To whom? Not many can afford his salary + fee and are in desperate need of midfielders. I think it’s telling that no other club seems to be in for him.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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I stayed in Manchester for 3 weeks and I can understand why she might not like it, food is crap, the wheather is horrible but the people are generally nice.
This is why having an a good English core might be nice.
My issue though is why do City South American and Spanish contingent don't complain about this?
Excellent post! ETH knows that the squad is capable of better performances as evidenced in 20/21 season. He is probably going to bring them up to mark and those that still do not respond, will be replaced eventually.
I am sure that he is bringing in De Jong because he knows that midfield is heavily imbalanced (5 AMs - Bruno/Fred/VDB/Pereira/Sancho, 1 CM - McTominay and 0 DMs). Fred and McTominay were pushed to DM due to their workrate and defensive duties and that was why we had problems against teams with better midfields. With De Jong in, the midfield balance is slightly better with De Jong capable of playing as a DM or CM.
No idea, I’ve said a few times in this thread that we hold all the cards and should make them sweat for most of June. I’m always wary of someone swooping in last minute though, even more so if he’s coming here due to lack of other options.
Seems a waste if we get De Jong and play him at DM somehow
I'll talk myself into a Fred-DM-DeJong midfield being okay under Ten Hag if we don't get Frenkie, but I think this one is essential. Missing out on guys who can control the midfield like Modric and Kroos just killed for a decade and a half.
Because they’re winning titles.
This Di Maria thing is so much bollocks anyway, on many different levels. De Jong is Dutch not South American for a start. But even then, there’s been loads of South American and Spanish players who love/loved being in Manchester.
Not to mention we sold Di Maria the season after for about £10 million less. It’s not like we lost £60 million like some are making out.
Not quite, he is a DLP but not a DM. He’d need a Kante, Fabinho or Fernandinho type next to him to excel, I think he’d be poor alongside someone like Rice tbh.
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Its getting tiresome dont know who is telling the truth.
He'll play the role Pogba played in that he'll be the one collecting from deep, except he's actually excellent at it. If we sign a disciplined defensive midfielder to play next to him i think there will be a massive improvement, I think our defensive issues have stemmed from there being a complete lack of protection, and our attacking issues stem from the same areas of the pitch. in that we were unable to keep the ball and progress it if there was any pressure.
Which De Jong do you think we are signing?
De Jong is open to the idea of joining United but preferably would want to stay at the camp nou.
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Tier 1 for barca.
Always wonder at this sort of bizarre post on food.
As if all players are limited to just using some working class greasy spoon cafe.
Remember we chased Nunez for months only for Liverpool to get him. While what Reshad may be true, its also well know that Barca needs money. So they nust sell him.. BUT who's to say we don't dawdle again and someone else comes in with 80m and he goes elsewhere?
This should calm a few down who oddly thinks it's close.
He's away on international duty. It's highly unlikely that any reporter will know how he actually feels about the possibility of joining United.
Depends on the tactics. De Jong brings versatility and with the right tactic, he can play very well. For example, De Jong can be a DM while McTominay and Garner become the CMs (Diamond shaped midfield). In such a midfield combination, we can have McTominay and Garner helping more with the defensive duties as well as moving forward in attack, where the opponent will have to focus on these 2 more. De Jong will then play the Pirlo role in creating play since he has more space and freedom and he is also capable of defending, which will be useful during opponent's possession of the ball. De Jong can play as a CM in a 4-3-3 shape which will also make good use of his skills.
Oddly?
Considering Barca's notorious financial predicament, De Jong's form and the fact the kid is on a rather insane contract I ,personally, thought our opening bid was quite reasonable really.
We always do the running then someone scores the tap in like Fabrizio Romano does.
these things aren’t mutually exclusive and both could be true. Being open to a move to United whilst wanting to stay being his main desire just means he wants to stay but if his club wants to sell him he’s OK with a move to United
Yes, oddly. As there's just as many things saying it's not close as the opposite.
Barca want more money? All of the sudden FDJ wants to stay....
I think both are true. He wants to stay at Barca (this we all already know). But if Barca push him out he would consider united.
It quite obviously is, but if you enjoy negative news more than positive fair play to you, we’ve all got our kinks.
Yeah there’s absolutely nothing contradictory in what the two sides are saying, it’s just framed through a different lense
Just interested, what do you mean when you say the food is crap in Manchester? I mean, there is some incredible food available in the city; restaurants with great cuisine from all over the world. Just depends where you eat surely?
Weather: can't argue with you on that one.
The media basically just put 1 and 1 together and made up a story that we were chasing Nunez because we only had 1 recognized center forward and Nunez happened to be the best option of the available striker list. We certainly have scouted for him, as all scouts do at every club whenever there is a lack of options in a certain position. However it is the manager that decides if there is a strong need in that area, since they know what is necessary for their tactics to work. Nunez was never a critical option for us since ETH came in, but the media had to "sell" their stories, so they beefed up their stories to say that we were hunting him down but we lost out.
You have totally nailed it with last sentenceEh, per 90 minutes, Fred blows him out of the water for tackling stats.
There’s not much that McTominay is actually good at. It’s harsh and I don’t like being this absolute about our players, but true. The hope here is that we sign another midfielder to play alongside De Jong. In fact I actually think we need it massively. FDJ replaces the ‘Pogba’ we just lost, we need someone to replace the ‘Matic’ profile.
If you can’t find good food in such a diverse city the size of Manchester that’s more a you problem than the place itself.
I’m just gonna trust our tier 1s on this one, they’ve never been wrong in the past, they’re not going to be wrong now.
It’s also questionable if he would say in public. He’s a private kinda guy.
If many people are telling me it’s raining outside I’m looking out the window. There’s really nothing odd about it
I am not sure about the deal's status, but I am very sure that Barcacenter would want to protect Barcelona's pride by saying that nobody has looked for De Jong. They dont want to be seen as a selling club due to their financial situations, rather they want to be seen as someone who is still a force.
Yeah like you say we need that to provide balance
Barcelona need the money, sounds like no other interests in other players they need to sell or move on.
Have a list of players they want to bring in but can't due to financial situation, desperate to bring in Lewandoski as well.
De Jong to utd be done. Just matter of time.
Have a list of players they want to bring in but can't due to financial situation, desperate to bring in Lewandoski as well.
De Jong to utd be done. Just matter of time.
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