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Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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"We can't register players, so lets get another one! Bring [Irrelevant point]!"
Cook is building a fantastic team to be fairWho Chesterfield ?
We’ve apparently thrown in a fresh bid of over £70m in for Fofana and will bid again after this if it fails.
Anyone who thinks we’ll then also spend 80m on De Jong is mad.
Anyone who thinks we’ll then also spend 80m on De Jong is mad.
They'll have such a fresh and great team for the CL, though. Grand masterplan
Final post of the day as i have burnt through my 3 allowed posts but i still believe he is coming.
If im the last one holding the line so be it!
If im the last one holding the line so be it!
At this stage I'm becoming quite pessimistic about it all but I still think that the club might make a final push for him if Chelsea do decide to bid. It wouldn't be ideal but I could see us offering wages that are astronomical to try to tempt him. Considering how important Ten Hag seems to regard him, I imagine we will pull out all the stops to at least attempt to convince him. (Although if he is dead set on playing in the Champions League, living in London, or both then that might not do much good.)
It’s not based on information from United though. He’s just reading what the rest of us are seeing - Chelsea are in talks for FDJ, he wants CL and prefers London. If he’d got the info that he’s going to Chelsea from the club it wouldn’t be buried in an article on something else.
Edit - Sorry thought you were talking about Hirst
Well Niko Kranjcar
What’s with this Harry Redknapp related update? That man didn’t even know who he was going to sign till the last week of the window.
The toys are really flying out of prams this afternoon
Not sure you quoted the correct post
Was Rednapp halfway out of a car speaking to the press? If not, I dont trust this info.
Hold the line, you will be rewarded. His coming.
One or two on here'll be thinking that i reckon.
lets see if they do that, because it's the exact thing that all the sources were reporting that this new regime didnt want to do.
If he is going to Chelsea, do you think we would still be waiting ? We would have moved to other targets or a leak would have come by now that we aren't proceeding with any backups.
And I’m not even drunk yet
To be fair, Chelsea have Champions League, London, money and are ahead of us on all levels right now. So, aside from ETH, why would he choose us at the moment? We’ve nobody else to blame for that predicament but ourselves (ie our owners, our staff, our players). Realistically, we shouldn’t be in a position this summer to attract the world’s best players, it’s sad but a true view of where we currently are. Hopefully that won’t be the case in a year’s time.
This is usually why you have a back up
I don't know about “shitty career move". You can argue it's a step down in terms of history but I don't know of a single player who's moved from Barcelona to Chelsea and regretted. Every single one actually as to win something big with us before moving on. Of the top of my head Fabregas, Pedro, Bosingwa, Belletti, Deco. All either won a CL, PL or FA Cup.
I was entirely wrong in thinking Chelsea wouldn't actually be interested in him (although I have yet to be completely wrong in thinking they won't actually bid until we pull out), so it's not beyond the bounds of reason that I'm entirely wrong again here!
I suspected that Dembélé would be added to the list. They really messed up with these renewal.
No realism here, please... we're either muppets, lapsed muppets or muppets-in-training, none of whom need any pesky logic waffling around!
Agreed, would be a weird move for a guy that simply hasn’t found his Ajax form since leaving 3 years back. Nor playing in his preferred position.
Think he’ll end up divorcing his missus in 4 years if he does this for her
True, they are counted as new signings...very funnyI suspected that Dembélé would be added to the list. They really messed up with these renewal.
Chasing a player throughout the course of the transfer window and losing out would be pretty darn embarrassing for the club ,whichever way you put it.
4 months pursuing a player who is basically begging to stay at his club.
Quite possibly the most shambolic, embarrassing transfer chase of all time.
Quite possibly the most shambolic, embarrassing transfer chase of all time.
Said it before and I'll say it again, Chelsea are perhaps the most boring of the big clubs. Absolutely nothing special about them. (And yes, I am salty)
Fecking hell, been a while since I watched Phoenix NightsI mentioned it at the time, they took massive risks when they didn't extend them before June 30th. I somehow hoped that I missed something the FFP rules but apparently not.
Mitten’s update yesterday was pretty reassuring
In what way?
All of this nonsense about it being "embarrassing" only holds any water if you pay any heed to the general opinion of Reddit and Twitter.
He said that he’d prefer Chelsea - what do you mean
It's like putting all the ground work in for weeks with a girl you fancy, she friend zone's you, then someone better looking comes in and sweeps her of her feet
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This seems to be confirmed?
Once a club of good stature ,and one that's been relatively successful in the past few years, showed their interest it was always going to be a upward struggle.
United can't offer any decent amount success anytime soon.
A successful season for United, in its current state, is top 4 and maybe the league cup.
United can't offer any decent amount success anytime soon.
A successful season for United, in its current state, is top 4 and maybe the league cup.
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