Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Never said anything about a dream club though? So you’d be happy with signing a player that doesn’t wanna play for us?

No, but I don't think de Jong doesn't wanna play for us.

I believe he'd prefer to stay at Barca in a perfect World, however due to his dream going tits up he'll be delighted to be back playing with a manager he has a great relationship, he'll be delighted to play in his preferred position (something he hinted at in a recent Netherlands post match interview) and he'll love being at a super club.

In much the same way Robben didn't wanna leave Madrid, yet took the Bayern opportunity with both hands, loved his career there and ended up a Bayern legend.

 

[Berbaclass]

Alright so the dudes at Managing Barca are saying that Ferran Torres has had the #FT21 in his Instagram bio for a while; would sort of make sense since it was his shirt number at City.

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Fair enough

 

[Red00012]

Disgusting behaviour from Barcelona. Hope anybody wins La Liga bar them. Would love to beat them in the EL final.

His squad number was 21 at City .

 

[calodo2003]

21 was his number at Man City, chance it just hasn’t been updated?

You simply cannot employ such logic in a transfer thread. How dare you?

 

[Teja]

21 was his number at Man City, chance it just hasn’t been updated?

I believe this is likely

Hasn't he been at Barca for 6 months now? I'd be surprised if he never updated his IG.

But I'd believe that the media is cooking shit up rather than Barca asking Torres to update his IG as a not so subtle hint.

 

[devilish]

Tbh Fred should accept to give FDJ his shirt number. He loves that number very very much

 

[GreatDane]

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"Im not dead yet"

 

[Zoo]

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The least that @FCBarcelona_cat can do with a good guy and a good professional like @DeJongFrenkie21 is to treat him as he deserves, without pressuring him or criticizing him privately.
Surely he will make the right decision by prioritizing his interests but also thinking about the club.

 

[drmuji]

I have a question and you can call my very naive but just in case FDJ refuses to move and takes a pay cut. Which other midfielder has similar or better attributes than him? I am asking because united must have a plan B and I am hoping that its not Fillaini part 2.

 

[appleman]

Shameless. I use to respect Barca so much but shocked now how low they've sunk.

Man I used to dislike them (more than Real) because of their humble brags (i.e. in interviews by Xavi and the like as players ten years ago), but now it's just sad how they've some type of clumsy mafioso-ran club. They're almost becoming the cute underdogs now by how horrible they are at their under the-carpet-business organization.

I might have to support them, since that's where Atleti comes from (and quite possibly still is )

 

[Cypriot]

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The least that @FCBarcelona_cat can do with a good guy and a good professional like @DeJongFrenkie21 is to treat him as he deserves, without pressuring him or criticizing him privately.
Surely he will make the right decision by prioritizing his interests but also thinking about the club.

I'm glad Barca being run by terrible human beings is being given some attention in this fiasco.

 

[Tavern in the town]

Would absolutely love it if he did a Bale and refused to leave.

 

[pratyush_utd]

Any report of whether Barca is paying him the deferred wage?

 

[Berbaclass]

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[AndySmith1990]

Would absolutely love it if he did a Bale and refused to leave.

Yeah it'd be great if we fail to sign the managers #1 target and a player we desperately need in midfield

 

[Godfather]

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They simply don't want you anymore Frenkie. Time to grow a pair and leave.

 

[Joseunited]

It would, you know it would. Laughing at yourself/your own team is good for you

We've been doing that for a few years now.

 

[Escobar]

They simply don't want you anymore Frenkie. Time to grow a pair and leave.

Thats not really the problem. The outstanding 17m are

 

[Adnan]

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So if I'm not mistaken, Barca want him out ASAP but de Jong is holding out for the money Barca owe him?

 

[Godfather]

Thats not really the problem. The outstanding 17m are

I mean haven't we bumped our offer so these cnuts can pay him off? Also why not just sue them if they really owe it to him. Doesn't prevent him from joining us.

 

[Berbaclass]

Thats not really the problem. The outstanding 17m are

The increase in fee indicates that we’re meeting them halfway.

 

[Berbasbullet]

Yeah it'd be great if we fail to sign the managers #1 target and a player we desperately need in midfield

Sums up sadcafe, rather laugh at our own misery than support the club.

 

[Bestie07]

Hold tight Frenkie! Don't leave before getting what you are due!

 

[pratyush_utd]

If they want him out and still refuse to pay the deferred wage, then i can understand why FDJ isn’t budging.

 

[Berbaclass]

So if I'm not mistaken, Barca want him out ASAP but de Jong is holding out for the money Barca owe him?

Pretty much. Interestingly he doesn’t offer an opinion of what Frenkie wants either

 

[RedStarUnited]

Its funny that Barca are pressuring him to leave whilst they still owe him money. how about you pay him first then ask to see if he wants to leave?

 

[Cypriot]

I wonder how it actually works. Every few minutes there is a new update about 'more pressure' etc but the reality is probably that FDJ is sat at home watching TV completely relaxed.

 

[hellhunter]

Sums up sadcafe, rather laugh at our own misery than support the club.

You have to admit, if it didn't influence United directly, we'd all be rooting for him to stay and feck them over good and proper

 

[Mickeza]

Do people genuinely believe Barcelona have only today sat down with FDJ and told him he’s not needed and should leave? One fecking hell of a coincidence that his agent has just happened to line up an 85m euro move for him isn’t it? This whole thing is being drip fed like a soap opera.

 

[DevTheRed]

You simply cannot employ such logic in a transfer thread. How dare you?

Ahhh apologies.

UNZIP LADS HERE WE GO

*insert Kermit gif here*

 

[Berbaclass]

Say what you want about the club. This isn’t their fault if we don’t somehow sign him.

 

[dan1509]

Imagine agreeing a contract to pay your employee a specific wage, and then thinking you do not have too. Truly mindblowing stuff here. Why would any player want to even transfer to them at this point

 

[Berbasbullet]

You have to admit, if it didn't influence United directly, we'd all be rooting for him to stay and feck them over good and proper

Course but I want to see a world class midfield playing for Manchester United next time im at the ground, couldn't be arsed about Barca.

 

[appleman]

No, but I don't think de Jong doesn't wanna play for us.

I believe he'd prefer to stay at Barca in a perfect World, however due to his dream going tits up he'll be delighted to be back playing with a manager he has a great relationship, he'll be delighted to play in his preferred position (something he hinted at in a recent Netherlands post match interview) and he'll love being at a super club.

In much the same way Robben didn't wanna leave Madrid, yet took the Bayern opportunity with both hands, loved his career there and ended up a Bayern legend.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he'd want to leave a place that still forcefully plays a Busquets who's sleepy during half the games, but it gets forgotten after highlighting one game where he plays well again. When he was bought it seemed their plan was to put him next to Busquets who was already heading in a less consistent direction, slowly phasing him out, but they won't replace him for another 5 years it seems

Xavi seems to be hinting at it, but it was kinda sad how previous coaches seemed to afraid to take off Pique and Busquets. When Pique returned from injury last season, their entire structure broke down, which they just seemed to gain under Koeman (sometime mid-season). I know hierarchy tends to help a lot of teams, but Pique's impatience and non-composed behaviour towards his teammates and Busquets' inconsistency really seems to hold them back a lot (imo).

Hope Frenkie gets to show his skills at Man Utd, he can do a lot and while I thought he'd have great assets for an Iniesta-type role, the left half of a midfield two(ish) really seems to turn him into a world beater. He can do a job at 8-10 type roles, but you can see his instincts drag him elsewhere too much in many games. Allow his instincts to rule and he will be excellent.

So even if Barça is treating him horribly, I wouldn't be surprised to see him want to move to a club and coach that will use him to his skills rather than trying to fit the Frenkie triangle into an Iniesta square. Hey look, there's a 4-2-3-1 club who just assigned ETH.

 

[golden_blunder]

Hag “frenkie, do you remember me Frenkie?”

 

[Adnan]

Pretty much. Interestingly he doesn’t offer an opinion of what Frenkie wants either

Pol Ballus is going to push the Barca narrative, which I expect. But it seems pretty clear that the player will join us but does want the money that is owed to him, which has been the stumbling block.

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

Hadn’t we reportedly agreed a fee with Barca like a week ago or something?

 

[Berbaclass]

Hadn’t we reportedly agreed a fee with Barca like a week ago or something?

Outline of the fee. Now at full agreement

 

[Cypriot]

Poor bastard. Planned a wonderful holiday to propose to his girlfriend and instead of coming back to congratulations, he got "piss off, we've already emptied your locker"

Can't wait to see him playing for us

 

[DJ_21]

No, but I don't think de Jong doesn't wanna play for us.

I believe he'd prefer to stay at Barca in a perfect World, however due to his dream going tits up he'll be delighted to be back playing with a manager he has a great relationship, he'll be delighted to play in his preferred position (something he hinted at in a recent Netherlands post match interview) and he'll love being at a super club.

In much the same way Robben didn't wanna leave Madrid, yet took the Bayern opportunity with both hands, loved his career there and ended up a Bayern legend.

Hopefully that’s the case with him. Don’t think anyone would wanna leave Barca to be honest just because of the city. There a mess of a club though so he should be jumping at the chance to join us, under a manager he knows well and played his best football with. I think this will get done purely because Barca are showing him the door. He’ll be much more appreciated at us and like you said he’ll like playing in his preferred position and take the opportunity with both hands.