Yeah Andy Mitten
My opinion is that 'Arry is probably exaggerating rather than outright lying. His person at the "very very very top of United" (is that enough verys?) probably isn't as involved in the deal as Redknapp is making out, and this person's statement probably wasn't as concrete as he's making it sound.
Thought he said it was 50/50?
I thought he was responding sarcastically as in - we want Frenkie?
He’s said he prefers London over Manchester from the start, but if Manchester is his only option then Manchester it is
Your optimism in the face of certain doom is admirable.
I don’t blame him. It’s a scummy move by Barca to move their bad calls onto the buyer to pay up.
He said he prefers Chelsea but it’s 50-50.
Personally if his whole decision is based on location then he’s no great loss.
Thats my guess too. There is no way we'd continue with something that was absolutely impossbile to conclude. I just can't understand why we'd even bother.
Agreed. Only thing I can think of is if its already been decided internally that one of/both Kante and Jorginho's contracts will not be renewed and we want a successor in now rather than waiting until next summer. They might have seen the situation with the CBs leaving this summer and leaving us scrambling around panicking looking for multiple players, a situation they might want to avoid going forward.
This keeps getting repeated without any proof and despite it not making the slightest bit of sense. There's nothing stopping us or Chelsea from giving De Jong a big signing-on fee, for example.
Why is it a shock?
Did he actually say that haha
Location, CL, current squad quality and who knows what state we will be in, in the near future.
You and many others in this thread have been led on a merry chase.
He said those words but I don’t think he meant it the way Pigeon shit has relayed it.
If he is serious about his money, living in London will take a bigger chunk out of his wages. Manchester is 31% cheaper to live in than in London.
What if the fee itself was 100 million for example? Out of that, 17 can go to fdj.
He said 50/50 but also that he heard Frenkie prefers London and Chelsea with CL football. But 50/50 because Chelsea don't actually have transfer plans and are just going after a player that another big club wants, and nobody can spend endlessly, and they have other positions to address that it's not logical to spend so much on Frenkie for them essentially.
Well he's not given up then it seems, and if the Chelsea news is true, he's being very very naive
Partially correct.
Why would Harry Redknapp say that he has spoke to someone at top in Utd, when he hasn't. Are you surprised though its come from someone at the club? With the way we have been acting as a football club, the people within the club brief each other as to who they have spoken to, not a chance, it's blind leading the partially sighted. FDJ is a fading dream now...
The location thing is a nonsense in my opinion. Neither London or Manchester has a beach or sun. You’d live rurally in both areas not central.
I think he asked the question - we are in for Frenkie?
Its been said all along they've been given the idea he'll come, he rightly doesn't want to give up his money owed before hand so he isn't going to leave without those guarantees of that money regardless of us or Chelsea
I didn't know!
Brief incoming later on today that we've pulled out, or another "were confident that we'll get him" brief?
The future of Chelsea vs the future of United is all he should be looking at. Hard not to give Chelsea the edge.
I think that's unfair, he's a very good midfielder but he excels in a role that Ten Hag values, which is why he would be more valuable to Utd than maybe another club and probably why the summer has been spent chasing him.
He was being sarcastic as it’s common knowledge. The fact he mentioned it though suggests he still has some confidence though otherwise why bother.
Thats what Klopp said about players who demand CL as part of the requirements for signing.
It’s like people have not paid any attention to our transfer dealings in the last decade. This type of nonsense is exactly the amateurish crap we do.
and it’s right
He wouldn't be living in Manchester, he'd be in Hale which is one of the most expensive areas in the country. Cobham/Esher, Surrey is where he would probably live if he moved to Chelsea
