Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

Frenkie to United?


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croadyman

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Still think if Barcelona or FDJ back down or come to agreement on the wages we may still go for it... We may be happy to wait and go back next time round but could step in if we think he will go to Chelsea now and we can stop it.

The good thing is we're not gonna bend over and solve the problem for them.
Yeah we absolutely have to step in if Chelsea becomes a real possibility, however not sure we will though
 

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How so? We've bought 2 midfielders already. We desperately need both quality and numbers in attack right now. Especially if Ronaldo leaves. Our options off the bench are Elanga and Garnacho. That's worrying, as much as I'd like to see Garnacho given chances. One injury and it's panic stations.
I just think Antony isn't the finished article, so isn't worth anywhere near that amount. De Jong is though, and we may not get another chance at him. He and Casemiro in the double pivot with Eriksen in front is a really progressive midfield.

Sancho, Martial, Rashford, Bruno, Elanga, Garnacho and hopefully a loan signing like Pulisic, Ziyech or Carrasco is enough for us to be competitive right now.

But the focus must be the midfield because it will both solidify our defence and help us to progress the ball through the lines and break teams down in attack.

We have a more combative midfield now with Casemiro and Fred, but I fear we'll have the same issue in getting our forward players the ball on a regular basis

The biggest issue, of course, is that none of them fecking move or run enough. But I'm hoping that can be coached.

Another season for Antony at Ajax under a new manager will help us to assess his value and potential better. There's no danger of anyone else coming in for him now.
 

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1600+ pages for absolutely f all the more I read and hear. This will go down as a caf thread for the ages.
 

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We can still post in here, right? Futile, yes, but you never know.

These briefings are not gospel. Probably it’s true we are unlikely to get him this window. But, imagine on deadline day Barca and FDJ agree a pay off sum and they want the deal to happen, I think we’d still jump at it.

Barca want the cash and they don’t want to pay the big wages in FDJ’s contract - they do still want him to leave. It’s not absolutely dead.

Is it?
 

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This is on. Remember ETH said we will wait until the last day of we have to.

Casemiro FDJ Antony plus Gusto as the rb.
 

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I’d post 20 X :lol: in here because it worked in the Casemiro thread, but I got busted by the man and given a warning, so can I say something like; ”this has got about as much chance of happening as a woman playing Doctor Who.”?

See if I can work my magic again.
 

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This is on. Remember ETH said we will wait until the last day of we have to.

Casemiro FDJ Antony plus Gusto as the rb.
This would be some window.

It's not going to happen of course, and it lunacy to suggest it might, but what a window it would be.

Still gutted about Frenkie. Quote me on this, I see him in a Chelsea shirt by 1st September sadly. Going to be a crazy end to window.
 

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Till the time the window is open, I’m hopeful that we’ll get Frenkie. Casemiro, while quality, isn’t a press resistant player and may struggle. We add Frenkie next to him, we can create a beautiful midfield combo.

P.S. Will go back to sleep now
 

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This is on. Remember ETH said we will wait until the last day of we have to.

Casemiro FDJ Antony plus Gusto as the rb.
Just want the first two then would be happy with Ziyech on loan and a cheap RB, however no chance this dream midfield happens this summer.
 

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This would be some window.

It's not going to happen of course, and it lunacy to suggest it might, but what a window it would be.

Still gutted about Frenkie. Quote me on this, I see him in a Chelsea shirt by 1st September sadly. Going to be a crazy end to window.
Yeah that's my fear too, in which case we need to pull the plug on Antony and blow them out of the water with offer.
 

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Won't happen this summer then. Maybe if we get back to top 4 next summer, there's still chance we could sign him.
 
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