He wont put in a transfer request.. He is due a large(ish) loyalty bonus.
The Barca media can spin it however they like.
The Barca media can spin it however they like.
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Well that depends on who you believe, some have said he has no interest, some say he's been blown away by our interest and wants to join.
Find it hard to believe we are going all in and continue to on someone who doesnt want to join.
I completely agree. It would make us look even more stupid in the market than we already do, and it would make ETH look a bit daft too, as he's desperate for him to join and must have recieved some kind of encouragement from FDJ.
Otherwise i'm pretty sure he'd have said walk away
If that article was written by Santi Ovalle, then no wonder it includes the piece that Frenkie wants to stay. That didn't read like new info to me in the article.
Hilarious.
There's no way it went this far if the player didn't clearly accept to leave... What a funny disaster it would be though 
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It seems like the guys at Cadena Ser covered the story from Lluis Miguelsanz from earlier today and also referenced their own article from a few weeks earlier. The aggregators hence went ahead and relayed the Cadena Ser news from a few weeks earlier without providing the context.
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Done deal is that's the case
Way too much for someone with his wages. A 65+15 would have been a much better balanced offer.
Shame that our fanbase and ETH neutered our negotiating power...
If that tweet is true, this is done. They're not refusing that.
Done deal (if true)
Before everyone gets their panties in a bunch about that other story, it's based on old information apparently
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I'm so done with this saga already and its not even July yet
Taken to the cleaner as usual, they make a profit on him after 3 underwhelming years whilst we can't give away our useless cnuts.
Well one thing this does is forces our arm to sell players because won't be much left after this deal
Top class player who definitely wouldn't be available if they weren't in a financial mess
We can't shiftt them because they are happy stinking the place out on wages they don't deserve and won't get anywhere else.
No need to be cute when you're the one lacking reading comprehension. We we're talking about players of his ilk, not Rice himself.
Yeah, no.
Thank god he never signed .... Imagine him and Maguire
That and he really doesn't want to leave... The only reason I think he'll still end up here eventually is because Barca are literally shoving him out the door (like Madrid did with ADM a few years back).
Looks like you’re right. Aggregator accounts gonna aggregate!
Yeah, that explains why the writer was not disclosed in the article.
Careful to use correct grammar when accusing someone of lacking reading comprehension.
If those fees are true 
that's a lot of money for a player who ain't worth it IMHO
that's a lot of money for a player who ain't worth it IMHODefinitely worth it, just a shame we are still hamstrung by a tight budgetIf those fees are true
Sounds like we're just about there on this one.just need to get Antony,Eriksen and a defender in and we might sneak into the top 4 or win the Europa league.
120m - 150m net is in no way a “tight” budget.
CB or RB
All the negotiating and waiting to end up paying over the odds anyway
Classic United
Classic United
€92m is a lot of money for a "flop" in this current climate. Our negotiating hasn't got any better then, it seems. I'd be happy with his signing, I just hope the fee doesn't affect us getting any more incomings.
I will respect your opinion for sure. Hopefully I will be wrong, anybody is better than no signing. I've just never rated De Jong that highly and a player like him in the clusterfeck that our team is... We shall see
Before we believe this - who is this guy? No blue tick - seems more of a Barca fan and aspiring journo. Anybody know more about him?
If he ends up costing 92 million euro he will have been worth it.
United are really trying sure it means FDJ wants to come to OT.
It would not make sense all this time wasted if the player doesn even want to come but we know how United operate and theres a possibility that FDJ has not reassured the club.
Anyways, classic United summer.
It would not make sense all this time wasted if the player doesn even want to come but we know how United operate and theres a possibility that FDJ has not reassured the club.
Anyways, classic United summer.
In this market and with the amount of players needed it kind of is.
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