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Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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Got to fill the time somehow, and what a better way to do it!
This is fair, but your name has been taken for when I'm at the top.
To the left to the right,
Romero tweets, whilst we track flights,
Sort his wages, pack his bags,
Make the Glazers back Ten Hag
I said it the other day.
Buy Memphis for €20m, Barca use that to pay off FDJ, we get a back up versatile forward and our No1 target while Barca get 2 players off their wage bill
Win win situation for everyone
Eek!You're toast @Plant0x84
Honestly wouldn't be bad for us at all. Memphis can play multiple positions in attack and he'd give us better striker depth than we currently have without Ronaldo. Also Frenkie would get another friend in the dressing room after Donny
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I’m on board - I wanted him on a free last summer. I think under the right manager Depay can be class in the role martial is playing. Him, Martial, Rashford, Sancho, Antony and Elanga would be a good set of modern forwards all very comfortable exchanging positions.
Sounds reasonable.
Ironically this could make happy folks who've banging about Antony being too light weight for Premier League.
Memphis is ripped AF, but still didn't lost his agility. He's also much more experienced footballer than before.
yeah, no.
So it could be as I thought all along, he actually wants to stay and we haven't convinced him yet.
No, it's been well reported that Barca wanted to pay in installments. Their first offer being £3m, which equats to paying him back over 5 years - which is exactly the sort of structure they try to sign players with.
It's an absurd offer, and De Jong is rightly contesting it. Look at the state of Barca's finances and how they've conducted themselves in forcing him out the club despite him previously agreeing to defer his wages. I wouldn't have any trust in them, nor would I want to do them any favours by spreading the cost of my owed wages, whilst they are spending out on more players. He's right to contest and he should hold out for court.
First I've read about their being numbers in the negotiations, what's the source ?
I'd take that, we're short on numbers up top with Mason being out.
Hmmmm i mean, it wouldn't be a bad signing i guess, if EtH could use him better than van Gaal did.
Though it could be a very slow news day and reports just need SOMETHING to say
I like Memphis, but isn't he more of a LW than a CF?
Was years ago. He is a striker now
No thanks. We already have enough players at our club who can’t finish. Plus he will be on high wages. Let’s not get players just for the sake of adding depth.
Please god, no Memphis.
What's next? Van Gaal?
He's tied down, but I hear Schneiderlin might be available for cheap.
Fun fact: When he was here, he played at CF one time, and scored. After the departures of Lingard and Pogba, we have a void in the dressing room for a cool guy.
you know it makes sense.
Why? If we only include players who want to be here/aren’t unproven kids we currently have 4 attacking players for 3 positions.
Don't need to convince me, I have a lot of time for this swaglordFun fact: When he was here, he played at CF one time, and scored. After the departures of Lingard and Pogba, we have a void in the dressing room for a cool guy.
you know it makes sense.
There was a few sources. I read it in the Guardian but it's saying i've read 12 articles this year now so can't access it. It was also quoted in a Talksport interview - but not sure what source they were using.
There's also other sources that are saying Barca owe nothing, as how the deferred wages/contract was structured means that if he leaves, the money isn't technically owed anymore. So the 3.5m offer would be a literally a peace offering.
Peicing it all together, we see that it's certainly the money thats the problem - and Barca either want to pay installments or a minimal severance package on what he is morally owed.
De Jong should not back down, and we shouldn't bail Barca out of the situation. They'll break eventually and either keep him on his contract (to be paid in full) or pay him off and get him out (most likely).
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I would get Depay over Tony any day in case Ronaldo leaves. What is wrong with the board? Feels like you guys basically have no money to spend this summer.
Yes they can, you actually have zero clue how this deal works and are spouting complete nonsense. They can absolutely buy back their BLM rights as stated in the contract for the 49.9%. They can buy back the 49.9% for 300 million.
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I hope not. I’m all for adding new strikers to the team, but the last thing we should be doing is walking in Memphis.
3.5 and 1% stake in Barca licensing & merchandising will crack the deal.
Amazing club, no wonder Frenkie is playing "am not leaving" scene.
So that's Barca offering 3.5M of the reported 16M they owe him.
I don't think FDJ will accept
Kinda wish it was locked until anything concrete happens then wouldn't be tempted to check it
I'll pass on that source.
No reliable source I have seen has mentioned any numbers in terms of negotiations, not from the Spanish side or the English.
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