Has there been any link to him whatsoever?
Nigel De Jong
- Thread starter simon_xazza
- Start date
-
In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss Amad saving our blushes in a win against Southampton as well as our now annual loss at home to Brighton. They discuss Amorim's post-match comments, revisit how mid-table we may or may not be, and discuss some transfer news.
- Status
I think he would be excellent and do a decent job for us.
We could nab him and Mexes for under 10m i reckon.
If there's an ex player of theirs who can do a job for us then so be it. City are in with the big boys now and it's far more likely that there will be ex City players on the market good enough for us than a few years back when they were a 2nd tier outfit. De Jong would immediately shore up our midfield no end and looks available at 10million it seems. We need immediate surgery in that department or else we will be well off the top four come Christmas I reckon.
Not much other than ESPN claiming him and Blind might be our other two signings, I think?
And the telegraph today saying he's our alternative to Vidal.
Agreed. Lets get some steel in there - I think we're all sick and tired of that wallflower TC23 tiptoeing around the middle of the park
Basically we'd be getting De Jong and Di Maria to do what we thought Zaha and Fellaini could bring.
Don't you dare put this on me!
Oggy says he's our alternative to Vidal.
Not a fan then?
Were you serious? He's terrible, 32, on a shit tonne of money. Milan fans would be happy to give us money to take him off them, he's a 3rd rate defender now and has been past it for a long time. They tried to terminate his contract a while back but he rejected it because he's happy to be 4th choice and get paid loads.
Would've been worth it a bit ago for this though.
Last edited:
Cheap, experienced, not completely shit. What we've been after for our backline. Not saying i want it to happen, but it's been mooted as an option as far afield as the De Jong rumours just about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/28829768
http://metro.co.uk/2014/08/18/manch...ve-woes-as-mehdi-benatia-deal-stalls-4836735/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-united-transfer-news-rumours-4068020
remind me of on FM when you try and terminate a players contract by mutual consent but they reject itI'd prefer us to get De Jong even if we did get Vidal. After Herrera and Carrick, our midfield options are terrible. We need squad depth there.
He's into the final year of his contract. I've read that he'll cost around 8m which is about fair.
Finalise the Di Maria signing, get Vidal for 40 million and Hernandez, add De Jong on the cheap and then sell Fellaini, Cleverley and Young.
This management lark is well easy...
On top of everything else De Jong appears to be a leader as well, something we severely lack currently. He isn't the perfect signing, or any kind of a long term solution, but at that price he'd definitely be a good short term solution and help solve a few major problems in the middle of the field. I think a midfield trio of De Jong, Herrera, and Mata could prove to be very good. Especially with the likes of Di Maria, Januzaj, Rooney, RvP, Welbeck playing in front of them.
Pretty sure that's not we've been after.
We lack experience there since losing Rio and Vidic. It's likely we're not looking to spend loads on this position either what with our outlay so far. Not saying it's going to happen, but i can see why we'd be looking at this kind of signing.
Experienced and cheap is fine. But we need some proper good defenders not ones that are "not shit".
Very few in that venn diagram.
That's probably why we haven't signed an experienced defender yet.
You don't have to tell me.
Any chance of us getting him on loan for a season rather than buying him outright?
Doubt it. He's in the last year of his Milan contract so they'll probably want a fee now.
I'd delete that post in light of this, but it's adding to my post count.
What post? The one where i state we've been linked with Mexes or the one where i agree there aren't many good, experienced and cheap defenders around. Because both are facts.
Nah he's only got 1 year left on his deal.
Nah, man. Mine where I tell something you already know. I'm just faffing about really.
Oops. Sorry, i'll add another on to mind as well.
Even as a stop gap, after seeing the horror show yesterday you can't help but think he'll be a massive, massive improvement to our midfield.
Feck it, sign him on a 2 year contract. Bring Strootman on in January then we're golden. No need for Blind.
Mexes? Come on... Lets go for Chivu then too? Is that guy even playing sonewhere?
I think De Jong can also play center back which would certainly be useful when we inevitably have to play Carrick there every season.
4-5m will be a good deal
If we got him for fairly cheap, De Jong would be an excellent stop-gap signing.
- Status