Does it really matter? I'm sure Barcelona won't sign any player they can't register for la Liga.
You are literally proving my point, why obsess over 1 guy when basically anyone will upgrade our midfield. Any capable midfielder we sign this summer will be a massive help, the world will not end if we don't get De Jong.
This isn’t the way to do business. You don’t just buy players because they’re an improvement on what we have. We’re trying to build a title winning team.
You also don't obsess over 1 player like he's the only person that could make a positive impact. To be clear here, I'm talking about the idiots in this thread, not the club. People acting as though Ten Hag will get us relegated without his precious Frenkie.
He’ll learn, the hard way. And I’ll be there every step to be a complete prat about it
Yeah that’s fair enough. If it’s true that Ten Hag can’t function without De Jong it reflects quite poorly on him.
He is the best striker, but you can't go past the fact that he's 33 and only has a few years left. He could have another 2/3 great season, but he could decline rapidly as well. With 30+ players you just never know and especially not when they're closer to 35 than to 30. It could be over any minute. Moreover, he is worth 0 next year because his contract runs out. 30-35m is not cheap at all in this situation. If he had a 2/3 year deal, then a fee in the range of 50m would be more appropriate, but for a 1 year contract it's a ridiculous asking price.
I fully agree with you, if you read that post carefully I did mention that I think it's ridiculous Barca are even offering 35m for a player that age in their current financial situation. I understand why they would sign Lewandowski, but if you're like totally broke you should not be spending on players that will only decrease in value.
Not At all.
Ruiz has never played that role and is pretty average, by average I don’t mean he is shit , and is an upgrade on mctominay.
How can that be true when we literally have the evidence of the contrary, e.g. this season… or the ones before.
I don’t believe it’s true. I’m responding to the poster who said people are acting like we’re going to be relegated without Frenkie. Obviously he was exaggerating but you get the sentiment.
and he’s wearing our shirt already, what transfer muppetTo be fair, there is a midfielder out there who's gettable and comparable on ability.
what happened? Did something change?
Fair enough. I just find it odd to see so many posts about this type of thing so early in the window. I'm not even sure we sign that many at the very end. I probably need to put this thread back on ignore for a while.
Fair enough mate, you've got us there. Let's just give them £100m tonight, empty the warchest and close the transfer window now eh?
Hi. Good Evening. How’s it going?!
Ornstein suggested in an interview with Hayters TV that the De Jong transfer can become long and arduous, so a significant number of people are reacting to that.
Actually Benzema is.
Uh ohhh... better just give in to Barca's demands and blow our entire transfer budget because we all want this done now now now!!
It was actually 1 year ago.
Behave, im going to bed.
Do you think the desire people to have it done now is solely the spoilt kid wanting shiny new toy or are is there some merit in getting him now, rather than say the end of the window?
I can totally understand why Bayern wants to keep Lewandowski unless an insane offer comes in for a 33 y/o.
There is some merit to getting him earlier but those people don’t really care about them. They’re simple transfer junkies who need their fix.
Yeah we cannot dither around until after the season has started, already not ideal it won't be done in time for the tour.
Before we can even start thinking about a title winning team we first have to build a team that can compete with Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs. Only then we can even start to think about the next step to challenge Liverpool and City. Would love to get De Jong but even a midfield of say Bissouma and Tielemans would have been a massive upgrade on McFred.
The lack of player sales is greatly concerning, hope you are right about deals being done quietly because not convinced
Glazer Appreciation Day?
Was never happening due to not knowing how much we had to outlay for De Jong
Yeah we cannot afford to put a hold on every deal for that amount of time, otherwise we really will end up in trouble
