Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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I too am sceptical he will join, but in full agreement that twitter account looks like its run by complete make-it-up-as-you-go-along merchants.
How many think he's still coming 
What's garbage about it
Every source telling us he doesn't want to come here is garbage.
They're quoting the Jason Burt Telegraph article where he wrote that line almost verbatim, not their own sources
I think people are just frustrated by the on-again, off-again stories that have been coming out. After 3 months of completely wasting our time, it's not surprising.
Are they though. Romano and others have said all along that he wants to stay at Barca - that's been constant throughout.
It's the same thing burt said earlier.
Hold the meltdown
Hold the meltdown
And that is that. It's come to the obvious.
Mods, put the muppets out of their misery and close the thread.
Mods, put the muppets out of their misery and close the thread.
Some posters are too deep in to back out now and I get that, but realistically it looks pretty grim.How many think he's still coming
Imagine spending hours and hours camped in this thread, racking up so many positive posts and being bought into a concept that never even existed. The mormons of transfers.
Duh.
People on here don't pay attention to movies enough. It's because it looks so unlikely that it 100% will happen.
No expectation, but a slither of vague, random hope. Won't lose sleep over it.How many think he's still coming
How many think he's still coming
I'm still onboard, i know their isn't much reason to be, but until I see what Barca do with registering players I'm holding out until then, already wasted enough time, what's another week
Andy Mittens said he was more confident than last week so it's clearly still on.How many think he's still coming
How many think he's still coming
I have no fecking clue. Was confident before, but the news/tweets the last couple days are so mental I can even begin to comprehend wtf is going. Barca seem absolutely mental, FDJ's silence could mean numerous different things. The fact we're being linked to other midfielders now would suggest we're at a minimum looking at other options, but no idea if we're still pursuing of Frenkie, or if he would want to join us.
Weirdest transfer saga ever!? Can't think of anything that comes close. Maybe Arsenal bidding £40m+1p to activate Suarez's release clause and Liverpool just rejecting it? But Suarez wouldn't have joined them so wasn't that mental. Maybe Tevez moving to City after his loan at United ended, but that was comparatively straight forward despite some people still to this day thinking we sold Tevez. Maybe DDG to Madrid and the dodgy fax machine, but that was all last minute chaos. Probably the only thing close was the Neymar/Barca/PSG saga.
Let's be honest, he ain't that good.
Been telling this thread for 2 months this isn’t happening.
The player must have leaked his disinterested at joining United about 50 times over the last 8 weeks and people didn’t want to listen.
’We wouldn’t spend 3 months chasing him if he didn’t want to come‘…..this is the board who took 2 months to sign free agent Eriksen.
The player must have leaked his disinterested at joining United about 50 times over the last 8 weeks and people didn’t want to listen.
’We wouldn’t spend 3 months chasing him if he didn’t want to come‘…..this is the board who took 2 months to sign free agent Eriksen.
It's just a nonsense account, they tweet Barca news all the time and 99% of it is made up.
Yeah this is the most baffling quotes to come in the last few days really, no idea why he feels this way. Shame he's so often a bit all over the place with transfers.
Calm down, you're closing in on 300 posts in here yourself
He's certainly not chase all transfer window good. But we have previous, see Sancho.
I'm still onboard, i know their isn't much reason to be, but until I see what Barca do with registering players I'm holding out until then, already wasted enough time, what's another week
fair enoughI heard this weeks and last week's podcasts. Last week he wasn't confident. This week he's just a bit more confident than last week, but his rationale for that is based on Frenkie being forced out. He said in the same podcast (as he did last week) that two independent sources confirmed to him he wants to go to Chelsea.
He's either staying or going to Chelsea mate. He's not coming to us. He was never, ever interested. The only argument was "why would we waste all these weeks if he wasn't interested" - and the answer is because we're incompetent fools. As you can see with Rabiot/Arnautovic pursuits.
How does that rank with the regulars here?Calm down, you're closing in on 300 posts in here yourself
Lots of people in here patting themselves on the back for their Nostradamus like ability to predict this deal is not going to happen. We may be in Parrot sketch territory here but it is not dead yet and frankly much as I would love seeing FDJ play for us I think I would love proving the negative doom merchants wrong even more.
Here's the line verbatim:They're quoting the Jason Burt Telegraph article where he wrote that line almost verbatim, not their own sources
It's somewhat close to ManagingBarca's Tweet, but I interpret this as conjecture from Burt given that we're actively working to bring Rabiot in along with getting in touch with SMS's camp.
How many think he's still coming
I don't necessarily think he will definitely end up here, but there is way more to this than the papers would have you believe and because of that, I think there is a chance until there is no chance at all. Definitive news like FDJ signing on and staying at Barca, holding up a Chelsea shirt or United actually spending the FDJ money elsewhere are the only things that will kill this off now I think.
Whether he ends up here, at Chelsea or stays at Barca, if you disregard any club bias, this is a really interesting saga to watch unfold from a football, business, financial, legal and ethical standpoint. It really has every angle covered!
Outside of a few crazy people, you're still in with a chance at a place in the starting 11.
Reminds me of when we tried to sign Sancho the first time. Dortmund gave us a deadline and after the date passed some people still swore a deal was possible
Should I stay or should I go?
Why is this thread still going
If he still signs, after how absolutely dead this looks, I'll be very happy but at this point surprised.
He's shit anyway though, to be fair.
He's shit anyway though, to be fair.
I am trying to search this information but it won't come up
My post was only about the few crazy people, by the way.Because we want to see FdJ join us before the window close.
This is the conclusion I keep coming to in every scenario. Unless they pay him out and send him to us (I don't believe Chelsea are truly in for him), he can just sit and let the courts decide. And they will side with him, Barca have acted in bad faith at every turn.
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