One major issue with the players we’re linked with and signed so far is that only one in de Jong can be considered a guaranteed starter. Eriksen might be depending on Bruno but Malacia and Martinez are very much rotation players. Our starting 11 is short 4 to 5 quality players and the business while good so far doesn’t address that.
It's coming...
The welcome video
Why would anyone be "in the mood for Malacia"? What a weird question is that? Or am I missing a pun?
Are they quoting some legendary Malaysian Airlines commercial I'm not aware of?Yeah I’m stumped on that one also!
At first I thought it was is ‘Anyone else in the mood for Malaria’
What, you're not in the mood for *checks notes* an abnormal softening of organs or tissues of the human body?Why would anyone be "in the mood for Malacia"? What a weird question is that? Or am I missing a pun?
One major issue with the players we’re linked with and signed so far is that only one in de Jong can be considered a guaranteed starter. Eriksen might be depending on Bruno but Malacia and Martinez are very much rotation players. Our starting 11 is short 4 to 5 quality players and the business while good so far doesn’t address that.
Malacia is definitely a rotation option, but I think Eriksen and Martinez (if it's get done) will be starters.One major issue with the players we’re linked with and signed so far is that only one in de Jong can be considered a guaranteed starter. Eriksen might be depending on Bruno but Malacia and Martinez are very much rotation players. Our starting 11 is short 4 to 5 quality players and the business while good so far doesn’t address that.
One major issue with the players we’re linked with and signed so far is that only one in de Jong can be considered a guaranteed starter. Eriksen might be depending on Bruno but Malacia and Martinez are very much rotation players. Our starting 11 is short 4 to 5 quality players and the business while good so far doesn’t address that.
Agreed. I would add none plays in a position that was the most urgent to fill (apart from FDJ but he’s far from certain)
Right let's go through each position
RB - Seems a lack of quality options, hence I see going with what we have
LCB - Looks like Martinez will sign
DM - Just maybe Erik doesn't want to play with the destroyer type and wants more of a playmaker hence De Jong.
CM - Eriksen already sorted
RW/ ST - Yes we need both but with Ronaldo situation we will have to prioritise. Do we balance attack or look for more of a number 9.
Eriksen is more of an AM than a CM. Dejong will be the CM and there needs to be another one next to him behind Eriksen or Bruno.CM - Eriksen already sorted
It was a video clip of Melissa Reddy talking about how we already had an agreement with Barcelona for de Jong on the basic aspects of the deal. It came from the third-party Twitter account that typically sports Sky Sports clips.What was it?
On the right back front I still struggle to imagine we can't find someone better than what we have even if it's a player like malacia who is relatively rawRight let's go through each position
RB - Seems a lack of quality options, hence I see going with what we have
LCB - Looks like Martinez will sign
DM - Just maybe Erik doesn't want to play with the destroyer type and wants more of a playmaker hence De Jong.
CM - Eriksen already sorted
RW/ ST - Yes we need both but with Ronaldo situation we will have to prioritise. Do we balance attack or look for more of a number 9.
First revealed by @RkkMan in the Frenkie de Jong thread:
Source:
- As part of de Jong's contract extension agreement in 2020, Barcelona deferred his salary payments until this year.
- For the next 4 years, Barcelona must pay to de Jong:
- €88.58m for the fixed salary + loyalty bonuses
- Variable payments
- €8m (€2m/year) if de Jong plays 60% of the games
- Max. €12.8 (€3.2m/year) for trophies won/if the team reaches the CL final
- As a result, de Jong effectively breaks the salary structure that Laporta is trying to establish.
- Possible justification for letting de Jong go despite saying otherwise in public
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Of course thats the reasonWhat are the chances that the contract details are being intentionally leaked by Barcelona to justify the sale or have fans turn on FDJ because of his high wages? Laporta seems like the mischievous type that would do that
Oh no, how can he survive on just £360,000 a week?
Poor thing.
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Rashford will feed him…Oh no, how can he survive on just £360,000 a week?
Poor thing.
He's one of the team mates causing thisCan't imagine he's the only one pissed off at team mates for causing a 25% reduction in wages. It's probably why De Gea was so fiery as well.
More likely the appeal of adding to his trophy haul and his champions league goals tally is enough for him to take a pay cut. Why would he take a pay cut to play europa league and lose one year from adding to his champions league tally. He’d probably want more money to play europa league to soften the blow of that lost year. For him it’s all about being king of the champions league and losing a year out of 2/3 he has left to add to that tally is a huge loss to him.When journalists report Ronaldo is willing to take a pay cut to leave, what they actually mean is he’s willing to take a pay cut from his 500k a week salary but still wants substantially more than the 350k it’s dropped to at United.
O. Lyon is his levelIs he actually any good? Or is it a Bebe style bribe to the agent?
More likely the appeal of adding to his trophy haul and his champions league goals tally is enough for him to take a pay cut. Why would he take a pay cut to play europa league and lose one year from adding to his champions league tally. He’d probably want more money to play europa league to soften the blow of that lost year. For him it’s all about being king of the champions league and losing a year out of 2/3 he has left to add to that tally is a huge loss to him.
He's one of the team mates causing this