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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) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
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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Yes that is mitigating I agree, but if we are being led to believe he is following his own transfer stategy at the moment, yes he has been severely let down, but at what point does bidding for Arnautovic being blessed become excused.
I am certainly not blamign Ten Hag, dotn get me wrong, but going for the right players and moving to these supposed transfer links in your first three months, he shouldnt be agreeing to that
Rio knows. Thats the post.
they’re stacked with new toys
Rio is the ultimate muppet... he knows what needs to be done
Exactly as I said a few weeks ago. Frenkie will start if he stays, he's too good.
Rio’s at the wheel.
You guys told me guys like like Romero, Jacobs, Law etc were the ones to watch. They have all said the same thing: he wants to stay at Barcelona, but Chelsea would be favored if there’s a move.
Vegas has Chelsea first, and fighting to stay at Barca second, and the people that set those lines do a LOT of homework.
So I wouldn’t say there are “few links”
We simply are witholding calling ours an “official bid” until De Jong agrees to be sold. Romero says the whole concept of “official bid” is meaningless in modern football. The teams have already held multiple talks and the numbers are agreed. We had an “official agreement” with Kounde and Barca didn’t, so …..
The idea that he is simply holding out for wages has been mooted.
You cannot have two free-spirited runners who need others to sit whilst they go galavanting off up field on their runs. One would have to compromise and defer to the other, which in this case would be Gallagher who would essentially have his wings clipped by a big money, big name and status player in de Jong. Gallagher’s powerful, un-inhibited running has earned him so many plaudits and it’s clear that to develop as he should, he needs to hone what he does. Morris is right in that if you get de Jong, that is highly unlikely to happen.
de Jong is by no means a sure thing and if he is not facilitated and catered for, whoever gets him will be in for a ‘shock’ as he needs to be free to do his thing and that makes him a deferential player - the absolute last thing a player like Gallagher needs, and ironically, a player that would prevent him from maybe one day becoming the same kind of focal point in a midfield. They may play different positions and one starts from deeper than the other, but a midfield with both of them in it most likely means you’re not getting the best you can out of one, or the other, or even both of them.
We should hire Rio as our Director of Football. Top muppet he is.
It is hardly just the scouting though. We havent jsut ignored the scouting network and had a poor scouting network...........we have failed repeatedly to get targets, happened this summer too.
I dont know enough at all about Ten Hag to know how good amanager he is, but Klopp was always special, was my choice to succeed Ferguson at the time. No doubting there recruitment has been fantastic as well as what they have got out of the players. As they were all good players, but I will hold my hands up and say never thought Mane, Salah, Robertson, Van Dijk for example were godo enough individually to reach the level of performances they have done.
But I am certainyl concerned, we seem incapable of doing the right thing on so many levels which is why we are the laughing stock we are at the moment, I still see us at a standstill or even a downward slope against other teams with a new manager....THIS was a pivotal summer for me in terms of changing the whole structure of the playing staff with a good 6/7 sales added to the free transfers leaving and a good 7players in to improve the first eleven aided by some youngsters breaking through. Only the very last part of that sentence can come to fruition as things stand, with some of these signings and continued poor performances....we could be entering another summer trophyless, a broken dressing room again and just as many players needing to leave yet again as should have left this summer.....with just as many needign to come in, that is a hgue concern, a disgace actually
Out of them 3, Law is the one to watch. Romero has been useless this window, he's very good normally, and does have sources, but this time he's been crap. Jacobs, god knows. He's not even on the tier list, he's new so no one really knows his sources, but he seems to opinionate a lot. The one people seem to place a lot of faith and trust in is Ornstein, and he's not really said much lately, just that Chelsea are interested but thats it.
Romano is usually good too, but he seems out of the loop on this and doesn't really have anything to add. In all honesty, i think this transfer is just above all of their heads. They're not sure whats happening or whats going on
If Rio was actually hired by the club we might be able to sign some good players.
Alot of other clubs use their ex pros as sporting directors etc so they can use the respect and image they have to speak with targets.
If Bayern and Madrid can do it successfully why can't we?
We've had so many top players but don't use them in this way. Rio would be top drawer at tapping up players that grew up watching him play.
Alot of other clubs use their ex pros as sporting directors etc so they can use the respect and image they have to speak with targets.
If Bayern and Madrid can do it successfully why can't we?
We've had so many top players but don't use them in this way. Rio would be top drawer at tapping up players that grew up watching him play.
The part about us buying forwards with the FDJ money a concern. Luckily it's the same guy who said we have a £20m budget
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I think he means money from Rashord
It's a massive waste of money isn't it
Has FDJ signed yet? Expected to know either way today? He was always most likely to stay, his heart and his missus enjoy the lifestyle too much.
Also if they give Rashford an increased contract after the last 2 years of performances then I'm done with them honestly..
Also if they give Rashford an increased contract after the last 2 years of performances then I'm done with them honestly..
Yeah that's just got my inner muppet going again
United have been interested since early doors and have met with club reps twice or three times. There's a transfer agreement between the clubs that has been reported.
To that, the player and his agent have all this stuff to deal with and it was always going to be a drawn out process, of which has nothing to do with any club but Barca. United are being added to something entirely out of their control. That's where the hysteria comes in.
Meantime, they've come to a point where they are speaking with alternatives because it literally has to come to an end in like 3 weeks time, whatever the outcome may be.
He’s doesn’t have a great track record though unfortunately
If De Jong actually fecks Barca over and stays beyond Friday.... We should be tapping up Frank Kessie for that scenario.
He wants to stay at Barcelona, so forget about that.
So does Frenkie, didn't stop us
If Barcelona suddenly feel like Kessié's not worth keeping, then sure. Hopefully he has a stinker or two in the training sessions until then.So does Frenkie, didn't stop us
Think the poster means if they cant register him in time
Right, I meant that as well. The clause to break the contract in that event is optional, so if he wants, he can stick around even after the first matchday. Up to now Samuel Marsden has reported that both Christensen and Kessié are okay with sticking around even if they don't get to play in the first match.
Yeah, thats true, but if they cant register him at all for the season I meant.
That'll become a problem from September 1 onwards, so until then, Barcelona have just more than 2 weeks.
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End game?
Muppets assemble
They called a board meeting over Rio's tweet
I think they're dealing with the 4th lever i.e. the sale of a further 24.5% of Barca Studios. They're having some problems with closing that.
Can we offer Barca Rashford as a throw in.
Surely he can’t want to stay now? Are there any bridges between club and player still standing?
The post was about Kessie
Oops my bad. Soz.
Alemany at the meeting -"What else can we do BESIDES paying Frenkie his money to leave to get these guys registered".
We've seen 14,000,605 alternate realities and all but one have McFred in midfield.
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