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Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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That’s it. Annoying saga. I’m out.
They sound almost Woodward like tbf.
The efficient Marina Granovskaia is long gone. This is a different Chelsea now.
We’re also negotiating on multiple fronts. We’ve signed Malacia, have an agreement to sign Eriksen and are currently negotiating with Ajax for Martinez all while being in talks with Barca for de Jong. I don’t know where this bollocks comes from.
I’m a big fan of Shaw, but his unavailability due to niggling injuries can’t be ignored. Any back up will play at least as often as him, so it needs to be a good ‘un. Telles is miles off good enough.
Yep. This is how I'm viewing Chelsea so far this summer, could change mind, but thus far I don't really get the frothing at the mouth.
If he agrees it by contract (settlement agreement) i.e. full and final settlement, he waives his right to any future claim for reimbursement. Why he would do that is more the issue.
That may be true, but i dont care about their approach and them in general, but we cannot let them hijack our main target we worked on for so long. They are dangerous in the market, exactly because they dont know what they are doing.
A negative tweet or two and half the Caf loses their shite and lap it up
United have signed Malacia and are about to seal Eriksen.
Chelsea have signed no one yet Sterling looks close. They’ve tried for Raphinha then Richarlison then back to Sterling. Then De Ligt then on to Kounde and now Ronaldo and De Jong…
I mean posters here lauding them when it’s clear they’ve got no idea and are struggling massively. All after losing Rudiger, Christensen and Lukaku (with Azipilcueta and Alonso not far behind)
Sure if they want to pay De Jong all of the wages he's owed from Barca.
no it is true. they’ve signed no one. just don’t get why people are kissing their arse when they are having a God awful window
If I were Barca, Frenkie's agent or someone on Twitter trying to get attention, I'd be loving these stories. It's not a coincidence.
Barcelona are the equivalent of Boris Johnson. Trying to plow on telling everyone that everything is fine.
I was just thinking that about us...
How have United fecked about exactly? The impasse is around the wages he is owned by Barca. Are Chelsea going to lift the transfer fee to pay those wages?
A negative tweet or two and half the Caf loses their shite and lap it up
Live by the tweet, die by the tweet.
The life of a muppet is no picnic.
"We're shite, we're unable to negotiate on multiple deals at the same time"....all this when there's literal evidence that, that is exactly what we've been doing. Fecking hell.
He didn’t say 95% done. He said 95% probability. He’s not wrong….. yet.
This ^
Wouldn’t be at all surprised if Chelsea find a way to sort his money owed and get it done.
I'd pull out and move onto Tielemans. We're not getting him.
Wants Arsenal apparently
Not exactly what that article said... they said they'd offer that but Barca want cash so it's a no go. Love how these accounts twist stuff
Even if Chelsea want him they'll still have the same issue that we have with Barcelona and those deferred wages he's owed
I think aggregator accounts should be banned, they often misquote or take quotes out of context
Quite fitting that the Barca aggregators twist the truth really
What salary does United offer FDJ?
It was never a realistic transfer for us to pull off if we're being honest and we really shouldn't have indulged ETH on this one. Bissouma and Sangare are the types of players we needed to be looking at. Picking Chelsea over us is a no-brainer right now so I'd say it's over.
Jesus Christ, surely they can't expect us to pay for his outstanding wages.
I would imagine somewhere between £200-300k. Just a guess though.
I thought United were prepared to walk away. This whole saga is complete bollocks.
This place is mad.
Seem's like Barca's attitude is if you want him then pay a bit extra to sort it out.
One we intend to actually pay him.
Lets entertain this bullshit for a second. If you actually put two and two together, chelski would still need to wait for Frenkie and barca to sort out the deferred wage payment. Thats if they can even afford his transfer fee.
Also, do you ACTUALLY think we would have gone this far without Frenkie already telling Ten Hag he wants to come? Literally every tier 1 source has reported that a deal/fee has been agreed with barca. The hold up isn't with us. Its with the player and his soon to be former club.
There is no 'way' to sort it other than pay the money themselves. If they want to do that then they will get him.
Are you implying that Barca are spreading false rumours to urge United to up their offer and meet their inflated valuation? That a club nearing a state of financial ruin would pull out every trick in the book to make as much money from this transfer as humanly possible?
Hmm, maybe you're right.
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