Laporta is the biggest mug of all.
Laporte said De Jong wasn’t for sale because experts all agree he’s a world class midfielder. Before saying he wasn’t for sale he said lots of teams want him not just United like he was creating an auction. After saying he definitely wasn’t for sale he said he’d do everything to keep him but there’s a big issue around his wages.
It’s not true colours. It’s constantly being let down by our shambles of a board.
how does it sound anything like that
It’s not true colours. It’s constantly being let down by our shambles of a board.
What have they done wrong this time? Every reputable journalist has reported we've agreed a fee in principle and we're finalising the deal. What more do you expect from them?
Literally nothing has actually happened and yet look at the shitting of mars bars. So many of you are so used to things being bad you just go down the misery hole at every single opportunity. It's exhausting to watch.
So far nothing unless we do not have a plan b lined up
Hear hear
Well said. People take from his statement what they want to, but it's a jumbled mess of stuff.
Most likely he will stay and takes a huge wage cut. The other option is Laporta wants United to pay up, which is doubtful
If that was the case, i imagine it would have been done by now and we'd not be in negotiations for him to leave.
If he wanted to leave shouldnt we have agreed a deal a long time ago?
Why on Earth would he agree to that?
Doesn't work like Football Manager unfortunately. Barca hold all the strings and they can demand what they want, which is what they're doing by all accounts.
fecking hell. I’m having a day off here today. Absolute nuttersApparently it’s his dream club. Guess it would come down to how much he likes the lifestyle there and can he live off of say 150k a week.
But then he must be thinking if my wages have been lowered now, what does the future hold? What if the issues get worse? He's on borrowed time as the day will come when he HAS to go, and if he has a bad couple of seasons his value will likely plummet (unlikely but possible)
Yep i'm pretty sure he'd have a good idea of whether this transfer is dead.
Frenkie would go into his 4th season with barca should he stay. That's also the reason barca want either a wage cut or to sell him, since Bartomeu promised him a huge wage increase going into his 4th year.
If we've agreed a fee with Barcelona why would their president come out and say that they fully intend him to stay?
Indeed. No need for panic, yet.
To save face? To push the narritive that Barca aren't to blame and that economic factors played a huge part? To say they tried everything they could to keep him but HE didn't want to stay? To stay on the fans good side to enable him to have a good chance at reelection?
And? You utter muppets seem to think your club is so special that players who’ve been there barely 5 minutes are so desperate to stay that they’ll take massive pay cuts, it’s as fecking stupid as believing Messi was worth his wages due to revenue.
