Because he can't stay at Barca without taking a pay cut and he has, so far, refused to do so.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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No coincidence on the timed release, either.
Hopefully there’s a few twists yet, but I think this is a turning of the tide.
Yeah, great idea by the club to piss everyone off with the news we don't want De Jong.
Why can't he? He has a contract
This would literally be the ideal situation though. Get in a solid foundation for the new owners and then feck off into the sunset. Thanks and siiuuuu
Something stunk with this transfer and it must be his continuous "I want to stay at Barca" comments which was annoying.
Yes, even if he was owed money. If he really wanted united after, he'd just keep his mouth shut and say nothing.
Yes, even if he was owed money. If he really wanted united after, he'd just keep his mouth shut and say nothing.
I’m happy we gave the money to Real instead of these pricks
With Casemiro coming, it could be a decent window if we get this guy in as well. We’re halfway to a functioning midfield atm.
Some serious rewriting of history going on here
Then they wont be able to register any new players for about 3 more years.
Which is neither his fault nor his problem
Decent? That's an understatement
Spare a thought for muppets in here posting hundreds of posts and spending countless hours, while Casemiro is signed in 2 days
It’s Barca who have to do the hard lifting now.
FDJ isn't coming at this stage, we have to face the fact the glazers won't spend North of what they've spent already. especially with the Antony bid
If we've called Barca's bluff by signing Casemiro and they're f**ked financially without this transfer now I sorta love it...
Still think if Barcelona or FDJ back down or come to agreement on the wages we may still go for it... We may be happy to wait and go back next time round but could step in if we think he will go to Chelsea now and we can stop it.
The good thing is we're not gonna bend over and solve the problem for them.
The good thing is we're not gonna bend over and solve the problem for them.
I do hope we're just playing hard ball with them. Telling them "sorry its over" so they have a look at their situation and shit their pants now trying to force Frenkie into a wage cut he just wont take.
We do but I think it won’t be sorted in this window
We need a lot of in’s and outs it just won’t happen in 1 window . Happy to be proved wrong though !
For Barca? Yeah, its been shambolic for them. For not paying their salaries etc and…levers
Some serious rewriting of history going on here
I'm sorry? We were never interested in FDJ I don't know what you are talking about. Casemiro was always our number 1 target.
- Joel Glazer 2022
If you’re embarrassed by something like a football club bidding for a player I would strongly encourage you to grow the feck up
Barca can get fecked. I hope they struggle on and off the pitch.
Who says? He can dig his heels in and there's really nothing they can do about it.
Some serious rewriting of history going on here
Some serious briefing vibes in that.
We still really need a player of this profile. Some things have changed, but certainly not enough for us to be passing the baton over.
Best possible time to do it though. Imagine the brief coming out after we get a beating vs the dippers on Monday.Yeah, great idea by the club to piss everyone off with the news we don't want De Jong.
Then all the thousand of tweets over the period of this transfer of him claiming he wanted to stay was bs?Eh? Frenkie never said a word
Do you think he was constantly talking to the press and repeatedly telling them off the record that he wanted to stay? Or were they just regurgitated the same information over and over again?
"Yeah sure don't want him now"
I imagine it has been said rather earnestly by those involved, but I can not imagine for a second that if Antony cost proves prohibitive that we won't be straight back in if FdJ and Barcelona reach a compromise on money owed.
This is most probably over, but I can't shake that my Muppet Sense tells me there is legs in this one yet.
I imagine it has been said rather earnestly by those involved, but I can not imagine for a second that if Antony cost proves prohibitive that we won't be straight back in if FdJ and Barcelona reach a compromise on money owed.
This is most probably over, but I can't shake that my Muppet Sense tells me there is legs in this one yet.
Some serious rewriting of history going on here
Okay so it might be a play of chicken. Who blinks first. If he doesn’t lower his wages then Kounde is going to train for a year.
Let's see how Barca handle it now that they face having to pay de Jong tons of money with no "rampa de sortida"
Just close this. Ridiculous how we wasted entire summer chasing someone who never really wanted to come here.
Apparently people aren’t allowed to feel this and none of it it’s Utd’s fault.
No thanks
Spare a thought for muppets in here postinghundredsthousands of posts and spending countless hours, while Casemiro is signed in 2 days
Corrected for you. It's pretty amusing.
Is there a need for Casemeiro if we get FDJ? Is there really a need for FDJ if we get Casemeiro + a good playmaking midfielder?
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