They were literally the same, soak the pressure and counter.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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They were literally the same, soak the pressure and counter.
I get what you mean, but outwitting Pep on the day and beating him over a season are two different things, as the last years have shown
You have not bid for him and he doesn't really want to join you.
It was more the point that the poster was saying Tuchel had no chance of beating them in a football match when he already has 3 times in one season. It’s different style of football but he still outwitted him.
Weds, thurs and friday.
Yeah you got rejected
Also, they've spent €187 million so far this summer whilst only receiving €29m from player sales & loans.
If Leicester is going to sell Fofana, Chelsea will have to make him the most expensive defender ever (would be another ~€100m), whilst de Jong would also cost around the same if they are going to cover his deferred wages as well as the transfer fee paid to Barca.
No way they spend €400m with almost no sales & end up with no striker in the squad
Is Di Matteo a better coach than Jupp Heynckes?
That is a very over simplistic way of judging a coach.
Ole had good results against Pep, beat him 4 or 5 times. The best way to judge a coach is "do your methods work well enough to win things over the course of a full season?" year in and year out.
So far Tuchel has only shown that ability in the Ligue 1 (with PSG) and with 1 domestic competition in Germany.
To compare him to the 2 best coaches in the last 15 years is extremely premature. Conte has a better shout at being included in that top tier by an absolute mile.
Frenkie was heard muttering something about bacon while looking in disgust
Probably Laporta is it was about bacon
No way they spend €400m with almost no sales & end up with no striker in the squad
If we end up with no striker in the squad then we've made more sales.
Yeah, your club still haven't made a bid and we have to wait until Saturday to see if he starts
Haha
To be honest, this whole window is an absolute joke at the moment. If we're now panicking, then there's no saying how far we could go in the de Jong transfer. We could literally give him whatever he wanted
At the moment. How things will be different come the end of the window.
Kinda funny really seeing as some journos were saying a bid is in and very advanced. I'm certain most journos have no idea what's going on.
I just hope we improve on what we have, but I don't want us panic buying random players that won't help us
Can't Barca just not register FDJ and free up room for the new signings?
Yes everyone must read all 1500+ pages or they can't post. Should there be a quiz on the highlights they'll need to pass before posting?
Q1. Which video did @Shakesey pretend to watch and be horrified by for tagline clout?
26 pages since I checked in yesterday; could have something had happened.
They will when he joins us.
No, unless the rule changed. You don't need to be FFP compliant in order to register players that were registered the previous season but you need to be FFP compliant in order to sign new signings.
26 pages since I checked in yesterday; could have something had happened.
Fret not, we've been repeatedly informed by Romero that doings are a transpiring
People here asking "What do Chelsea need with him" and generally not knowing shows the difference between their transfer policy and United's (also could say the same about Bayern, City, Real, Barca or virtually an other top, ambitious club)...
Chelsea - planning ahead to fill a position they will probably need 1 year from now; adding quality to an already deep and talented pool; if they get him, they may have a surplus of quality midfielders competing for playing time for 1 year (hardly the worst problem in the world) and they can decide how to proceed next summer based on form/performance this year
United - let Pogba and Matic walk without signing or getting a transfer fee when they had value; trying to scrape by with below average CM options and no depth whatsoever; now in a desperate situation to sign FDJ and if it doesn't work out, are basically forced into paying over the odds for whatever flawed CM that may be available and willing to come in the last weeks of the transfer window.
Just mind-blowing ineptitude and shortsightedness by United once again.
Chelsea - planning ahead to fill a position they will probably need 1 year from now; adding quality to an already deep and talented pool; if they get him, they may have a surplus of quality midfielders competing for playing time for 1 year (hardly the worst problem in the world) and they can decide how to proceed next summer based on form/performance this year
United - let Pogba and Matic walk without signing or getting a transfer fee when they had value; trying to scrape by with below average CM options and no depth whatsoever; now in a desperate situation to sign FDJ and if it doesn't work out, are basically forced into paying over the odds for whatever flawed CM that may be available and willing to come in the last weeks of the transfer window.
Just mind-blowing ineptitude and shortsightedness by United once again.
Not only that, they're getting HOT... very, VERY HOT!
Already registered players can't be unregistered unless they leave or sign a new contract
Nice strawman. As you conveniently overlooked it, I said to read literally 10 posts above yours on the same page. Is reading one page of posts a lot for you? Imagine how hard it is for the rest of us having to read the same question a hundred times over while you continuously spout nonsense that misleads others. Admit you were wrong, too lazy to read, and move on.
Why the hell do Chelsea want him btw?
I've just looked at their squad and it's nothing special (I said the exact same thing last year, and they finished on 74 pts 10 months later instead of the highly anticipated title challenge
They need 1-2 CBs, a right winger, a striker, meanwhile they got Kovacic, Jorginho, Kanté, Gallagher and Chukwuemeka for the 2 central positions in midfield.
goalscholes is right. To add on, the following can make the midfield a bigger priority:
- Kanté's injury issues can slow him down and make him less effective over time.
- Jorginho's agent has constantly sought out a move back to Italy for his client for the past few years; maybe Jorginho wants to go back sooner than later.
The things people see though are the fact that aside from Kante and Jorginho, they have a lot of other quality midfielders too, some young guys to boot. They add de Jong and that guy from Italy and basically they're getting to a point where they're over saturated with midfielders. They ideally need forwards and defenders
Thing is this whole rant would become null and void if/when FDJ signs.
Did you go back and read that Kessie and Christensen have a clause in their contract that if they aren't registered by Saturday they can leave for free?
I think they got a little giddy and reported their/Chelsea's optimism over the deal despite not even being ahead of us at this time. The CL rhetoric revolving around de Jong is playing a huge part in how these recent events are being reported.
Nice to see that there are Barcelona fans with a bit of sense and decency. Good response.
That's only if they choose to. At the moment, both Christensen and Kessié are keen to remain at Barcelona even if they aren't registered on time.
Yeah, just conveniently miss out they've just let one of the best defenders in the league go on a free and chasing Fofana who's at a club that don't want to sell, so will get fleeced as well. But yeah, they'll likely spend £70m+ on a position they don't really need and make him their top earner.
Nah they're just bipolar
CL is playing a huge part in it, but Ornstein has already said CL won't be the deciding factor IF he leaves. He'll weigh up everything and decide overall. He apparently has no preference of club
Not really because backing ourselves into a desperate situation like this is still not a good way to run the club. Of course, I will be relived if we do get him but better squad planning would have us in a much less dire situation, with or without Frenkie.
Probably Chelsea fans disguised as Barca fans after he rejected them
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