Again... Interested. Not making a bid, or in talks, just interested.
Does anyone actually know whats going on, or are Barca deliberately trying to muddy the waters here?
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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Does anyone actually know whats going on, or are Barca deliberately trying to muddy the waters here?
That's fair enough although my counter-point would be that Chelsea are signing and are interested in genuinely good players but once you look at all the players from a macro view, it doesn't make much sense. Like what would be Chelsea's plan with FdJ? Are Chelsea playing a back-three? How many of Havertz/Mount/Gallagher would be able to start? Would Kovacic really be complement FdJ all that well? I'm kinda of the opinion that Boehly thinks signing good players will be sufficient without realising that how the players all fit into the team is an even more essential point (In baseball, fit wouldn't be near as much of an issue in terms of tactics)
Did he? First i've ever heard about that, and it wasn't reported anywhere?
I don’t think that’s egg
Its in Manchester Evening News pal
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Oh yeah they are there to hurry us along
Don't you think something like that would have been printed elsewhere other than just the MEN?
Maybe Raphinha is the other player Chelsea want to sign - they’ve lost 150m down the sofa 
Oh nooooo whatever will they do?
Lever number 4? No register shiny toys?
Supposedly only €100 million anyway. They need money
Barca are fecking idiots. Just stop signing players you stupid cnuts it’s not hard.
Can you prove this?
Also Chelsea aren’t Russian owned or bank rolled anymore. I accept it bought them to prominence, but they are maintaining it because they have a great manager and a great team. They aren’t going to go away just cos Roman did.
If they were trying to tempt Cheslea into making a bid, they better turn on the full charm offensive now and apologise wholeheartedly for stealing two players from them!
Whats wrong with the MEN? Dwight Yorke is actually quoted and no doubt has connections from his time with us. Are you doubting their integrity? You're kidding yourself at this point pal. Let's see what happens. He would be here if he wanted to be. Still hope it happens but looking increasingly unlikely.
It's actually from an interview that was published in safebettingsites.com. MEN just decided to create an article on it.
https://www.safebettingsites.com/2022/08/03/dwight-yorke-speaks-to-safebettingsites/
That’s two times in the last two summers that they’ve tried cheating FFP only for La Liga to audit the shit out of them and put them in their place.
Of course Barca fans on here will tell us different
That's amazing! What? You mean playing footy manager in real life with complete disregard for the future security of the club wasn't the best plan? Damn.Tweet
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The other Barcelona player that Chelsea are interested in.
Nothing is wrong with the MEN, but i find it quite odd how de Jong will talk and give info to Dwight Yorke, but no one else? Bit odd that don't you think.
Still, i'm not kidding myself into anything. I'm waiting and seeing what happens, and if he doesn't come or goes to chelsea, so be it. I'm still as optimistic as ever thought and think United will go into desperation mode if needed
this is a work from barca. laporta did everything he could to keep frenkie but in the end they had to get rid and activate the 12th lever.
It's been said that until a new sporting leadership is put into place, Tuchel has the final word on any new signing or transfer target so it's not Boehly himself deciding who to go after but rather it's mostly Tuchel who makes the call and Boehly is just the money man who tries to make the signings happen.
Now it has to be said I have no idea whether it's a good idea or not for Tuchel to be given all that power because he's on record saying he rather enjoyed the rigid recruitment structure in place under the previous regime and he mostly just wants focus on the actual coaching but until a DoF can be appointed that's how it's going to be. As a Chelsea fan I just hope Tuchel's targets are carefully picked to fit the needs of the squad and the game system but whether that's a reality I can't say for sure and only time will tell.
You can’t do what they are doing in FM. They have much stricter rules in the game.
Barca are a bunch of palancas! (sell us Frenkie! Have you seen muppets riot? It ain't pretty!)
Still have my doubts we are able to do anything to overcome this wages issue, only need to look at Ducker's tweet to see it's a major problem which still isn't resolved
Okay thanks for clarification but its still his reading of the situation after speaking with him
Eventually, one of these times, La Liga will realise the €150m discrepancy is actually in Barca's favour and then we'll see who's laughing, as they go on a spending spree, the likes of which hadn't been seen since around 10 days earlier.
And even still, it doesn't say that CL is as big an issue as money for de Jong, it says that where he is, he has the opportunity to play Champions League football, not that moving to United would be an issue due to them not having it this season
Yorke: "I had a conversation with Frenkie De Jong at the All Star game (A-League All Stars vs Barcelona in May), and you know before that would’ve been a done deal (De Jong to Man Utd) and you look at his circumstances where he’s playing with a massive club and even though the money is an issue he has the opportunity to play CL football there. The players we are chasing are in such powerful positions it’s very difficult to lure them away to come to United. The club have kicked themselves in the teeth and can’t attract the best players any more, no CL football is a serious issue and it’s getting more and more difficult by the year. Players and agents are looking from the outside and thinking ‘that is not the place I want to be right now with all that stuff going on’. So we need to get that turned around and get the club back on track."
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In all seriousness, what more could Arnold and Murtough have done? It's not for lack of trying - it's all Brokealoaner's wanker behaviour and financial irresponsibility.
Barcalever just need to give up now and declare bankruptcy.
As i've speculated, i think United will have a plan for that if they absolutely have too and it's the only way to get him here.
They don't want to pay it, as they shouldn't and i don't want them too, but if it's ten Hags priority player, and he's desperate to get him, i can see them paying it to de Jong as an add-on to his contract over the life of it. Just my opinion but it seems to be the logical way of doing it and theres no legal thing stopping them doing it is there?
Good move for Aubu. Nobody ahead of him in the peaking order and he’s a better player than Werner.
Typical Chelsea signing. Keeps them afloat.
I hate new U2 almost as much as I hate this transfer. Apt tune though. See you tomorrow les muppets!
Chelsea might as well bid for Raphinha and Kounde at this point
Damn what a “tsunami”. Could care less if they sign him.
Yorke clearly didn’t understand the conversation he was having and no one is surprised. If he had this conversation with Frenkie’s woman I would believe every word he said.
The article reads very differently to FDJ actually saying no UCL would be as big a problem as the money. The UCL comment just sounds like an opinion from Yorke.
If they are going for aubamayeng, that may mean Sesko to Utd is on as chelsea are possibly looking elsewhere instead.
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