So are they using us, to re-negotiate a pay cut for De Jong to stay?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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He’s not going to say he’s going to do everything to keep him if he knows he’s off.. makes Barca look weak
He’s staying. And the media reports will reflect that over the rest of the weekend
Quotes like that from Laporta are the exact reason why I questioned in the Raphinha thread why any young, super talented player would fancy Barca at this moment in time. They’ve been begging their best players to take pay cuts and they’ve been begging anyone who will give it to them money to stay afloat.
Why would you want to be there as a player?
Why would you want to be there as a player?
Pique loves Shakira, but....we know how this ends.
Exactly, it’s over, move on lads. Their actual president has said it ain’t happening so it ain’t happening.
I mean, he did EXACTLY that with Messi
And any weakness will quickly be forgotten when Lewa has his big Camp Nou unveiling.
Shut up mate
I wouldn’t trust a word out of that cnuts mouth.
De Jong is ours. Have faith muppets.
De Jong is ours. Have faith muppets.
I have a bad feeling about this.
Thinking this myself. Can’t see why De Jong wouldn’t take a pay cut to stay since he seems to love it there so much. I think De Jong kills this when he reruns from holiday
Again, if that was the case, we'd know about it and we'd have briefed that we're walking away.
Jesus, am sure some people here think that United just have a team of guys sat on Twitter pressing F5 over and over getting their info from random journos. (I mean, the way we conduct transfers, it could be likely, but yeah)
The guys within the club know a shite ton more than those on twitter and if they feel it's within our best interests to walk away, then we will do. For us to continue to negotiate, he's clearly wanting to come and Barca clearly want to sell
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*another FdJ meltdown*
*yet another Ronaldo meltdown*
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see you in the morning guys!
*another FdJ meltdown*
*yet another Ronaldo meltdown*
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see you in the morning guys!
Barcelona would not have money to bid on Raphina or Lewa if they did not have money coming in from Frenkie.
Their president has said he’s not gonna sell him, are you mental?Shut up mate
some proper copium by you If Barca do pull the plug we should raid their targets.
Seems impossible to me. Can they actually pay for and register Raphinha, Kessie, Lewa etc.?
Their reasons for getting rid of him make too much sense. They need a forward, a right winger (assuming dembele is leaving) and a defensive CM.
Selling their future revenue so they can keep FdJ? I doubt it.
No, we need to get this to over 500 pages
Like he said the same with MessiTheir president has said he’s not gonna sell him, are you mental?
Would you take a 100% cut in wages to stay a club where you feel you’re used incorrectly?
Yeah I don’t think that’s happening. Frenkie agreeing to cut his wage in half, no chance.
Laporta literally said the same thing about Messi last year and then he fecked off to Paris. Made him and Barca look utterly incompetent and weak that they couldn't get the biggest club legend to stay and potentially finish his career there.
We’ll know soon enough anyway.
If you believe he’s still joining then fair play to you, to me this “deal” looks dead in the water.
We've also said we have no intention of selling Ronaldo, but he'll go.Their president has said he’s not gonna sell him, are you mental?
We've done it LOADS in the past with our players, you're never going to admit to selling your best players, it's career suicide for him if he does
This is a problem are we need to adress
He's not a DM. I think Ten Hag will be in for a shock if he tries to use him here in the same way he used him at Ajax.
Barcelona are terrible with money. They will find a way to gamble away their future.
I don't think even a 100% paycut would cover it. At this rate, they're using their "economic levers" to pay for FdJ - a player they don't even need.
How are they going to pay Leeds and Bayern otherwise?
Ya how I see it too. You can make public statements to pressure the buying side of course but the things being said are important.
Reminds me of when Dortmund said that they would no longer sell Sancho as we had missed the cut off and everyone thought they were bluffing.
Teams aren't going to make such absolute and definitive statements, only to turn around and do the opposite. Especially teams like Barca who are trying so hard to convince people they are back on track
No, the president said “he’ll do everything in HIS POWER to keep him, BUT” that’ll require a massive reduction in wages.Their president has said he’s not gonna sell him, are you mental?
Just trying paint De Jong as the bad guy for not taking a pay cut etc
No doubt Untied Twitter is losing their collective s**t over this.
No doubt Untied Twitter is losing their collective s**t over this.
Agree, so so frustrating! He would look even more stupid than he already does but they are not the words of someone negotiating. Game over I’m afraid.
From waking up this morning with a promising forecast for the coming season to Ronaldo wanting to leave and then immediately after de Jong likely staying and the continued radio silence from Eriksen. What a day to be alive…
I need a drink…
There are a lot more people stating the contrary to what he has said.
Again, if you believe it’s still on fair enough but to me this looks completely dead, beyond resuscitating. I’ll leave this thread at that anyway, don’t wanna drag everyone down with my negativity.
Looks like you dont know much about Laporta
Right but what if they just realise they couldn't get Lewandowski and Raphinha this summer, maybe its not a bad idea to try get pay cut for FDJ to stay....
He's going to do everything in his power => he's going to give a shit contract offer and use that as a tool to say FdJ didn't want to stay.
Difference is, FDJ is happy at Barca.
Yup.
So was Messi
He won’t be happy when asked to chop his wages in half.
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