Good. Thats how it should be. We shouldnt just keep hanging on for anyone. In future give a run for a player a month at the most. Noone ele seems to drag transfer on like this.
Tier 1 United journos are reporting what Utd told them, same as tier 1 Barca journos are reporting what their club told them. If Frenkie's agent isn't a rookie, then he would have links to some journos in Europe or at least dutch ones to report what is best for his client. I don't see how my priority is to stay even after Barcelona has made it clear they want him out is in his clients best interest.
Great m, we are on the same page now, sort of. As you said, it seems that there might be a way to make the move happen. The problem is that FDJ is not stupid and he has money to hire great legal people, but still he chooses the hard way to fight. Why?
You can say that again
No one reported a firm agreement on that structure like they are with the €75m + €10m now. Ducker himself literally included the phrase "broad agreement" in his article. Ornstein himself was reporting whatever Romano was (i.e. €65m + €20m) and even stated that the structure & payments needed to be negotiated despite an agreement on the total value. Romano himself didn't even state that there was a full agreement on that structure as they were still discussing the add-ons. If the €20m couldn't be agreed on, then that changes the whole deal, which is what we saw happen here.
I think you mean Gerard Romero. Fabrizio Romano has no affiliation with Barcelona
Romano isn't a Barca mouthpiece that would be Romero.
Salary deferring was done by signing a new contract during the pandemic and the deferred amount are paid over four years with his regular salary starting this financial year. He therefore earned 3m and 6m in last two years.
Arnold and Murtough are not stupid first and foremost. They did it because it’s possible and will be important for us. It doesn’t mean they will wait forever.
I think what's happening here is that the Barca journos have been told by the club that the player doesn't want to leave.
My only concern is his lack of height.
Oh, no. His free kick is good though.
Make sense.
The whole deferred wages thing as come exclusively from Utd and English based reporters, which makes me believe it's the club brief to them. I see how it's in the interest of the club to brief this but I don't believe is what is holding the transfer.
But then Frenkie's agent shouldn't be silent and letting Utd be the one putting out the full story. He should be waging his own media campaign against Barcelona if De Jong has accepted to move should he be paid.
No one knows if there is something else in the contract signed during the pandemic to defer the salary. Mostly likely there is something so that it is not the best strategy.
I don't believe it's sensible move for Ali Dursun to wage a campaign against Barca via the media. And from what's been reported, Ali Dursun and Barcelona’s working relationship is broken. The agent in question is on good terms with United from what's reported.
Why would he do that?
The question is if he legally is owed those wages or not. If he was this wouldn’t even be happening. Sounds like the agent and Frenkie agreed to take a big pay cut for the first half of his contract and backloaded a ton of wages with a loyalty bonus towards the end. They are genuine idiots if that’s the case and should have always anticipated that Barca could sell him midway through the contract to avoid paying the large salary.
This.
Maybe because he has more class than that.
