He's a sly dog is that Laporta... He'll be poppin into his favourite restauraunt soon to get some all you can eat going!
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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On a serious note, I think if we qualify for the CL next season, we'll have a very good chance of signing FdJ next summer. I'm fairly sure that he's going to spend much of this season sitting on the bench and despite what Barca fans might say, I don't think this Barca team are quite as good as they think they are, will probably get their backsides handed to them in either the Last 16 or the QFs of the CL. Despite Barca being his dream club, I can't imagine Frenkie will want to sit around as a sub for a good but not great team.
Then when you look at other buyers, Real are the only other club in Spain capable of affording him but Barca won't sell to Real. The Italian sides don't have the money to buy de Jong. PSG could potentially buy him but they seem to have a new "Buy French" policy plus already have Verratti and Fabian Ruiz. Bayern in theory could have the money to buy him but they never really spend that big, he would ruin their wage structure, plus they already have Kimmich, Goretzka, Sabitzer, Gravenberch, and probably Laimer on a free next year. I can't see either Spurs or Arsenal signing him. I could see Chelsea signing him but I think they won't qualify for the CL next season. He'd ruin Liverpool's wage structure, it would be impossible to cover both him and TAA defensively, and they seem set on Bellingham. City don't tend to play a 4-2-3-1 (They have Rodri already, why sign FdJ when you can genuinely play with two Free 8s?) so he doesn't make sense for them. Put that altogether and if Utd make the CL, we should have a good chance of signing FdJ next summer.
Then when you look at other buyers, Real are the only other club in Spain capable of affording him but Barca won't sell to Real. The Italian sides don't have the money to buy de Jong. PSG could potentially buy him but they seem to have a new "Buy French" policy plus already have Verratti and Fabian Ruiz. Bayern in theory could have the money to buy him but they never really spend that big, he would ruin their wage structure, plus they already have Kimmich, Goretzka, Sabitzer, Gravenberch, and probably Laimer on a free next year. I can't see either Spurs or Arsenal signing him. I could see Chelsea signing him but I think they won't qualify for the CL next season. He'd ruin Liverpool's wage structure, it would be impossible to cover both him and TAA defensively, and they seem set on Bellingham. City don't tend to play a 4-2-3-1 (They have Rodri already, why sign FdJ when you can genuinely play with two Free 8s?) so he doesn't make sense for them. Put that altogether and if Utd make the CL, we should have a good chance of signing FdJ next summer.
There’s an irony here….
Yeah, it's been a blast buddies.
Mes que un thread.
See ya around.
Mes que un thread.
See ya around.
It’s on until it’s off! Still time!
You are all aware he can be announced tomorrow, right, as long as we do paper work tonight, in about 20ish minutes!
Let's get at least 1850 pages!
Let's get at least 1850 pages!
It's been one to remember for sure! Loved every minute of this thread
Lets spread the 25 minutes over 10 seasons just to be safe
The first stage is denial, the second stage is white text.
The transfer equivalent of scoring a penalty after the final whistle. Only United…..
I was hoping to save my last post of the day for some last minute excitement, but it was fun hanging out in this thread!
Hopefully, when we go again, I'll have become a full member and can contribute to being a muppet properly!
Hopefully, when we go again, I'll have become a full member and can contribute to being a muppet properly!
Realistically are we going to go in for him again in January/next summer?
Leaving so soon?
part-timers!
part-timers!
Frenkie got four fingered? Again...
Never.... here until the very very end
Promote this
3 months late actually
We go again now!
Contract sent by email just requires frenkie to sign electronically using Docusign
i haven’t felt this swindled since the time i got the squits after drinking that bottle of streamer girl bath water.
You have served your apprenticeship well.
Let's see if a year of being a backup option changes his mind, if not then the club have a year to scout and work on deals for another midfielder.
There will be haters
There will be doubters
There will be non-believers
And there will be you, proving them wrong
There will be doubters
There will be non-believers
And there will be you, proving them wrong
...we do what we want!!!!
Jokes on Barca though isn't it... having your top earner, or one of the top earners, sat on the bench doing nothing? Yeah, that's great haha
@golden_blunder Have you dusted off the banhammer for @Berbaclass yet? Someone needs to keep him to his word..
Reminds me of that instruction manual for an IKEA bunk bed. FML
In at the last scratchings to lower the tone.
Told you all it was just a horseshit rumour created by a twitch nerd.
@SirAnderson That clip was hella fun though.
@SirAnderson That clip was hella fun though.
@ArjenIsM3 strikes again!@golden_blunder Have you dusted off the banhammer for @Berbaclass yet? Someone needs to keep him to his word..
FDJ.
Fecking
Didn't
Join
Fecking
Didn't
Join
Not the grey one? That nearly caused divorce in our house
Ooooh looks like a few hammers are being dropped tonight haha@golden_blunder Have you dusted off the banhammer for @Berbaclass yet? Someone needs to keep him to his word..
Frenkie doesn’t joke
Hearing Mark Goldbridge sent a United Stand employee to Barcelona yesterday, canvasing for signatures protesting deforestation in the Sahara desert. This individual is expeceted to obtain Frenkies signature shortly. Its all a rouse, he is signing the contract.
Until next time...
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