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Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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Really? they weren't even linked with him, were they?
Barca could always pay him a portion of the transfer fee to make up for the wages.
I’ve read literally dozens if not hundreds of posts on the Caf about needing a DM alongside DeJong, literally can’t recall a single person saying DeJong is a DM.
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Thanks, clearly forgot that. Still the Barca contract seems absurd.
Which is why this whole transfer just doesn't make sense for our new reputation of not being bullied. We're basically being Barcelona's bitch and just waiting for everything to be over.
Set a hard deadline and move on to the next if Barcelona doesn't play ball so we can give ETH ample time to know who's actually in his squad.
Let Barcelona get fecked for playing games and having to pay for all their newly signed players while not being able to register them for their league. It'll be so fitting for a club that's so horribly ran.
I vote for a strong and stable midfield. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?!
They could, but don't want to - which is the reason for the hold up most likely.
So, he’s still looking for a way to stay on non-reduced wages? Or reduced a bit
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Yes it would be awful for midfield. We end up with Tielemans and one of McFred in midfield. Martinez at DM is a bad idea both stats wise, and from what ETH has said before. That midfield would get murdered just as much as McFred did. Now arguably we have a better defense, but still no midfield. Plus we are not getting Antony for that price.
Hurry up, Frenkie.
We should be true to our word and walk away while moving on to plan B.
Fabrizio maintains that we haven't even started with personal terms and he wants to stay. This is annoying now. Get it done or move on.
I mean I'd obviously just be speculating if I was to assume what he wants, but if we are to believe reports, he is willing to come here, but not until he's paid what he's owed. Barca can't afford to/don't want to pay him so at the moment it's at a bit of a stalemate.
Quite funny tbh, he supposedly has no interest of lowering his wage - a wage they simply cannot afford. So unless they figure out a way to get him out soon, this could bite them in the arse.
I’m with you completely. But there are those (not wrongly) can argue that we have not backed ETH. The club is in a difficult spot but I think we need to realise two things (i) currently the brand name of United alone can’t attract the A listers anymore unless we pay crazy fees and wages and (ii) as a result, fans need to be realistic and not be let down if we can only get another midfielder who is not on the same level as FDJ.
Read a report saying that it's taking longer because Barca still owe De Jong 19 million in salary they failed to pay out during covid and due to their precarious financial position aren't very eager to do this right away.
Laughable that they keep signing players on big wages while they can't even pay the ones they have already. mes que un cnuts
Laughable that they keep signing players on big wages while they can't even pay the ones they have already. mes que un cnuts
Not at all, I love these updates.
Bingo.
Seems an easy out for Romano by saying De Jong doesn't want to leave but won't accept a pay cut either. He can't lose then. If it falls through he can say that he told us all along that the player never wanted to come, or if it happens he can say its because of the wage cut thing he mentioned before.
As others have said, if the player genuinely didn't want to leave and genuinely didn't want to join United, then United wouldn't be persisting on it.
I don’t think there’s an issue. Again clubs don’t get to this point without everything being sounded out. How often do you see a deal collapse due to personal terms?!
We are, though. We’re in 500m plus worth of debt, not far behind Barcelona. They’re just at a later stage.
Why do you think we were protesting? This isn’t how a club should be run.
And that’s just the financials. Apparently our dressing room is an absolute state with players being advised to avoid it. We’re in a bad way
He's not coming.
The separate issue is not that of not buying a player of FDJ quality, but that if you buy another player then you have to recruit other positions, that would not necessarily be required if you get FdJ. It's not a simple factor of saying if we don't buy FdJ just buy X player who is not quite as good. I am assuming based on how he has set up teams before that he thinks bringing FdJ means he does not have to replace other players in the squad. For example if he brings in Tielemans instead, he then has to bring in other players to that midfield. If you bring in Neves you have to have a ball carrying, progressive midfielder, etc.
ETH has shown he is more than capable of constructing teams, based on players he has in the squad, one has to assume that his initial thought is that bringing in FdJ means he doesnt have to spend in other areas. Getting Neves/Tielemans/Ruiz etc would require not just the investment for that player, but other midfield investment.
1st September the window closes? And ultimately, all is agreed between the clubs, just between FdJ and Barcelona.
FdJ is key to EtH. So if it takes a little longer than what fans expect, so be it.
Having debt isnt a problem as long as you can make your payments towards that debt and can pay your other responsibilities like player wages. I have never read or seen anything that said that Manchester United has a liquidity problem or needs to take out extra loans just to pay the players.
There is no comparison between Barcelona and Manchester United finances.
Stop plagiarizing my news with those tweets curse you!
I'm trying to become the new Kirkbrizio Duymano.
I'm trying to become the new Kirkbrizio Duymano.
Fraud, tap-in merchant... am i doing this right?
Cool story bro.
Starting to feel the same way.
He's coming, but it's going to take another three weeks.
I think ETH will prefer us to go for an alternative than to have this saga drag on and only finding FDJ still in Barcelona when the transfer window is closed. The biggest issue why we're Frenkie or bust is because our scouting setup clearly can't provide an alternative...
He managed Ajax who's had a fraction of our budget, he'll be fine if we're forced to find alternatives.
The club is just in too deep now that walking away would make them look stupid for being strung along so long by Barcelona who's not operating in good faith.
Set a deadline and walk away.
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