To be fair I hope I am very wrong. Would love him at United, especially under EtH. But we’ve been here before. And this feels much more like Sneijder or Vidal than Berba. I’m not just being negative for the sake of being negative.
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To be fair I hope I am very wrong. Would love him at United, especially under EtH. But we’ve been here before. And this feels much more like Sneijder or Vidal than Berba. I’m not just being negative for the sake of being negative.
They all say this
can we move on please? No one is going to convince anyone to change their mind. The saga will continue until there is a briefing from our side either way.
In the mud? This deal is done soon.
So you're willing to take Frenkie at face value but not Laporta
Because it suits your narrative obviously.
We had already agreed a fee, FFS.
What makes you think we haven't agreed on terms with Frenkie if we've gone to the trouble of agreeing on a fee?We had already agreed a fee, FFS.
I mean... Sneijder was ALL media driven. There was nothing from the club at all, all the media sources were crap and Inter said it was one of Sneijder or Eto'o going, and we all know who went. If we were ever interested, it went cold quick and United never returned, media didn't get that notice though
Vidal....yeah that was painful, but we'll all remember and have fond memories of Chilevision. Fun times all round.
Berba has to be my most loved saga of all time. Following it through the day, from Fergie hijacking him at the airport, to seeing him walk past the window at OT looking slick, loved every minute and stayed up all night watching it
Doesn't matter... what's said in public doesn't react what goes on behind closed doors. Laporta proves that. Take that logic and apply it to de Jong and you have the same thing... what he says to the media might not be what he says to the club, agent, United.We had already agreed a fee, FFS.
Each passing day of absolute nowt.
How exactly is nothing going on? The fecking CEO and DoF flew to Barcelona to negotiate a few days ago. Stop being impatient.
It's a complicated deal for reasons that have been explained many times. It will get done.
Whatever gets you through the night.
It was a beautiful saga. I remember all the movie titles with Berba as well. Really good times.
You can't accept your logic makes no sense.
Laporta = Liar and shouldn't be believed
de Jong = totally truthful and fully believable
They BOTH said to the media he's staying. So why is one truthful and one a liar? A fee has been agreed... according to the media. You believe that, but when they say de Jong is open to a move, its a lie? How do you know that de Jong hasn't said I want my money before I go? Are you his best friend does he tell you everything?
We had already agreed a fee when Laporta said that. It was obviously bollocks. You can try to conflate the two but it makes no sense whatsoever.
Bingo.
Most of you will be eating mud pie soon
But you're believing the media when they say a fee is agreed... but when the media say de Jong is open to a move, you call it lies?
Insistence from United's side that he's willing to join also makes you question Frenkies public stance though no?
Some being the key word.
Probably not because, as with a lot of people, they truly believe that de Jong is speaking the absolute truth, whereas United and those Close to them are liars and ten Hag is a fool and should be ashamed at wasting time chasing him
Not really. We have previous here don’t we.
I choose to describe it as delusional myself.
I really hope so. Don’t think we have a scooby what to do if he doesn’t agree to join.
I didn’t even remotely say this. Take a deep breath, FFS.
Listen, if the 48 hour fever dream that the 2020 election turned into taught me anything it's that lack of sleep, bourbon, and obscene levels of coffee can do the impossible..... make the cnuts on the Caf actually worry about you and pretend to care. Oh, and get tagline. So if you're looking for validation and a tagline I can not more highly recommend it.
Spent a bit of time lurking in this thread trying to convince myself I’m less of a muppet than the rest. Who am I kidding? Page after page of the same posts worded in thousands of different ways and still I gobble it up, insatiable ,like the dreadful muppet wretch I am.
This is the least exciting saga of all.
Does it mean when Ronaldo said he wanted to leave, he actually meant he wanted to stay?
I am confused.
He runs about 11km in a full game, for starters. So he has an excellent workrate, and his defensive stats when played as the deepest midfielder are good too.
He is not playing in his best position at Barça.
I can tell
There is no need to bring Ronaldo into the picture. What Brownie mentions is that the player and club have to paint a positive picture. Laporta has to paint a positive picture to the fans so that the trust is there and De Jong needs to paint a positive picture to the media as he is still a player under contract with Barcelona and he doesn't want to burn his bridges. This is quite normal when faced with situations that disturb the reputation of the organization or employee.
If anything Laporte ought to be calling them financial levees.
They all say this
I hope they ban these phrases: 'I hope I am wrong' or 'I hope XXX proves me wrong' -- as though XXX knows who they are or cares if they are wrong.
Yeah what Berba said, be patient, we are bound to sign de Jong before he retires even if its after a serious injury when he is 36 and a free agent. Believe! We can do things in the transfer market that no one else would dream of doing.
Happens to be my 2nd fav dessert after chocolate cheesecake.
Except that isn't the case here. They aren't unpaid wages. They are deferred wages paid over the remainder of the duration of his contract. There is a massive difference.
This was what Frenkie agreed to previously (wrongly in hindsight), and now barcelona are trying to weasel out of it by ending his contract via transfer to us.
You're just making shite up when you clearly haven't a clue.
Ok. So if it is for positive picture, they always lied; if it is negative picture, it's always true?
Or it all depends on what you want to believe?
Sorry, bro. I'm just messing with you.
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