Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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I don't think Ben Jacobs is unreliable as such but I think his information on Chelsea is a lot more reliable than his information from Utd.
Of course they are. They're not letting anything go now i imagine.
United won't pull out of this until they know it's dead and buried. Hell, i don't know why people put Jacobs as a high ranked journo as he's not even ranked on the Chelsea tier list and those that follow him rank him tier 2 to 2.5. We'll find out sooner or later
Perhaps ETH also prefers us to wait for FDJ right up until a few days before the closing of the transfer window because he knows there are no other players of his quality out there who are interested in joining us. If that is actually the case, which I'm quite confident about as we're simply not an attractive destination compared to most other top clubs in Europe, he probably also believes every alternative we have lined up will also be available at the end of the transfer window. Hence we're still waiting for de Jong right up until the end of the window and if he still doesn't wanna join us by then, we're just moving to one of the worse alternatives.
Who will be on the bench if Chelsea do in fact sign him?
Have to say I’m nowhere near as fussed as I would have been a few weeks ago, simply because we’re clearly in such a mess.
Have to say I’m nowhere near as fussed as I would have been a few weeks ago, simply because we’re clearly in such a mess.
Looking on Reddit, they say he's done good on the sale side of things, but Transfers not so much. They rank him Tier 2.5 or so. He's not incredible, he just recycles news according to them
Hope he agrees his owed wages with Barcelona and comes to United.
Thanks them for all the "love and affection" they gave him and comes to us with zero mess.
A lovely professional with zero media shitposting playing in a United midfield. Dream come true.
He’s got a pair of glasses and a blue tick. That’s about it.
This summer is coming across incredibly similar to the first one under Woodward and Moyes. Spending months chasing targets that turn out to be unrealistic and then blind panic at the end of the window bidding for multiple players.
How a club like United can end up with such a dysfunctional recruitment team is just incredible.
Years of wasting money signing players based on the manager's requests with no long term planning has left the club with a really poor squad after £1bn of investment.
Now they're doing it all over again. It's obvious the club has learned nothing.
How a club like United can end up with such a dysfunctional recruitment team is just incredible.
Years of wasting money signing players based on the manager's requests with no long term planning has left the club with a really poor squad after £1bn of investment.
Now they're doing it all over again. It's obvious the club has learned nothing.
Motion to ban Ben Jacobs?I've all but given up on JacobsBen to be fair
Why can't ten hag let this go and focus spending the 80 million on another high class midfielder instead of staying in limbo and resorting to panic buying.
This messy window is at the feet of ten hag with this silly saga
This messy window is at the feet of ten hag with this silly saga
So its just a coincidence that about the same time journalists said we aren't in the race anymore rumours about Raboit, SMS and Cody started popping up all over the place?
Its obvious we are splashing the cash earmarked for De Jong.
Lovely dream that
The reality is that most on here we’re more optimistic than the reality.
“tHeY mUsT hAve hAd SoMe soRt if asSuRanCes frOm FdJ”
No. As predicted we spent all summer on a maybe at best.
“tHeY mUsT hAve hAd SoMe soRt if asSuRanCes frOm FdJ”
No. As predicted we spent all summer on a maybe at best.
The sun so bit meh
What about the cash earmarked for Antony? And we have not made any bid for SMS by the way
Aaaah yes, the blue tick. The sign of ultimate reliability. Urghh
This guy is literally pushing whatever he thinks will get him the most views. Hes recycling news and just picking and choosing what is best for his narrative. We know Chelsea is interested but he's the only guy pushing it so hard that his life depends on it. If it wasn't to come off though, he could say he was just reporting other guys news etc
It’s highly probable yes. I don’t think Gakpo or Rabiot have any relevance to this deal though. SMS is another story but at the moment we’re just interested. If we make a bud then alarm bells obviously.
The reality is that most on here we’re more optimistic than the reality.
“tHeY mUsT hAve hAd SoMe soRt if asSuRanCes frOm FdJ”
No. As predicted we spent all summer on a maybe at best.
People, myself included, wanted to believe the club knew what they were doing and lessons had been learnt, the last week has sadly made it clear that isn’t the case.
Maybe he makes Chelsea pay his deferred wages and then still signs for United. Proper red our Frenkie
Yeah, I'd say he's a good source but not a great one. I know a lot of the Chelsea sources have suggested that Utd have been cooling interest (e.g. Steinberg) but even Steinberg prefaced it by saying "indications suggested United were cooling interest". Jacobs seems to take a stronger and more definitive line
The reality is that most on here we’re more optimistic than the reality.
“tHeY mUsT hAve hAd SoMe soRt if asSuRanCes frOm FdJ”
No. As predicted we spent all summer on a maybe at best.
And anyone who said this was mocked and berated.
More embarrassing than missing out on Timber, Antony, De Jong and... Arnautovic?
Deservedly so
Ok so i clicked the Sun story... i need to go get shower soon as i feel so dirty doing so... but yeah:
The news is fecking days and days old. This is why they have such a bad reputation, they're flat out liars
The news is fecking days and days old. This is why they have such a bad reputation, they're flat out liars
Ben Jacobs is pushing it hard because it'll be generating a lot of clicks by United and Chelsea fans. But fair play, he's putting his neck on the line
The question is, why the hell did anyone fall for it?
If FDJ does not come or if he goes to Chelsea, then ETH and our recruitment department will look like tiny dicks rolling on the stairs.
These cnuts are the worst
Exactly... thats just another way of saying "in my opinion". They have no idea because United aren't talking and no one in de Jongs camp is either.
They're reading between the lines and plucking info that suits them.
Imagine if after chasing him for over 2 months, he ends up at Chelsea Him staying would be somewhat understandable but joining Chelsea would be an absolute slap in the face for our top guys and ETH.
Him staying would be somewhat understandable but joining Chelsea would be an absolute slap in the face for our top guys and ETH.Yep. Sadly the case. They've fecked it all up again by being total amateurs.
Very likely Chelsea bound.
Did you really need any inside knowledge to already know that he was either staying put or going to Chelsea about a month ago?
The bit about him having no interest whatsoever in coming here was what gave it away IMHO.
There was nothing the club could have done to get him but it could have moved on back then.
The bit about him having no interest whatsoever in coming here was what gave it away IMHO.
There was nothing the club could have done to get him but it could have moved on back then.
We're already an embarrassment.
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