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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 @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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Sure mate, just like Kounde was done
I don’t doubt that they’re in for him, but I think we all panicked a little prematurely in here at the news and I think (hope) that Chelsea are being used a little to bait united
Are things going to be happening again today?
So have we gotten FDJ yet? 
Definitely not alone. I don't care about other teams or our final position. The main thing that matters to me is how is ETH able to affect our style of play. A very far distant second is points gained.
I had high expectations of Rangnick, and his first game was great but pretty soon it was all a mess.
So all I want is him to show his effect on our play.
Naa its not baiting. The Chelsea news is coming from the English journalists. They are definitely in for him.
Fill yer boots muppets, we're in the home stretch of happy delusion before we collide with cold reality as waves of McFred crash over us and dash us on the rocks of what could've been!
Yes, he starts Sunday, where have you been?So have we gotten FDJ yet?
Chelsea have bid £60m for Fofana apparently, where are they getting all this money?
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fecking hell man. Calm down.
Why are we counting none completed signings?
And who, aside from the reserve keeper from the MLS, (a Lee Grant-esque signing), Koulibaly and Sterling have they bought that makes the fourth?
https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc-chelsea/transfers/verein/631
I like Sterling, will do well. Stop being so fecking weird.
They’ve only spent 100m so far, bids mean little till they are complete. They can bid 500m, doesn’t mean they need to complete the signings.
So happy to hear that!! I've been down with Covid, you see, and all doped up on medication. So what number is he getting?
We are a few months away from Barca telling La Liga that they are playing half their home games in Saudi Arabia.
That's not true. Generally, you are bound by your declarations of intent for a certain period of time. You can't just go round bidding for players and then say: Nah just a joke mate. There are different ways to withdraw from declarations and contracts but as a general rule you are bound to them.
Which makes the question from the poster you quoted more than justified. How the hell can they spend so much
Of course you can
Clubs retract bids often. If not, you could offer the player 500 quid a week.
Not that I’m saying Chelsea are doing that, but they have bid on Kounde, Raphinha, there’s talk of a bid for FDJ, but none of those bid mean anything if they don’t complete.
You are not making any sense here I fear. And no you can't for no reason retract from a binding offer for no reason. Consumer protection rights often give consumer the possibility to withdraw from their offers or contracts but as a company you are bound by that.Of course you can
Clubs retract bids often. If not, you could offer the player 500 quid a week.
Not that I’m saying Chelsea are doing that, but they have bid on Kounde, Raphinha, there’s talk of a bid for FDJ, but none of those bid mean anything if they don’t complete.
As I say, you can simply offer the player shit terms. It’s not difficult to get out of a bid.
You’re not buying a house here, it’s a person. So no, the same consumer protection rights aren’t given here.
But why would anyone do that? There's a lot of work to be done before you put a bid in for a player, doing all that if you don't plan to buy him anyway doesn't seem logical to me.
21 which stands for 2 girls 1 cup.So happy to hear that!! I've been down with Covid, you see, and all doped up on medication. So what number is he getting?
feck me, read my posts again to you, I explained I don’t believe Chelsea would do that, or are doing that. But just because they’ve bid on a shit load of players, such as Kounde and Raphinha doesn’t mean they will end up spending it, or even that they are prepared to spend it.
Who is that? Reliable?
Hard to believe someone selling a subscription for transfer news
I highly doubt it as he's a Chelsea fan and podcast host with a few hundred followers.
Don't know how he would have such information.
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Contradicts that random Chelsea fan, shockingly.
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So they’ve been offered De Jong.
Barca definitely pushing this and hoping perhaps Chelsea will look at tempting De Jong with more money in his pocket?
Essentially do everything they can to get someone else to make up for these deferred wages.
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I think United have been after him for a long time and De Jong will know that.
Flattery often pays off in such situations and the player will feel very valued.
Especially being forced out at his current club, so total lack of appreciation
This is why I don’t think it’s as simple as CL football.
If it is, fair enough. Good luck Frenkie and Chelsea. Nothing that the club can do about that however you’d expect this was mentioned very early on as a dealbreaker.
But if he buys in to what Ten Hag wants to do (and he knows the guy very well from Ajax and has a great relationship with him), recognises the club very much appreciated him and have been essentially putting everything out since the end of last season to sign him, I think United have got a big chance of getting him.
What I will say is that if we are willing to pay the deferred wages then why the feck have they waited this long? Now that Chelsea have come in is the reason. If football was at the forefront of the clubs focus they wouldn’t care about the £17m and they’d have paid it weeks ago to ensure the manager gets what he wants. This club is honestly so frustrating.
So Chelsea pays what Man Utd are paying. So what? FDJ still insisting on his deferred wages. Back to square one.
Seems more like a Barca tactic to force Man Utd to panic and pay the deferred wages for Barca in order to force a move. And if they're lucky, a bidding war starts, even better.
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