The league games we play this month are so many that they will have a big impact on where we finish which will have an effect on next summer too.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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No, it came from Mitten among others, if I remember correctly
What is positive this week is that Any Mitten have been very negative on De(ferred) Jong coming to United, but it seems that he has spoken with someone in the club and now suddenly is way more optimistic about him coming here.
And van der Kraan, who is usually quite reliable and not an attention seeking bullshitter.
New Athletic podcast tomorrow with Mitten. We’ll get the latest by lunch time tomorrow, until then I’m not believing any of the Chelsea noise
Aye which is rare from him, as he's a proper negative muppet generally.
Of course they will. It’s a deal Woodward would make and would leak into every other deal they make elsewhere. It’s a symbol of their mentality.
If we pay the 17m then we’re mugs. Simple as that.
Yeah uniteds guys have been over many times too. We know chelseas owner went over for a dinner and made a few calls but thats it. He was also told no by de Jong too?
So it wasn't any less reliable than the Chelsea line of only bidding if De Jong agrees to join
We have two young midfielders who imo have the potential to develop into the controlling/connector role ten Hag requires. Both Zidane Iqbal and Hannibal Mejbri have the potential to be that player, and Mejbri was utilised as the connector by Monaco at youth level. I think we should give both Hannibal and Zidane chances and also bring in players like Rabiot and Matheus Nunes if de Jong isn't a option.
I’m sure @Bluelion7 has just set up camp here to WUM
Mitten has often been hopelessly deluded in his reporting about United, more like a member of the club pr department than journo. He is also probably informed by someone at the club who is hopelessly deluded
No desperation from me. I just try to see it all rationally, which is why I don't fully believe everything that's posted, even positive stuff. They have no clue what's going on
the desperation is what sets this saga apart from the others for me
Hearing good stuff about that guy, don't suppose there are any links?
How do people think Chelsea are better run? Sure under Abramovic they were, but they lost their entire football operation when he sold up didn't they? Their new owner has zero experience of running a football club and has drawn plenty of fan criticism for his headless antics chasing players around Europe. If anything it's unknown how well run they will be moving forwards.
They have CL football, but not guaranteed next season. The fact is 2 of the big six will sit out the CL every year, and Chelsea right now are much closer to Spurs, Arsenal and us than City and Liverpool. Their squad isn't even that great imo - fullbacks aside it's not like their midfield or forward options are pulling up alot of trees.
This Chelsea link could be an attempt to push us into paying his 17m in one go.
That said, feck Murtough and Arnold with a spiky stick.
They have CL football, but not guaranteed next season. The fact is 2 of the big six will sit out the CL every year, and Chelsea right now are much closer to Spurs, Arsenal and us than City and Liverpool. Their squad isn't even that great imo - fullbacks aside it's not like their midfield or forward options are pulling up alot of trees.
This Chelsea link could be an attempt to push us into paying his 17m in one go.
That said, feck Murtough and Arnold with a spiky stick.
We have to pay up now or totally lose face
Yeah but he himself is basing it off his own assumption surely
Much rather this than buy slop for the sake of it.
Mitten has sources
I believe in you young muppet padawan! Channel all your muppet force and you will see the light again
Excatly mate! Im glad that im not the only one thinking this.
There have been none for the past month or so. The only way Nunes leaves is if a club triggers his €40m release clause.
Disagree we should pay up if he is THAT important to the manager
Paying 17m is losing face! That shows as much cuckery as De Jong is exhibiting.
He isn’t KDB, he’s a Dutch player who has been underwhelming for Barca for a few years now.
Which wouldn't be the end of the world if we can't get Frenkie, I suppose
This is exactly where I'm at.
We're going to be a mess anyway, with or without de Jong. I'm feeling very zen about the whole thing now.
Always think of Sneijder when I hear him speak
If FDJ wants to join Chelsea, thinks we’re a total mess and Barcelona are unable to register signings without him getting sold - why in the name of feck would Chelsea pay his deferred wages and the 85m euros fee? They hold all the cards. Makes zero sense.
Is it possible to see how many times the word ‘embarrassing’ has been used in this thread?
I feel that Mitten is often careful in what he says about transfers and rumours linked to Manchester United.
He has very close connections to Ten Hag whether you like him or not
Exactly, even during Fergie's days we were regularly priced out of the market for global talent. We rarely deal in the top tier market until Woodward came in. We did broke the transfer record a few times but mostly for British players (cos of the British tax) and other Veron, I think every big transfers did well.
Yeah, two of which said the player wanta Chelsea.
He's Erik's top target that's why
What is this nonsense? Ten Hag and the club can do no more than agree a fee with Barcelona and get assurances from the player that he is open to joining. Beyond that there is absolutely nothing the club can do.
If the issues with FdJ are our current footballing status, unlikelihood of trophies and lack of CL football then that is 100% on the players for the abject dross they’ve delivered on the pitch, season after season, swanning around on massive wages like they’ve already won it all and don’t need to put in the effort, despite high-profile, successful managers being appointed to coach them.
I see a lot of posters think we’ve got some strange entitlement to top players because we’ve got history and used to be an elite team 20 years ago. Wake up; we’re no longer a top team, we can’t attract elite players (unless we offer them ridiculous wages that makes them impossible to offload in the future) and we can’t give players the chance at the one thing that should motivate them beyond all else - silverware.
Thats that then. /thread
Must be nice to have an owner that cares about putting a winning team together.
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