Hang on I thought we were told that getting de Jong was holding up all our other signings, and that our transfer business was shit because we could not do more than one negotiation at time, where did all those muppets go
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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I mean at this point they should just start tweeting “The floor won’t get wet if it doesn’t rain”.
massif noos
There are rumours that United are offering 375k per week for FDJ's services. Chelsea would be crazy to spend that big when they already have one of the best midfields in the League. This deal makes no sense to me unless they want to offload Jorginho.
That is somehow even more underwhelming than we predicted...
I'm sure he would join Chelsea over us, it would be a sensible choice if we're being honest. The only question is do Chelsea want him or would they rather save funds for a striker? I'm thinking the latter so De Jong is most likely still coming here.
They don't need to offer that much. Chelsea are in CL and are in London which has much bigger pull than Manchester. That honestly does impact their decision
The heady days of the blue butterflies seem so long ago
I expected nothing and was still disappointed
It’s just laughable now
We signed 3 players since then?
Huge if true
The London thing isn’t such a big deal as it used to be, in my opinion. Yes in certain cases but Manchester has grown massively and City have probably actually helped in that regard. It’s becoming a much better city.
Seems like Barca has already arranged their life after de Jong, and Frankie is the only obstacle on their way to happiness.
I can't see him staying there, he's playing his cards alright, and we're risking the entire transfer window on him choosing us. Fair enough.
I can't see him staying there, he's playing his cards alright, and we're risking the entire transfer window on him choosing us. Fair enough.
It’s a tactic to put pressure on both Frenkie and the fans. They will want Silva over Frankie as he suits Barca more.
Barca want De Jong to stay but only if he takes a paycut
De Jong wants to stay but won’t take a paycut
We appear to be at something of an impasse here
De Jong wants to stay but won’t take a paycut
We appear to be at something of an impasse here
Welcome to a month ago.
We have been at impasse for weeks
13 weeks.
It was an attempt at a joke on Barca going after Chelsea targets. Damn I suck.
I do agree it's much better than it used be (City definitely a key factor) but most people still see it as London vs the rest. If his girlfriend hates the idea of leaving Barcelona, she sure as hell will let him know her feelings about London vs Manchester
But even ignoring that, in a footballing sense we are low down on the pecking order of top clubs right now. Also Chelsea won't offer him peanuts. May not be as much as us but will be a good amount
For us yes, for him it's a cash cow. Feeds his twitch channel with updates every 5 year old can come up with and collects thousands of subs. Muppetery makes guys like him rich.
Mic drop
Huge impasse!
Seriously, are our suitcases full of cash not getting to their targets? Perhaps Prince Charles can help...
Seriously, are our suitcases full of cash not getting to their targets? Perhaps Prince Charles can help...
Yeah i kinda realised that after i replied... sorry haha!
How ironic would it be if Chelsea had 2 players hijacked by Barca, then helped them out by giving them €85m for de Jong
If he is going elsewhere then fingers crossed we get the thanks, no thanks message and can try to supplement our squad in other ways
Jeff Daniels
Sancho first summer was worse by a wide margin. 90% of updates was Fjørtoft tweeting "90-20-10" and no positive updates from reliable United journos.
Love it. This is the kind of cutting edge up to the minute breaking news that keeps this saga rolling, and keeps us coming back for more!Kante has gotten injury prone and they are open to letting Jorginho go I believe. The only saving grace here is that they need another CB and a striker. Werner looks on his way to RB on loan, with him gone they will be left without any natural strikers.
Him going to Chelsea would be the most hilarious icing on this shit cake. Would certainly lend credence to those "he's coming, he's agreed terms with United and ETH, you think if he hadn't. United wouldn't have backed out by now" posts.
Frenkie’s whole head is full of spiders. More come every day and the intracranial pressure increases. It can only end one way.
So many clickbait thread titles.
They should only be updated with significant developments like agreeing a fee with the club or personal terms with the player.
They should only be updated with significant developments like agreeing a fee with the club or personal terms with the player.
To be fair, there haven't been any updates on this saga since June. That was over 800 pages ago in this thread!
This thread hasn't really been about the transfer of FDJ for quite some time.
Buying what? He literally said that in an interview, what are you on about with this doom mongering?
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