Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

[Sandikan]

We're like that guy who asked one cute girl if she wanna go to the prom with us. For 3 months we're waiting for her to replied but received none. At least it's blue ticked so we knew she read it. We hold to the thought she still hasn't blocked our number and that's a good sign. That might be a chance our little brain keep saying. Plus everyone knows that we did share that chemist teacher though we're not in the same class . We're keep checking our phone every single day to see if she would reply. But we know if she did reply we would've get the notifications. We're in fact set a special notification for her so we won't missed it.

We've been waiting and waiting for the reply. The prom is coming soon and we're still don't have our date. Some friends been telling us "ya know there's other girls who might interested with you right? They might not be the be dancer ever grace the dancing floor, but they sure can dance pretty good our friends said" We keep telling them "Nah I'm good while keep checking the phone". So we open the Instagram and scroll her profile to see if she might post something. We read the comments and we saw something that make our heart felt something weird. We saw this comment from a guys asking here " Hey if you still don't have a date for the prom, is there any chance you wanna go with me? wink emoji" Lo and behold you see that she "heart" that comment. What's that means? She wanna go to the prom with that guy? But we already asked her right your inner voice says. You feel sick to the stomach. You know that guy. He's the guy that people said has a slightly better hair than you with a new car he just bought with his grandparents trust fund.

So you put down the phone and go shower.

Ahh brings back bad memories.

That Slight doubt they haven't read it and the dreaded second text even though we all know when they're keen they contact you.

 

[Compton22]

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Have they even made any sales yet? Plus, from what I've seen, no one is going for big money

 

[Mickeza]

To be honest, if it's De Jong or bust, it was about time to shit the bed and pay up. We tried to avoid it, didn't work, so I'd rather we pay up than miss out on Frenkie

Depends on if we know he wants to come and if the Chelsea interest is just noise. If that’s the case then Barcelona are approaching desperation stage - they can’t register all their new signings - so I absolutely wouldn’t be paying those wages at all.

 

[BlackShark_80]

Have they even made any sales yet? Plus, from what I've seen, no one is going for big money

Not yet.

 

[TheReligion]

I also enjoy seeing people coming in here making comments like;

‘Can’t wait for the meltdown’

It’s very amusing when you know it’s actually them having the meltdown and projecting on everyone else

 

[hellhunter]

I also enjoy seeing people coming in here making comments like;

‘Can’t wait for the meltdown’

It’s very amusing when you know it’s actually them having the meltdown and projecting on everyone else

Good points, the regulars of this thread are fairly relaxed and calm, whenever a negative tweet is posted the meltdown comes from exactly those coming in to spread some panic

 

[Counterfactual]

Ahh brings back bad memories.

That Slight doubt they haven't read it and the dreaded second text even though we all know when they're keen they contact you.

Would the lovelorn please get back on the muppet Express? This isn't the thread for angst and drama!

 

[Compton22]

It’s odd. I keep hearing the club is showing no ambition either when chasing down De Jong is the very definition of being ambitious. Maybe overly so in fact given we don’t have CL football.

May as well go for De Bruyne, Salah, Son and Haaland as well while we're at it. If we fail, ah well, at least we were ambitious am I right?

 

[LawCharltonBest]

To be fair the only real alternatives are Neves and Tielemans (despite not being similar players) and they are still available anyway.

We won’t sign those either way, De Jong or bust!

I guess you’re right.

United will obviously know much more than any of us, and the fact they’re still pursuing it must indicate something is encouraging them

It would also be ridiculous if Chelsea sign both Fofana and De Jong. 300m net spend. United must make more money then them, yet seem to be on a third of their budget over the last few years

 

[TheReligion]

May as well go for De Bruyne, Salah, Son and Haaland as well while we're at it. If we fail, ah well, at least we were ambitious am I right?

Doh! you don’t get it do you?

 

[Tweek]

Is all the Chelsea news coming from Romero?

That guy is a total chancer... all his tweets are full of words like 'likely to' and 'probably'. He is either knowingly peddling Barca spin and giving himself an out afterwards, or he is making shit up just to stay in the mix.

 

[Jim Beam]

Barcelona putting pressure on United with Chelsea links makes sense especially as they need to sell him now. But wouldn't we know that's bs simply by calling his agent or ETH contacting de Jong?

 

[Compton22]

Good points, the regulars of this thread are fairly relaxed and calm, whenever a negative tweet is posted the meltdown comes from exactly those coming in to spread some panic

I've actually been quite optimistic this will be done for the most part. But then the grinding reality of what we are as a football club brings me right back down to Earth. Don't know why I keep doing it to myself

 

[hellhunter]

Is all the Chelsea news coming from Romero?

That guy is a total chancer... all his tweets are full of words like 'likely to' and 'probably'. He is either knowingly peddling Barca spin and giving himself an out afterwards, or he is making shit up just to stay in the mix.

Unfortunately no, there are reliable sources reporting/speculating on the Chelsea stuff

 

[phelans shorts]

Barcelona putting pressure on United with Chelsea links makes sense especially as they need to sell him now. But wouldn't we know that's bs simply by calling his agent or ETH contacting de Jong?

The agent wouldn’t weaken his negotiating position like that.

 

[TheReligion]

Good points, the regulars of this thread are fairly relaxed and calm, whenever a negative tweet is posted the meltdown comes from exactly those coming in to spread some panic

The regulars in here whilst being positive see are in the main having a laugh.

The aggressive meltdowns and argumentative nonsense comes, as you say, from the other group who simply can’t wait to pounce on anything negative.

 

[Brownie85]

Is all the Chelsea news coming from Romero?

That guy is a total chancer... all his tweets are full of words like 'likely to' and 'probably'. He is either knowingly peddling Barca spin and giving himself an out afterwards, or he is making shit up just to stay in the mix.

No, the Chelsea news seems to be coming from Barca.

It would make sense seeing as most of it is being reported via Sport, Romero etc, and the UK journos aren't really picking up and reporting on it as any kind of huge story.

 

[phelans shorts]

Unfortunately no, there are reliable sources reporting/speculating on the Chelsea stuff

Also Harry Redknapp, for some reason

 

[JPRouve]

Good points, the regulars of this thread are fairly relaxed and calm, whenever a negative tweet is posted the meltdown comes from exactly those coming in to spread some panic

That's the difference between true muppets and plastic muppets. For the former every transfer window is our transfer window and next will also be ours while for the plastic ones every day is doomsday.

 

[Compton22]

Doh! you don’t get it do you?

That comment was very tongue in cheek I apologise I get what you're saying, it's just frustrating as all hell when it appears to not be going to plan.

 

[TheReligion]

Barcelona putting pressure on United with Chelsea links makes sense especially as they need to sell him now. But wouldn't we know that's bs simply by calling his agent or ETH contacting de Jong?

Yeah which would explain why we are sticking to our stance as being comfortable and releasing that we are frustrated by the deal and the time it’s taking.

 

[Brownie85]

The regulars in here whilst being positive see are in the main having a laugh.

The aggressive meltdowns and argumentative nonsense comes, as you say, from the other group who simply can’t wait to pounce on anything negative.

I'm positive, calm and just here for the banter and discussion.

It seems to be the randoms who come in, meltdown, have a go at people, then just vanish until the next load of negativity comes out. They never appear when anything positive is said though

 

[McGrathsipan]

My fingers are ready to type hard if that guy chooses Chelsea over us after we chased him all summer

Don't do it

 

[Mr Pigeon]

The scenes when the BBC announce that Frenkie has agreed a transfer to Newcastle

 

[golden_blunder]

I doubt if he can compete against Abramovich who subsidised the club with a £1 million per week shortfall for nearly 20 years.

Let's see how 'ambition' Boehly is after a few seasons.

It was already explained to him by @Adnan i think that the new owner had to agree a deal with a supporters trust that he would invest 1.7bn in the team if he was allowed to buy the club. I think that number is split between stadium improvements, team and a few other things. Once he meets those obligations there is not guarantee he will spend another penny

 

[CM]

Exactly. ten Hag himself has said it’s basically Frenkie or nobody. It’s been reported that he doesn’t want us to simply sign someone for the sake of it, and that the player actually has to fit the system.

If he wants to go into the season with McFred and Donny - his funeral - but it will be his choice.

I don't think he actually has made that distinction yet. The line about wanting the right players is a vague, generic one that could easily be said to placate the fans/media ahead of the new season.

If we don't have a contingency plan for de Jong, I would agree that's poor and ten Hag has to take his portion of the blame. There have been conflicting reports on whether he does or not.

The lack of a forward, or even a right back, suggests to me he hasn't been given full backing either, as things stand. The players we've brought in are fine, but I'd argue none of them were exactly positions of priority.

The season has started now and every other top 6 team has spent more than us when we had by far the most work to do.

 

[Brownie85]

The scenes when the BBC announce that Frenkie has agreed a transfer to Newcastle.

The scenes? Piles and piles of dead muppets scattering the landscape... biblical scenes

 

[hellhunter]

The scenes when the BBC announce that Frenkie has agreed a transfer to Newcastle

Chelsea rejected again, embarrassing

 

[TheReligion]

That comment was very tongue in cheek I apologise I get what you're saying, it's just frustrating as all hell when it appears to not be going to plan.

I don’t think the club can win really.

I will be pissed off if we don’t make any more moves in the window (we will) but I’m also very much for not spending for the sake of it.

The doom mongers seem to just enjoy the buzz of new signings in my opinion and aren’t thinking logically.

 

[Red00012]

We came 2nd with Mcfred before, you're overreacting.

The problem is that all of Chelsea , Arsenal , Spurs , Scousers and City have improved dramatically . It’s night and day comparing now to back then.

 

[Grylte]

This is the longest transfer thread now, isn't it?
How sad and pathetic if we don't get him

 

[hellhunter]

This is the longest transfer thread now, isn't it?
How sad and pathetic if we don't get him

Not quite, still thirtyish pages to go to the record

 

[Compton22]

Question for those who are relaxed about this situation and think the Chelsea interest is a ruse:

I don’t think the club can win really.

I will be pissed off if we don’t make any more moves in the window (we will) but I’m also very much for not spending for the sake of it.

The doom mongers seem to just enjoy the buzz of new signings in my opinion and aren’t thinking logically.

I agree, especially if it was a Pogba type signing or a signing with no thought about how he could improve the team.

FDJ feels like a game changer though. Wouldn't make us title challengers sure, but makes our top 4 prospects much brighter for sure. And he would fit into ETH's planned system like a glove. I'm way too invested in this for it to not happen now.

What if it genuinely didn't happen? What is our next move?

 

[Pirlo'sBeard]

There is no way Frenkie De Jong joins Chelsea. Romero is guessing. Clearly out of the loop.

We wouldn't be chasing him for months unless he's given Ten Hag some assurances.

 

[ayushreddevil9]

Color me surprised.

 

[avgp_1]

‘Probably’.

He is guessing, he doesn’t know.

Things are happening*


*Probably

 

[Compton22]

There is no way Frenkie De Jong joins Chelsea. Romano is guessing. Clearly out of the loop.

We wouldn't be chasing him for months unless he's given Ten Hag some assurances.

Romero. Get the feeling Fab wouldn't like to be compared to Barcelona's mouthpiece

 

[hellhunter]

There is no way Frenkie De Jong joins Chelsea. Romano is guessing. Clearly out of the loop.

We wouldn't be chasing him for months unless he's given Ten Hag some assurances.

To be fair, those assurances could have been made well before there was any Chelsea interest. Not saying this is the case here, but things change. We could have been his landing spot if he needs to leave Barca before Chelsea were involved

 

[ayushreddevil9]

There is no way Frenkie De Jong joins Chelsea. Romero is guessing. Clearly out of the loop.

We wouldn't be chasing him for months unless he's given Ten Hag some assurances.

Maybe, MAYBE the amateurs in charge of transfers at Man Utd thought it was a one horse race?

 

[sglowrider]

It was already explained to him by @Adnan i think that the new owner had to agree a deal with a supporters trust that he would invest 1.7bn in the team if he was allowed to buy the club. I think that number is split between stadium improvements, team and a few other things. Once he meets those obligations there is not guarantee he will spend another penny

I guess he will flip it after the 1.7B investment comes to fruition.