Are you guys really serious? Do you think the guys who are dealing with transfers are that stupid to go and talk to player and Barcelona for some time now if De Jong would be reluctant to not join and he's constantly saying no? At max he could be unsure.So apart from having to convince a reluctant De Jong to join us and meet his and Barcelona's financial demands, we are also waiting on Barcelona waiting on Bayern to find a replacement to Lewa?
Just. Move. On. Bloody hell, what's wrong with this club?
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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EtH to arrange "Netflix and Chill" meeting with de Jong
So this is on again after it being off again this morning? nice
Great, another drawn out and boring transfer saga.
Nothing is going to happen till International fixtures are over. These newspapers and twitter accounts are just repeating the same things to get attention
Watch the next tweet go from seducing to fingering young Frenkie....
Fecking hell these journalist really are taking the piss.
Did LVG write this?
Sounds romantic.
Wow nice way for Barcelona to treat a player who’s played almost every game, loves (loved) the club and always works hard. I’m starting to dislike them intensely.
One could stay and make them pay full salary for a few more years just to feck them over. But better to get out of that shiitclub.
One could stay and make them pay full salary for a few more years just to feck them over. But better to get out of that shiitclub.
Erik's Ten Huge for Frenkie too Joung.
Could do well - but would he start? He'd be back up to their current starters imo. Rodri and KDB aren't going to be benched. Maybe he would start, but at United there's no question he'd start.
Has he signed yet? I'm refusing to get dragged into the soap opera of a classic stretched out United transfer target that ultimately tells us to feck off
James Garner or Hannibal 
Just in time to take the piss we've got this:
https://www.skysports.com/football/...ian-mbappe-ranks-top-ahead-of-vinicius-junior
Ranking de Jong as the 7th most expensive player in the world. Just whilst we're probably low balling them for a max 60mil...BANG...some random report pops up and claims nah 96,000,000.
Magnifico
https://www.skysports.com/football/...ian-mbappe-ranks-top-ahead-of-vinicius-junior
Ranking de Jong as the 7th most expensive player in the world. Just whilst we're probably low balling them for a max 60mil...BANG...some random report pops up and claims nah 96,000,000.
Magnifico
This isn't true of Madrid. Press very much doesn't follow Florentino, that's why he's got Pedrerol
MD and Sport on the other hand are pretty much Barcelona fanzines, especially Sport. They'll write what Laporta tells them to write
He was instrumental in their league win if I'm not wrong?
I think they're being sarcastic.
This deal cant happen before NYSE is open.
Erik Ten Shags
Hmm... sedutchtion.
Transfer does worry me quite a bit, I know he's good but is he 75m good?
Sancho I rated more like a 50m player and I'm fairly sure that's a more accurate valuation for him.
The fact that we're going after mostly ex-Ajax players does worry me a bit also, as to whether we're going for players because they fit or mostly because our managers knows them. If it's the latter then that's not ideal because it screams of poor alternatives scouting, which is something that plagued us under Ole.
The bigger issue of course is that we at a minimum need a DM, CM and either a RW or a forward, and spending 75m on one player is a huge chunk of our budget. If we were getting say Pedri or Vinicius for that I'd be happy, but I just get the sense we're overpaying for a player like Frenkie purely because Barca overpaid for him to begin with.
Sancho I rated more like a 50m player and I'm fairly sure that's a more accurate valuation for him.
The fact that we're going after mostly ex-Ajax players does worry me a bit also, as to whether we're going for players because they fit or mostly because our managers knows them. If it's the latter then that's not ideal because it screams of poor alternatives scouting, which is something that plagued us under Ole.
The bigger issue of course is that we at a minimum need a DM, CM and either a RW or a forward, and spending 75m on one player is a huge chunk of our budget. If we were getting say Pedri or Vinicius for that I'd be happy, but I just get the sense we're overpaying for a player like Frenkie purely because Barca overpaid for him to begin with.
See you all in July, when the update then will be "Frenkie de Jong is close to joining United".
At least we'd make the transfer fee back with shirt sales though.
With Adidas (or Nike?) paying half his wages
We have been reliably linked to one ex Ajax player and one current one.
We wouldn't do that if we weren't as broke as we are. The situation at Barcelona is crítical. If we don't get enough we won't be able to sign anybody and will have to continue playing with Busquets, Alba, Pique... Without any proper replacement.
- Very few people will have an idea of what is actually happening behind the scenes, so the press speculation is exactly that, speculation. Hence conflicting reports.
- The idea that it is outrageous that we have to convince him to come is outrageous in itself. We just finished 6th, we have been a veritable mess, very publicly.
- People treat footballers as though they are inanimate commodities, when they are in fact people. The player is suddenly being asked to move countries, change jobs, relocate children and family, Move to a different culture.
- It is natural the player wants assurances over long term security and planning, as well as his role.
- The idea that it is outrageous that we have to convince him to come is outrageous in itself. We just finished 6th, we have been a veritable mess, very publicly.
- People treat footballers as though they are inanimate commodities, when they are in fact people. The player is suddenly being asked to move countries, change jobs, relocate children and family, Move to a different culture.
- It is natural the player wants assurances over long term security and planning, as well as his role.
Sancho was one of the best wingers in world football at Dortmund. Absolutely no chance he was worth 50 million when you take into consideration age, potential and performance when he was there. He might be worth nearer that now after having a difficult season at United. FDJ was stand out in an ajax team that overachieved, hence why Barca paid that money for him, which was nowhere near as ridiculous as Dembele, Coutinho fees!
60-65M is a great price for FDJ.
Just hurry up and buy Frenkie. United needs a lot of replacement this season!
Frenkie de Jong: what he likes the most on the pitch, going to get the ball behind and take it out, is not what Xavi expects. The technician does not see him as a pivot but more as an interior. In fact, he wants him to wait for the ball to reach him and to break from the second line.
Then what are we waiting for.
Has anyone written a erotica about frenkie and Eric yet?
Frenkie goes to shagtown?
Frenkie goes to shagtown?
We are probably at the preparing to prepare a bid stage.
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