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Frenkie de Jong - Part 2 - Chase Harder.
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This thread should be closed. This obsession with him is bordering on weird.
Only bordering?!
I was trying to be kind
Yeah Barella is a quality shout,however only seen him loosely linked to scousers
Good squad player, but we should look for even better options.
No way, would be one of the best midfielders in the prem. He's unreal.
Barella? He‘s good but not unreal. Frenkie or Bellingham are.
Don't see us signing either,therefore have to look elsewhere for Casa's partner
We should try (again), we have more pull now than we have had for many years.
A club like ours should always go for the best players.
We did for De Jong last summer and now the situation with him is more secure,in terms of Bellingham I suspect both City and Real are ahead
I think it’s pretty clear De Jong is a non starter now and Barca would try to sell the likes of Christensen, Kessie, Alonso, Torres and Roberto all before De Jong so I think we should go for Bellingham or if we think that’s a non starter due to price then Bennacer and Lavia plus we’ve Mejbri (who I see a lot of Modric in) back next season as well.
We should definitely sign this guy if we can. There’s nobody better in his position and he’s the perfect partner for Casemiro. But we can’t sign him so the point is moot.
What about Barella & Lavia instead,think Bellingham is a non starter like De Jong
This thread should be renamed to “Gaitan 2.0”.
Yup, I’d go for Lavia as the younger talent and one more established high quality passing CM.
I think Barella would struggle with the speed of the PL, I think he’s a good player but Serie A is so much slower than the PL that I don’t think Barella could replicate his form. On the other hand I think Bennacer could do despite also playing in Serie A as his game reminds me a lot of De Jong, of the two I’d choose Bennacer over Barella.
No we shouldn't. We shouldn't be signing anyone who made it abundantly clear he didn't want to join us last summer. He even was happy to take a pay cut to stop the move happening. His Mrs is apparently dead against the move to England too.
This thread needs to be closed. It ain't happening. Time to move on.
Everytime I watch him play he doesn't seem to be a player worth 80M and 400K-500k per/week salary.
Plus his love for Barca is inseparable. Leave them alone.
Plus his love for Barca is inseparable. Leave them alone.
This one is a bit boring. There's only so long you can get your hopes up around a player and be excited about them before the sheer overload of talk leads to fatigue. Usually you want players jumping at the opportunity.
If he's ETH main target then I'd probably allocate a set period of time in the window to assess the probability of this. And no way near as long as last time. As soon as there is any indication we're getting played or there is lack of forthrightness from the player or Barca I would be out.
Kovacic would be a good plan B, I think. Not as good but cheaper, covers some of the same skills, would allow increased investment elsewhere.
If he's ETH main target then I'd probably allocate a set period of time in the window to assess the probability of this. And no way near as long as last time. As soon as there is any indication we're getting played or there is lack of forthrightness from the player or Barca I would be out.
Kovacic would be a good plan B, I think. Not as good but cheaper, covers some of the same skills, would allow increased investment elsewhere.
Could see links to all of Bennacer/Barella/Kovacic pick up in the summer with De Jong now fully secure in that Barcelona first team
I’d be very happy with either Bennacer or Kovacivic, I’m sure I saw the other day that Kovacivic just turned 28 which is prime years for a midfielder and the fact he’s shown his class already in England means they’d be no settling in at all so if he’s available Kovacivic would be my first choice.
I’d be very happy with Kovacic.
I think I did say we can’t sign him. Um, yes, I did.
We can’t sign him if he doesn’t want to come here.
We can sign him if he changes his mind but that doesn’t look likely.
The question of whether we should sign him is moot. But, forgive me, I already said that.
We don’t need to close thread though. It will drop down the thread list if people stop posting in it.
What? Barca literally threatened legal action to make him either move or take a pay cut and he basically laughed in their faces. He didn't take any pay cut.
Reckon he will take the pay cut now if necessary as he's pretty much an automatic pick
I don’t follow your logic. Why would he even consider it?
He will do whatever it takes to help club
I never get that sense when I watch Frenkie play. That said I don't watch him consistently. I think he's a good player, but there's no performance I've seen from him for club or country that screams "unreal".
Then surely he'd leave like the club wanted him to?
Best midfielder in the PL when fit, but very injury prone. At 29 that could be a problem. Do not expect him to age well with all those injuries.
I highly doubt he'll just take a pay cut. If he gets offered an extra two years or so on his current contract then he might drop it a little, but I doubt it'll be much.
No he’s not don’t be silly.
Oh right. I didn’t understand what you meant.
I don’t think he will, though. He doesn’t need to. He’ll probably play out his contract, collect the deferred wages and leave on a free.
Probably not, but a great fit for us.
Careful now, there’re a fair number bellicose folk on here who’d happily berate you for even suggesting that!
I just don't see the attraction in FDJ. I reckon he would be a good squad player but not certain he'd walk into the team.
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He was excellent. I think it’s the beginning of the end for De Jong at Barca, mark my words.
They'd have to be absolute morons though, if I had to pick one player and call him the best in Barca currently that's him (not based solely on performance though, but a combination of talent, influence and contribution).
They've made their share of cretinous blunders though historically so it's not out of the question.
Did he play in MF for City at all? Even in their academy?
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