost about twice as much as Frenkie
All the football brass at Manchester City are hardcore Barsa people. They will do what they can to help them as long as it doesn't affect the interests of their Emirati owners. Including accepting less than true market value for Bernardo Silva. I bet you that if it had been Real Madrid that had wanted to buy the player, the amount would have been much, much higher.
City, Barca. Barca, City.
Finkle, Einhorn.
Finkle, Einhorn.
This is dead.
Frenkie's Barca career? Agreed.
Yep, that too.
Luckhurst is seriously one of the worst.
Is he wrong?
That it's the worst transfer window we've had under the Glazers? Yes
That we were wrong for trying to sign Arnautovic? No
Doesn't stop him being a miserable shit though
Just another day checking the news
We were 1 million percent wrong
Yes, I agree. That's why I said that he was correct in saying that we shouldn't have gone anywhere near him.
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