Of course signing a player with no real desire to be here might not be a great move after a season playing a bit part. In that time who knows if someone else will emerge who really does want to be here. If he doesn’t want to come in Jan I’m not sure we can wait and wait..he could cost us top 4 as it is.
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Of course signing a player with no real desire to be here might not be a great move after a season playing a bit part. In that time who knows if someone else will emerge who really does want to be here. If he doesn’t want to come in Jan I’m not sure we can wait and wait..he could cost us top 4 as it is.
He has Fred, his NT partner. Seems to work well enough for Brazil. We also have Bruno and Eriksen doing the creative stuff. Casemiro will be great.
Think you’ve lost it if you think that what goes on in the FDJ Redcafe thread has any baring on club ownership and the Glazers.
I feel like there's an embargo on his signing update so as not to overshadow the Antony one today
Oh no I meant this summer. I don't think we'll sign him in the future if we don't get him until thursday
Chelsea's? Defence was prio but with Fof seemingly done that's sorted.
Midfield is not an issue right now but in 12 months we could very realistically lose Jorginho and Kante. If there's a chance of picking up someone of De Jong's quality then it would be silly not to take it.
I don't think we're in for him by the way, was just pointing out it would not be a crazy idea.
Seen that mentioned a few times, numpties acting as if any of our muppet activity has the slightest bearing on the club ownership and/or management. Complete lunacy
What he said.
I don’t really like that narrative either.
Trying to paint fans having a laugh on a fan forum about transfers as aiding and abetting the Glazers
Poor form @pocco
Don't you know Joel Glazer is an avid reader of muppet threads on this forum? Every day when he wakes up he logs on, reads what has been said, then calls Arnold to discuss it and how to best distract us from 10 years of incompetent management. When the thread reaches 2000 pages he will ring a little bell and everyone will know that all is forgiven.
You'd almost go as far as to call it embarrassing
Well we wouldn’t know would we because we didn’t go in for him. The premier league is better temptation then the French league.
We wouldn’t know if he wanted to join if we never went in for him.
Yeah defeats the object doesn't it
Can see us getting Memphis back but still too much red tape involved with FDJ such as wage deferrals and reluctance to leave
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I had assumed another striker would be important -- while having Havertz and Sterling as starters.
But I guess you are keeping Pulisic and Bats?
If Ronaldo leaves...i could see Utd bringing back Memphis
We have Sterling, Broja and Havertz who Tuchel can play in the middle. I'd be very suprised if Bats is still here after the deadline.
We've been pretty strongly linked with Aubamayang but he's the only striker.
Be nice to get a striker in but it certainly wasn't at the top of the list.
Just a reminder that everyone surely must be aware of, but the acquisition of Casemiro largely moots the need for de Jong.
Would we all love to have both? Of course. But Casemiro will serve in the role de Jong would have served as originally envisioned and Eriksen will serve in the role de Jong could still serve if we do land him. Eriksen can’t go 90 minutes 2x a week but he’s clearly regular starting quality for us who will slot in fantastically for us between Casemiro and Bruno.
A shame the football gods did not allow this transfer to happen so that we could witness the genius of Casemiro and de Jong together, but the arrival of Casemiro more than compensates for the absence of de Jong.
Would we all love to have both? Of course. But Casemiro will serve in the role de Jong would have served as originally envisioned and Eriksen will serve in the role de Jong could still serve if we do land him. Eriksen can’t go 90 minutes 2x a week but he’s clearly regular starting quality for us who will slot in fantastically for us between Casemiro and Bruno.
A shame the football gods did not allow this transfer to happen so that we could witness the genius of Casemiro and de Jong together, but the arrival of Casemiro more than compensates for the absence of de Jong.
I just worry about not only being able to keep the ball in midfield but also progress it when necessary as well with this lineup
Not really, we still need a progressive midfielder.
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Yeah we definitely do, only need to look at Southampton in that last half hour to see it
Any insta news from his partner? If its silence then I think its on.
Looks like we won't be getting him in 
Maybe the real progressive CM we we got was the friends we made along the way.
Maybe the real progressive CM we we got was the friends we made along the way.
Save the environment from muppets!
Silence is deafening Tony, silence is deafening.
Any other fantasies you want to dream up, that aren't at all embarrassing, in an attempt to pour scorn on the muppets?
Yeah I know its this guy again, but Gerard Romero (via Managing Barca twitter account) reports that Barcelona have everything prepared to sign Bernardo Silva, providing that they manage to sell the players they need to sell. And that City is now open to leaving him.
If he is not spreading bullsh1t again, I am wondering where Frenkie will fit in? And can they have the funds to buy Bernardo without selling Frenkie?
Hopefully it is not to Chelsea..
If he is not spreading bullsh1t again, I am wondering where Frenkie will fit in? And can they have the funds to buy Bernardo without selling Frenkie?
Hopefully it is not to Chelsea..
I wouldn't really believe that City would sell this late in the window, seems more hope than likely.
Auba, Dest, Memphis, Pjanic and Braithwaite's contract terminated would probably be enough to register Bernardo regardless of Frenkie but depends on how much transfer money with have left for the fee. I would think Barca would rather get rid of de Jong also though as he isn't getting in a midfield ahead of Pedri-Bernardo.
This is a done deal, Had him call barca's bluff all summer to force their hand on the 17m and even managed to stage a false flag wedding in the middle.
IF, they are in London for transfer reason, it is because they have been told to be there should a deal get done.
The could be with any club.
If nothing happens, then they don't lose face and can just say it was a holiday. They couldn't say that if they said they were "sightseeing" in Manchester.
Frenkie was originally conceived as a CDM for us. I completely agree he’s better used as a progressive midfielder, but we have Eriksen and, at the risk of mentioning his name, Fred. De Jong is a massive upgrade on both without any question, but before we brought in Casemiro the vision was for de Jong to slot right in at CDM.
He is in London because he’s been told he is getting sold to United.
If we sign De Jong, you can delete my account...............................
If Frenkie was "sightseeing", then his girlfriend would be posting IG stories every 5 mins. She is the type to post everything she does, especially on holiday.
She has posted nothing since the Barca game on Sunday.
Maybe she was told to keep off social as not to stir things up with a transfer pending?
Actually surprised they let the agent of the social media guy, Khaby Lame, post them.
She has posted nothing since the Barca game on Sunday.
Maybe she was told to keep off social as not to stir things up with a transfer pending?
Actually surprised they let the agent of the social media guy, Khaby Lame, post them.
He would definitely be a LDM, not a sole CDM, in a ETH team. Now it would probably be more of an LCM if Casemiro is envisioned as more of an anchor fella
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