I know that he can play there but the reason they can sell him is because it's not ideal, he said it himself.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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De Jong will help us keep the ball and move it forward better, we will still be open at the back without a proper dm though.
The long-trip journey will be finished. Congrats
I think there's many reasons why they are selling him
A- Barcelona are spoiled for choice in CM. They have Gavi, Nico and Pedri who are awesome while they look set to sign Kessie as well. Kessie and Gavi can't be signed (or given contract renewals) unless they get rid of De Jong.
B- Barcelona need money and De Jong will be on a monstrous salary next season
C- If Barcelona tried to sell one of their homegrown gems then the fans would burn the stadium. It would be like us selling Scholes when he was in his mid twenties to keep Veron. It ain't happening. The only midfielder Barca's board can sell for good money without losing their heads in the process is De Jong
D- De Jong had been neat but not exceptional. That is down to many factors including Xavi not being able to use him correctly and him being a former homegrown talent himself. If lets say we had Scholes as manager then we're more likely to play and keep an on form Rashford then an on form Martial simply because the former is a homegrown talent. Homegrown talent tend to stick together.
Barcelona have two young players who have similar qualities as De Jong: press resistant and good dribblers.
They are getting rid of FdJ because he is on high wages, can be sold and because he is not Spanish. We are lucky he is available.
Now stop moaning, it is pathetic.
Is there anything related to FFP (or whatever La Liga's rules are) that means Barca won't want this done until such a time they can reflect it in the upcoming seasons figures, rather than "this" (last) season?
Yes, supposedly.
I agree. However things would change with De Jong. I mean last year we had two options. One was Pogba who he himself admitted that he's a liability defensive wise. The guy dilly dallied too much with the ball, he hated defending and he was absolutely hopeless in it. The other option was McFred who was far better defensively but had no idea what to do with the ball afterwards. I have a sneaky feeling that United will pair De Jong with one of the latter and see if they can hold up to next season. Then they'll go for Rice next summer. We prefer few big names as opposed to multiple targets
Reddit saying Nike subsidise some of his wages at Barca 
Barcelona haven’t even played him in his best position as that’s been taken up by Busquets.
Ironically his stint at Barca has been about making way for their homegrown guys, from actively playing to now leaving.
Ironically his stint at Barca has been about making way for their homegrown guys, from actively playing to now leaving.
I agree that's what we'll do, Fred will most likely be De Jong's main partner. Let's just hope it's enough to get top 4.
I like him, I think he's a good player and obviously improves us, but I do have my concerns about signing tbh.
I hope so as well.
De Jong is a no-brainer signing IMO. But he should be played in the position that he's most comfortable with.
DONE DEALIO
He knows what he's doing.This is peak Simon Stone. Confirm that the clubs have agreed a fee, but then word it like the deal could collapse quicker than a blackhole
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/soc...greed-to-subsidise-wages-sources?platform=ampReddit saying Nike subsidise some of his wages at Barca
He doesn't have the physical heart to be running at that speed for more than 35 minutes near the end of his United career but you can't fault his actual heart. A funny guy, a winner and makes me appreciate him more after being forced to watch Lingard generations.
Well played.We are working on a budget and would like to know how much we have left to sign other targets after FDJ? Not sure why is it so hard to understand !
From what I’m reading we will be pressing up into the oppositions half so that will negate the space we left through midfield last year. Might settle that problem down a bit.
My optimistic viewpoint is how we listened to Ralf and his pressing demands during the first half of his tenure. We were winning the ball high suffocating the play only we faded after an hour and kept letting the opposition back into games.
Ten Hag has us doing that for 90 and a major problem lessens for us imo.
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Yes the deadline is Thursday. Barcelona are due to activate a Lever tomorrow selling some TV rights for €210 million just before the deadlin, likely for the same reason.
High pressing teams still have a defensively capable player to snuff out danger mainly on counters, Fabinho/Fernandinho etc.
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My co-worker told me Frenkie is around the same level as Aaron Ramsey.
We must be able to move targets if the price is not right irrespective of budget constraints.
Is he an Arsenal fan?
I’m not saying the problems solved, it’s lessened. We are still far off comparing ourselves to City or Liverpool
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Article states the deal isn't complete YET because the add-ons haven't been finalised.
No but I would say he's quite similar to arse or anal.
When we're at it with ETH, Ajax, FdJ, or current Netherland NT. Who was it that defensively capable player?
Do you work in Specsavers by any chance?
Sooo Frenkie Friday anyone? 
I feel like our social media admin will force that as a hashtag if that happens.
I feel like our social media admin will force that as a hashtag if that happens.
Or a hospital for the mentally ill.
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Jesus, that's an awful source. Just guessing on the contract details now were close to agreeing a fee.
-50k per week nothing wage
Dear me.
We actually sign a young, world-class player - one of the most coveted young talents only a couple of years ago, who is a huge upgrade for our midfield, one of the best players for Holland, with none of the ego or baggage of our departed star midfielder, a player who WOULD get into City or Liverpools team...
And you have 'concerns'...
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