Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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He’s just posted an Instagram post of him sitting on a boat in the sun with Memphis. He is either saying he loves the Barca sun or they are talking about how wonderful Manchester is
Or they are just sitting on a boat
Or they are just sitting on a boat
There’s a boat on our badge
Just seen that there and he has just shared a video of him and memphis diving off the boat. Looks like it's way of saying I'm happy here and enjoying life.
And the movie Manchester by the sea. Done deal
It’ll be bad
But losing Pogba, signing him for 100 big ones then losing for free and a toxic number of years is the most ridiculous saga I’ve ever or will ever see
... or he's jumping ship
Boat > plane
Remember Thiago in summer 2013 posting pics of Barcelona, saying something like “what a city!”, just before he headed to Bayern.
Well if there's 1 guy that's got our back it's memphis. He genuinely likes the club and often wore United shirts after he left.
Hopefully he's telling him it'll be good.
When you put it that way
Bit of a kick in the teeth for Murtough & Arnold after all their efforts on Mon for him to be getting on that plane tomorrow, convinced if there was any truth in them telling him he's gotta leave than that wouldn't be happening. Ah well after a mini meltdown it's back to this saga when they return from U.S.
No man..........NO, Sneijder will still come im sure.
We must be on the last leg of negotiations by now surely
Add ons allow the buyer some breathing space in terms of paying the entire sum at one go + it's often tied to performance. Thus if United do well then they make more money and then we can give some of that to Barca. Instead we are being forced to pay that money now despite the fact that we are working on a budget, that there is little to competition for the player whatsoever and that Barca are desperate to sell. That's after at least 2 months of negotiations. If you ask me this is worse then the tragic deal we involved ourselves regarding maguire. The guy was wanted by City + Leicester were not at the brink of bankruptcy
I expect better from you mate .
Honestly Barca might really need to sell him, but leaving him out of the tour is a pretty aggressive and disrespectful move. He's still a top player after all. I fully expect him to travel and I don't think that it'll impact the deal one way or another.
But that depends on add-on. If add-on which gets activated after FDJ makes 25 appearance then paying that upfront to see the deal through isnt such a big deal. If we mess up the deal by not paying 10m extra which was already committed, then they would criticise for penny pinching.
And Sport printing a front page with him photoshopped in a United kit days before
So we’ve established Frenkie is off to Munich?
I'll never forget the ball with "nos vamos en Manchester" written on it.
It's still provide some breathing space. We are negotiating on Barca's terms despite the fact that they are desperate. If we walk away then they cannot register any new players while de jong will be treated like a pariah
Why is it? They went to sort a fee with Barca and that's what they did. I'm pretty sure when they went they realised they couldn't agree a deal with de Jong due to the outstanding wage issue.
They increased the fixed fee, probably in hopes it'll help towards resolving the issue but knew they obstacles still stood in the way. They probably achieved what they set out to do, agree a fee with Barca and are now waiting for Barca to sort their issues out.
So no, no kick in the teeth in my opinion. As he's still their player, they can call him on tour, absolutely nothing stopping them doing that. Whether they play him or not is a different matter
Why all the negativity?
De Jong has publicly been hung out to dry by his own club. Its clear as daylight that Frankie’s agents hasn’t cover his back when he signed his latest contract. He can chose to stay but that will put him and his family in a weird situation when his club wants him to leave. It can’t be nice to any of them to know that your boyfriend/son is in a public conflict with his own club.
Barcelona has bought several new players and are financially depending on him to go if they want to meet the La Liga’s FPR. They simply can’t register all players without someone leaving. Walk away from buying Raphinha and Co would be a PR nightmare that would heavily affect Barcelona’s reputation as a go to club.
I‘m no legal expert but from my knowledge Laporte is a lawyer and a politician. He knows how to use media and the local public opinion to his favor. Frenkie de Jong is just another foreign player for him. He’s not Spanish and he’s not from Catalonia. Barcelona has survived losing Maradona, Neymar, Old Ronaldo and Messi. De Jong is a nobody in the grand scheme of things when it comes to importance. If the local supporters has to chose there will only be one winner.
From a moral standpoint I‘m totally in De Jong’s corner but sometimes in life we have to accept reality and move on. Living in a city where you’re unwanted can’t be something to look forward to.
De Jong has publicly been hung out to dry by his own club. Its clear as daylight that Frankie’s agents hasn’t cover his back when he signed his latest contract. He can chose to stay but that will put him and his family in a weird situation when his club wants him to leave. It can’t be nice to any of them to know that your boyfriend/son is in a public conflict with his own club.
Barcelona has bought several new players and are financially depending on him to go if they want to meet the La Liga’s FPR. They simply can’t register all players without someone leaving. Walk away from buying Raphinha and Co would be a PR nightmare that would heavily affect Barcelona’s reputation as a go to club.
I‘m no legal expert but from my knowledge Laporte is a lawyer and a politician. He knows how to use media and the local public opinion to his favor. Frenkie de Jong is just another foreign player for him. He’s not Spanish and he’s not from Catalonia. Barcelona has survived losing Maradona, Neymar, Old Ronaldo and Messi. De Jong is a nobody in the grand scheme of things when it comes to importance. If the local supporters has to chose there will only be one winner.
From a moral standpoint I‘m totally in De Jong’s corner but sometimes in life we have to accept reality and move on. Living in a city where you’re unwanted can’t be something to look forward to.
What.. why? If he's not part of their upcoming season's plans there's nothing wrong with that. They've brought in Kessie and will bring in Bernado Silva as his replacement. Don't get hoodwinked by the narrative that the decision to sell him has nothing to do with football.
This thread will definitely hit 1000 pages and the player will still be be at Barcelona
This isn’t just any normal football club though is it, this is a club that managed to get themselves in £1B worth of debt, who have nothing to show for it and still spending money like nothing has happened.. so there’s no predicting how they act or run their club.
I think there’s definitely some truth in it as multiple people have reported it, and we don’t know what clauses certain players have in their contracts etc etc.
All I know is that I wouldn’t trust a word that comes out of Laportes mouth.
What do you think is behind it?
Sancho thread V1 then
I spent my evening at the swimming pool at my new house after a bbq with family and friends.I cannot be more relaxed then that
Yeah that is pretty damming.
Again you're hearing what the media, clubs and player want you to hear. You're not getting the full story as the clubs are.
No transfer is done via the media and its a good think they're not, because I bet crap like this happens a lot behind closed doors. Not to this extent but still.
You're hearing from the media de Jong doesn't want to come but it's clear that United aren't being told that or they would have ended stuff a while ago. Even ten Hag isn't stupid enough to blindly chase a player, regardless of past relationships
Not since Michael Carrick have we had a midfielder of De Jong's ilk. Let us do this deal
Might have worded that a little better as by implication you are saying ten Hag is pretty stupid.
Or they are talking what to do while the rest of the team goes to the US.
Romero is doing updates soon. I expect he might confirm about Frenkie going on tour
"Excuse me mister, would you go into that shop and buy us a bottle of cider?"
I'm joking.
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