I am not expecting Ole to be around much longer.
Not really. Even Laporta admitted that he had underestimated the situation — hence them losing out on Messi's contract renewal. They still have Coutinho, Dembele & Umtiti being paid like best players in the league despite playing fringe roles. La Liga's restrictions on their spending leaves them barely any room for maneuver — and they lack a talismanic & consistent attacker more than they would miss De Jong if he was to leave (Fati is injury-prone and inconsistent, Depay is their best attacker but he won't win them the league, who knows if Agüero, another big-earner, will even play this season, the less said about De Jong #2 & Braithwaite, the better...).
I dont think Frenkie would want to come anywhere near United while Ole is headcoach (dig at Ole intended)
You'd be laughed out of the room mate. De Jong will soon be at the level of kimmich and co. And barca is already overflowing with central midfielders like gavi and pedri who have a higher ceiling that van de beek.
The messi renewal is an outlier. He earned 30% of the teams total wages. Ofcourse they'd struggle to keep him. And the days of Barcelona making 100 mil talismanic signings are over. Xavi will probably build through a strong midfield and hard working wingers. Your mbappe's and haaland's will never play at the camp nou under xavi. You're ignoring both the managerial and presidential changes. They won't be making huge splashes for a long time and selling their young gem to make one is even more unlikely.
As I've said, you only consider football perspective. They've lost almost half a billion dollars in the last financial year alone and were "technically bankrupt" as per their new chief executive statement (“When we came in this March, we found a club that was technically bankrupt; if it was a PLC, (the club) would have been dissolved”). It's not something that gets fixed by offloading a few of big earners, even if one of them is Messi. Note that they haven't got a big fee for any of their outgoing transfers.
Am I wrong or Griezmann hasn't been sold yet? It's currently a two year loan with an obligation to buy after a certain amount of games. They need to get cash in the near future and there isn't a lot of players that can provide that outside of De Jong.
I think there are three teams in the world right now that don't need him.
Depending on how things turn with Conte, Arteta and whoever manages United. Arsenal, Tottenham, United and PSG are options, I could see the two London clubs stretch their purses for someone like him.
Barca absolutely need de Jong. Busquets is going to be 34 and going into his last season. Pedri is an interior. Gavi is just starting out and nico hasn't even played 5 games. They'd be mad to sell a DLP like de Jong. The truth is the time to get him was when he was at ajax. It'll take something ridiculous to pry him away now. If he's sold it won't be for sporting reasons like that guy said.
Makes sense for Utd I meant, we could only hope Barca would take that deal.
Fair enough.. I just want him to leave there as he is massively misused.. Hard to watch...
Yeah, you're only as good as your last game on the Caf. Reported for omitting Kante, btw.Some on here thought he was overrated and not good enough for us
As i said, one of the best midfielders in the world when in form. Probably only behind Verratti for me.
Hes behind at least 5 Cm/Dms.Some on here thought he was overrated and not good enough for us
As i said, one of the best midfielders in the world when in form. Probably only behind Verratti for me.
Behind who? I don't think anyone even comes near Kante when it comes to ball winning and destroying the opposition midfield with sheer intelligence and energy.
It's a shame, really. I was hoping he'd be continuously underrated by everyone including Barca themselves.Some on here thought he was overrated and not good enough for us
As i said, one of the best midfielders in the world when in form. Probably only behind Verratti for me.
No. Xavi would never sanction a sale.
Never. He is a Barca fan and Xavi loves his kind of player
This is exactly what I've felt about DeJong since almost 3 seasons now.Some on here thought he was overrated and not good enough for us
As i said, one of the best midfielders in the world when in form. Probably only behind Verratti for me.
Kanté is the best CM in the world and it's not even close in my book. Unbelievable ball winner and carries the ball exceptionally well as well. He's got plenty of nagging injury concerns as well and still is peerless.
Not even close is hyperbole, Veratti is more than close for one, we see it every time there is a big CL or International game he simply doesn’t have a bad performance, I think if not for him playing in France he would be rated closer to the likes of Xavi and Modric, that’s how good he is, he is consistently the best player on the pitch any time PSG face a worthy European opponent as well as winning the Euros with a decent but not spectacular Italy side.
Nah, now of the above have even been ever close to being the MVP of their team winning league and continental titles. It is just Kante is nowadays having fitness issues.
To be fair Kante hasn’t been playing with Lewandowski Mbappe Neymar or Salah or he too wouldn’t be MVP of his team.
Very different player to Pogba, but it could work well.
Verratti wasn't even the best player in that Italy midfield though, Jorginho was easily better and Locatelli also played well when he got the opportunity.
No Veratti was better and in these CL clashes in the last 5 years Veratti has almost undoubtedly been the best midfielder or even the best player on the pitch each and every time.
Thiago? You're on the wind up surely.
Yes Thiago I think it’s you that’s on the wind up if you think that’s a bizarre suggestion, maybe you haven’t watched football for the last 10 years?
