It’s not going to happen because I think we’re waiting for Declan Rice next summer. But I’m saying IF the De Jong interest is real, it would only be reasonable to assume Azpi and Alonso would be used as some sort of makeweight.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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How does this not work for us then? Strange you put is this way and still think he's going to join us.
remind me, what's the record for transfer forum pages again?
1360ish Sancho the first
i can’t ever remember a 3 way swap deal so again id suggest not.
If was going to happen it would have already too seeing as the clubs met a few weeks ago
Very few footballers - if any - are "not going to be arsed" about £18m in wages.
Nice and first post on the page too. Kudos!
God, I love Johnny Cash. Great effort.
He needs to leave and United maybe a good place for him to find his form back. Honestly I was surprised United offered about 75m for him. I don't think he lived upto his reputation in 3 years in barca. He did ok, not terrible, but never lit it up. Sometime it just doesn't work perfectly. If I was in barca board, I will maybe pay his deferred wages and take the money from United ASAP. We save on wages and we have enough depth in midfield. Nobody else will pay 75m for him, that's for sure. When we have kids surpassing him in the midfield role, you know something didn't click properly.
De Jong wouldn't improve Chelsea that much, he would take United to a new level and United wouldn't fail to get into the CL, It's literally for one year.
some genius at Talkshite Radio says he will sign for us on the last day of the window... that pretty much assures me that he'll either stay put or go to chelsea
Not a direct 2 + cash for De Jong swap. More like we’d make the fees for Azpi and Alonso as small as possible to get them to Barca. Maybe even no fee for Azpi.
Again, almost surely not going to happen.
You wouldn't stop chuckling if it did though.
Especially if De Jong goes full troll at the unveiling saying he would only ever have left for Chelsea and as soon as he heard they were interested he was desperate to move.
If the reports from Spain are to be believed the wages aren't the reason why he doesn't want to join United. The reports make it seem like he wants Chelsea and as soon as they come in he'd be happy to go.
I have no idea whats going on, and neither do any of the journos it seems.
Id say it’s the least likely of any possible option on the table
Oh my we are really not getting him are we? Our midfield is fecked.
He's clearly not coming. Not to say I told you so but he'll sign with Chelsea after they submit their first bid while we've been begging him to join since June.
what did I miss?
Why was I even mentioned?
I don’t understand the stress. He is owed 17 million. Ergo we will get him on page 1700. It’s basic science people.
Unless we pull out, if Chelsea want to get him within the next few weeks they'll have to match our offer. I just don't see why they'd be willing to do that when their midfield is, at present, already overfilled and they are seemingly looking to make a number of other expensive signings.
Nothing, some on here are hilariously hysterical.
If you offered me the choice between De Jong and Rice I’d choose Rice. He’s a better fit with the other personnel we have in midfield. I wouldn’t be gloating if we got De Jong because I honestly don’t rate him anywhere near as high as this forum does.
Preparing a bid takes months, Chelsea have fecked up.
Nah, just backspace Kounde or Raphinha and enter FdJ‘s name.
The way I see it, if he truly wanted to go to Chelsea and doesn't want to come to United at all, he'd have told ten Hag and I imagine United wouldn't stick around, meaning Chelsea could bid whatever they were going to bid.
When Brobbey said he wanted to go to Ajax we moved on quickly. I don't see why we wouldn't do the same here. I fully maintain ten Hag has all the assurances he needs
I hope you are right, it does seem certain though that Chelsea are going to make a bid, and if they do then we have to question why they would do that if Frenkie has told them if he leaves Barca it would be to Utd
And that lasted 2 years
. My god what psychopath is driving so many pages up.And that lasted 2 years
Just don't say his name 3 times in the mirror.
I actually can't believe it's August and the situation hasn't changed in 2 months. Wow, what a mess of a transfer saga.
He's under no obligation to tell ETH that though, he will do what his wife/girlfriend and agent says
What stops FdJ from coming out and saying he wants to stay at Barca, but he's not opposed to joining United, Chelsea or Bayern?
If he ends up joining United, I want us to ban Athletic. Ban them forever!!!
Chelsea are after Cucurela, Dumfries/KWP , Fofana - which would take their spending to 250+.
Another 80 for FDJ ? Fine - good luck at Chelsea.
Another 80 for FDJ ? Fine - good luck at Chelsea.
We still have 30 days and only 159 pages to go. If we can't average 6 pages a day we may as well go home.
I honestly wouldn't like to speculate what De Jong and his agent are telling everyone right now; it's a complete mess in the media. I am reasonably confident, though, that Chelsea won't be offering the same amount for him that we are.
Because the word devilish is in the original lyrics on that line, most likely.
Exactly
And that lasted 2 years
3 people here are responsible for at least 125 pages.
Yeah pretty much
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