Half the team were. I’m actually excited about Casemiro and how he can free up others, especially Eriksen.
De Jong can rot in Spain.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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De Jong can rot in Spain.
Would you not say Eriksen more of an AM
There is no way in hell we're getting DeJong and Anthony.
I'm leaning more towards Anthony or none.
I'm leaning more towards Anthony or none.
Agreed; everytime we’ve done a brief before, there’s usually 4-5 articles all saying the exact same thing from the usual UK journos.
Get Anthony and Gapko & If this doesn't get done so be it, With the additions of Malacia, Eriksen , Martinez and Casemiro we will be a far better team. I have a feeling Unifed " cooling " their interest is one last play to get Barca to pay up but if they don't we'll feck them move on with what we have and give ZIdane Iqbal more time on the pitch.
Yeah, hopefully they'll reduce his wages.
Can't we loan him?
Yeah, given ETH has played Iqbal I wonder if he'll give him chances in the league this year. In any case he should play him in Europa league.
I still think we want FDJ if we could get him.
Without him we have to play a little differently but hey, Casemiro gives it to Antony or Eriksen and between them we can progress the ball just fine. Important to get Antony now.
Was he even in the matchday squads so far?
So we have Sistoney and Laurie Whitwell saying it's done no matter what the Spanish press say and that's not enough English journos for you?
Hm I'm not sure, I think he was in at least one.
Where? Think Ornstein said it's considered unlikely, but Stone ruling it out as well?
The complete package for him is what? 85m fee + like 350.000/week for 5 years? Round about €170m + agent fee? And people still think the deal has been hanging for 3 months because of those 10%? That would be pretty ridiculous.
This is impossible in my book now. They can't replace him with Bernardo now which was the plan originally.
They won't have any depth at CM if they don't replace him.
Hopefully fdj decides to move next year.
They won't have any depth at CM if they don't replace him.
Hopefully fdj decides to move next year.
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I'm trying to find where stone had actually said this, but not found
It would be, agreed. But then this whole farce has been a bit ridiculous
I'll let the other muppets ravage you for posting an aggregator with bad news
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Even if we have done a brief, it wouldn’t be conclusive. Things do change even at the last minute. As SAF used to say, if a top player becomes available we should (and probably still will) try to get them, if we can afford it. Added to that, we’ve been known to bring forward funds from future windows (Bruno signing for example).
Do what they want....this is doneI'll let the other muppets ravage you for posting an aggregator with bad news
This one is in the bag.
I mean in the end you'll be right here, but I can't imagine him moving without us making one last push. Most likely he won't move at all in my opinionDo what they want....this is done
Yeah will have to hope we can revisit in another window much like Jadon & Bruno
Okay so we identified a midfielder that we need to move us up the pitch, press resistant was the quality we were looking for, spent over 3 months pursuing him, and then buy a midfielder with completely different qualities, a destroyer that sits in front of the back, and that is the alternative 
Our recruitment policy never changes, rather than actually address the problems, we throw money at it and hope it papers over the cracks.
It's been on the cards for probably the last month now that he wasn't coming, so not surprised but hugely disappointed.
He has got to change the formation to 4-3-3 now with Casemiro coming in and not FDJ, to get the best out of the players he has got.
Our recruitment policy never changes, rather than actually address the problems, we throw money at it and hope it papers over the cracks.
It's been on the cards for probably the last month now that he wasn't coming, so not surprised but hugely disappointed.
He has got to change the formation to 4-3-3 now with Casemiro coming in and not FDJ, to get the best out of the players he has got.
Only little hope I'm holding is I'm sure at one point we briefed that we pulled out of the Antony deal. Now that looks set to be sorted soon, so all might not be lost.
Honestly yes we may have "officially unofficially" given up, but if there's a chance before the window closes, we'll be all over it.
Yes?
Have you ever heard of margins? If we start applying this logic to every transfer, we'll be paying £50m+ extra each window "just not to hold things up".
I'm still waiting on that source that you said mentioned we were going to cover his wages.
Looks like our pursuit of De Jong is done. Disgrace. Absolute disgrace. Ten Hag's number 1 priority chased all summer and they've failed. This is why we'll always be screwed under the Glazers. Run by incompetence.
Bullshit
I remember that. It wss reported that both Chelsea and United would be willing to cover the deferred wages
I'm hoping he does . FDJ would have been the icing on the cake but Casemiro and Eriksen makes us far stronger giving us time to bring the likes of Iqbal through
Not buying it. No chance we won’t move for him late in the window if there is a chance. Barca still wants him out and he still haven’t been paid his wages. This deal was never hinging on Casemiro. Still absolutely sure we gonna make a move. Just a week or so. You will see.
He was never gonna give up his insane wages for the next couple of years, you would need to give him something like 750k/week to convince him to come and he isn't anywhere near worth that.
And never gonna let you down or tell a lie
“shtop trying to make ‘ninja cyborg badgers’ a thing. no one will say it, you’ve got more chance of barcelona paying you what you’re owed.”
“that’s right, it’s us, the lethal weapons!” exclaimed murtough and rich in a disjointed unison which only hinted at their incompetence.
“i’m just three days from retirement,” said murtough as the elastic on his tracksuit bottoms finally gaveway, exposing his marvel superhero y-fronts. rich shuffled through a stack of creased papers, “now, franky baby, i’m sure you’re wondering exactly what these two definitely the right men for the job are doing here, along with this very professional looking dossier? well it’s no coincidence. we are manchester united and these are a printout of scouting reports that murtough got on his fm 16 save and before you sign for your new club, we want to convince you to come to manchester united instead.”
“but i’m already here to…” rich placed a finger on frenkie’s lips in a shushing motion. the only sound now was murtough fighting to get his trousers to stay up.
“hear us out. we think you will be a perfect fit in our midfield with casio and sony ericsson.”
“another shrewd sponsorship-cum-player deal from the absolute maestros” murtough interjected; missing a fist bump with rich.
“i know, that’s why i’m…”
“shush now, let me speak.” the only sound to be heard now was mikky rifling through the duty free trolley and buying all the perfume so she didn’t have to smell the porcelain faced wenches that would greet them as they made their way through border control.
“how much are they paying you? we’ll double it!” murtough shouted before returning his attention to the mustard stain on his t-shirt.
“but it is you who are..”
“christ, man! we’re busy people, we don’t have time for this. rich is up to level 5 on candy crush and i’m about to get sacked from the aldermaston job if i lose the crunch match against slough town this weekend on fm. i’ve lived every manager’s dream, starting out at the top with manchester united, and ending up in non-league football.”
“it’s what we all dreamed of as kids,” said rich as he wiped a tear from his cheek.
“it’s 350,000 a week, but in accordance with british press tradition, it will go up 50,000 with every bad performance.”
“like i said, we’ll double it, so that makes………..carry the three………. how does……………. 575,000 sound?” said murtough as he counted his fingers and toes.
“just take the money and we go!” shouted mikky, as the rain somehow pelted her whilst inside the plane.
“huzzah; another victory!” exclaimed murtough. “we need to run or we’ll miss our connecting flight to frankfurt. murtough has found and up and coming goalkeeper on his fm save, keith traps, and we need to snatch him up.”
I’m assuming Barca can get all their players registered and the circumstances we clung to are no longer applicable? Guess de Jong is going to sort his financial situation with Barca too.
Aah, well. I had hoped ten Hag was going to get his number one target. Monday’s result was great, but so much work still needs to be done on this team.
Aah, well. I had hoped ten Hag was going to get his number one target. Monday’s result was great, but so much work still needs to be done on this team.
To the Iqal Zidane thread
Ah yes, the two journalists who were reporting on the Casemiro transfer weeks before it happened
How do you go back to work after months of your employers desperately trying to get you to either leave your workplace against your will or give up money you are owed. It's so bizarre if we take it out of the context of football.
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