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Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Good old Hugglesbone
The Athletic being party poopers. It's like they toss a coin on who to write negative articles
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Sport > ffpolo, obviously
Plus they already have options in his position. Their priorities are elsewhere.
Little reminder...
You can see ETH testing out Iqbal for that exact role. Plan C?
You can see ETH testing out Iqbal for that exact role. Plan C?
Fecks sake.
Walk. Away
Ah yeah there we go
Managing idiots by tweeting. Fact.
An agent's job is not to be a gentleman. An agent's job is to make sure all of his client's options are open.
Life is a rollercoaster, you just got to ride it.
Na, na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na, na
Keep the faith. Still nothing reliable in the Chelsea links and that Chelsea or Bayern line has been pushed for weeks. Bayern have even ruled themselves out
Batman?
Nothing like a Ronan Keating earworm to ruin my Tuesday
Bayern are supposed to be after Laimer I believe.
Apparently he doesn't think it's his job to ensure there are stipulations in his client's contracts accounting for deferred wages in the event of a transfer though...
Aye, ridiculous narrative.
The wheels were in motion if he simply fecked off 17m euros. He didn’t, so it’s painfully clear he doesn’t want the move.
If Chelsea came in though, he’d instantly forget about his 17m euros, cause “Champions League innit bro”.
fecking ell
Would make sense in a World where player and manager don’t have a great relationship and would simply bypass the agent.
11/10 United
5/4 Barca
9/2 Chelsea
25/1 Bayern
Money to be made wherever he ends up to be honest. If people are worried about Bayern or Chelsea then I’d lump on at those odds
5/4 Barca
9/2 Chelsea
25/1 Bayern
Money to be made wherever he ends up to be honest. If people are worried about Bayern or Chelsea then I’d lump on at those odds
The Athletic one is a nothing article. Haven't followed them that closely before but really came up some absolute content filler dross in recent weeks.
The Athletics' article on De Jong being more favorable to Chelsea, is purely based on the impression that top players prefer to be in CL clubs, which is a fair inference, but when the Athletic has solid info, they will mention that they have been told such info, using phrases like "been told", "sources tell the Athletic" and so on, see the difference in the same article written by Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson (both Chelsea journalists), one is related to De Jong, the other is related to Werner.
There we go, does this counted as a trusted source now?
Aggregator accounts posting without context? Shock.
Bayern wont buy him. Chelsea or us, and Chelsea could be dangerous. Think i will put something on them. Odds are pretty good.
That latest article is written by Chelsea journalists, reporting on Chelsea's activity in the transfer market, they mentioned that Chelsea is watching De Jong's situation, which is probably something they were told, but they do not have any links to De Jong nor to Manchester United (like Mitten & Whitwell), so that part where they mention De Jong would prefer Chelsea is purely their opinion without any sources telling them so.
The Athletic article is slightly concerning in the sense that it's a reputable Chelsea journalist reporting interest from their side. I still don't understand why there's no mention of the 17 million he's owed by Barca, though. (Unless there is and the aggregators just haven't decided to report that part; highly possible.)
The logic that De Jong would've been a United player weeks ago if he truly wanted to be here would be sound were that deferred payment issue not still looming large; with it there I'm not sure it's quite as simple as that article reportedly makes it out to be.
The logic that De Jong would've been a United player weeks ago if he truly wanted to be here would be sound were that deferred payment issue not still looming large; with it there I'm not sure it's quite as simple as that article reportedly makes it out to be.
Well to be fair, whenever Sport linked him to Chelsea we were saying there's nothing in it until the journalists close to Chelsea mention something. Now they did, I don't think we can swat it away that easily.
Still feeling optimistic, but I don't share the faith of my muppet brothers that he'd prefer ETH and us to Chelsea with CL and that stupid London factor. Not saying he'll 100% choose them, but it's definitely a possibility
I’ve been saying this all week but no one wanted to hear it apparently
Go back a few pages and you'll see an interview with Laporte that says you're wrong. It seems he and the new Chelsea owner, Boehly had dinner and have a good relationship. I'd be absolutely amazed if FDJ didn't get discussed or Laporte didn't at least float the idea. We know Tuchel is a huge fan, he was pushing PSG to sign him.
Apparently they have £200-250m to spend under FFP.
Why would Chelsea sign a midfielder on the ridiculous wages Frenkie is on? Don't see it personally
Because Barcelona want him out, and if he truly wanted out of Barcelona he would have forced the move to United and made them sort out the money they owe him.
No. Some Athletic articles are just opinion pieces, as have been debunked a week ago.
Yes. Do you want to name all the posters that are 'in the mud'? So sure of themselves and their understanding of what they think opposition teams do and do not want in the market.
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