Oh man, what a memory! That’s awesome.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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We should ban any tweets reporting the same shite that’s been posted a billion times already.
He's incredible. So down to earth and the sorts too. He motivates too, especially when we were doing some training and some were struggling (we were only young haha) and he would run alongside us and chat and encourage. I was truly devastated when he retired.
Hungarian seems apt too ‘U-bork-season’ (anglicised and bastardised before the language nazis hit me again)
We are quite good at borking during the window.
Been borking up the wrong tree since 2013
Xavi preparing to deliver the knife through de Jongs heart. No wonder he's looking so sad. He knows the end is nigh for his Barca run.
Its OK Frenkie, us muppets will welcome you with open arms
Feck it let’s get to 2000.
Yeah, his retirement was a blow but also so classy.
That training session is an amazing memory to have.
I'd rather McGinn, he has better thighs
Haha, you sound like my dad. He’s moved his vinyl records onto cassette tapes, then to CDs, then to minidiscs and finally to mp3s. Ironically vinyl is kinda trendy now!
Haha, you sound like my dad. He’s moved his vinyl records onto cassette tapes, then to CDs, then to minidiscs and finally to mp3s. Ironically vinyl is kinda trendy now!
He sounds awesome. I did that but luckily kept the vinyl.
My kids are dining out on my record collection!
I love that he stuck to his word. Once retired that was it. It was almost like no other club could ever top United. He'd reached what he'd felt was the highest he could go. Amazing guy.
Oh it was amazing. Got a class photo with him and my united shirt signed. Amazing memories
I thought Frenkie De Jong was Kaiser Soze.
Yeah there is so much more to his legend than his magnificence on the pitch.
This thread is like the Little Engine That Could.
Real shame he didn’t stick around for 1999. He deserved a CL medal more than most.
Xavi is going to drop the big leg at Bash at The Beach.
I’m going to sleep now. Looking forward to the morning when he’s scored a hatty against Madrid and Xavi has told him to feck off.
Done deal by Friday’s deadline
Done deal by Friday’s deadline
Absolutely, would have been amazing to have seen that, but I suppose he's happy with the career he's had. Playing for the love of the game and not for the money... they don't make them like Cantona anymore
Xavi better have 17m euros ready in a suitcase then
I'd say he's one of the big reasons I started supporting United when I was younger, then just fell in love with the club its self.
Anyway, I was gonna watch the Clasico, but 4am?? Feck that
Yeah……. No. Highlights in the morning.
Absolutely. Can't wait for all the body language experts to work their magic in the morning
Big day tomorrow.
If anything is going to progress (which it hasn’t for fecking ages) maybe it’ll be this week when Ten Hag is back in England and with a few evenings free
More likely we’ll be in the exact same position this time next week
More likely we’ll be in the exact same position this time next week
Not sure you know... if the rumours of Xavi wielding the axe tonight are true then it could kick start stuff into motion.
I imagine if he hears from Xavi he's a goner, then that's going to clearly confirm to him he really has no future there
Imagine the meltdown if frenkie starts and plays well
Yeah I do think the team being back home will have an effect. When do Barca go home?
In goal…..
Barca will play him in defence, in a 154 formation, and complain he cost them the game when they're hammered 15-0
That’s the sort of update I like. Get it done Xavi
Is that news for FDJ? Clearly they want him gone, the issue is whether he wants to join United and the deferred wages. Both issues can’t be resolved by Xavi.
It'll be Frenkie, Depay, Puig, and a few others. Maybe Frenkie respects him so much that he'll give up the 17m and start packing his bags right away.
No they can't, but knowing he has no future at the club and that he's not wanted will make him more open to leaving and negotiating the wages... they hope. He could just be a stubborn arsehole and say screw you I'm staying. Unlikely though I'd say.
If he didn't want to come to United I think we'd have walked away by now. Ten Hag will have his assurances and he'll be in contact with de Jong, so should anything change he'd know.
You never know, they might get the news, then handed their suitcases and plane tickets back to Europe. Five beefy security guards making sure all goes to plan and there's no issues, Xavi might even provide them with some complimentary one-ply tissue to wipe the tears away too
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