Another link here, mirror.. less reputable. Wording changed. Either way, I've lost count how many times I've read he's happy to stay put.
Hows it good? Why sign a player that doesn't want to leave?
We get it now, you don't think we'll sign him. Neither should we according to you. So it's all good, right?
Since when have sports fans cared about that?
You'd never see Richard Arnold saying something like that.....even he knows we don't have a system."Frenkie De Jong is a player with great quality ; he knows our system and , yes , he is a greatly desired player in the market and proposals have come to us , but I think he must continue at Barça" - Joan Laporta, L'Esportiu, 25th May 2022.
But he agreed a deal with us anyway...
You're obviously forgetting all of the times it's been reported he's open to joining us and would agree to personal terms.
Weather we sign him or not I don't know.
We kinda do, clown around and hope for the best.
would need to be more than 40% probably. Try 75%
I'm yet to see a single quote from him personally stating such. Feel free to provide me something other than him saying he's happy at Barca.
At this rate they might start asking players to pay Barca to play for them.
If by interesting you mean mental, I'll agree.
He's also happy to join us which is why he's about the fecking do so
That's not true, though. Koeman implied he wanted to stay, but there is nothing from the player himself.
We wouldn't have entered into negotiations if we didn't have assurances that he wants to come, let alone agree a fee and payment structure.
The fact they are negotiating with us tells you everything you need to know
Cyanide. Won't happen though.
Tielemans who isn’t even half the player
Exactly, people are saying Barca pulled the plug, or FDJ doesn't want to go... but if that was the case, we'd have briefed way before Laporta said anything!
We can see at least they're open to selling him after this long but our board could get caught out expecting to get a fairly cheap deal. Barca may have a set price to make it worthwhile and are not as desperate as some think. They'll want a decent wedge for a class player like De Jong and may call our boards bluff if we don't come with the money.
Yup, pretty clear it's a PR move to say that we offered him the chance to stay but he was keen on a 80% wage reduction, mes que en bellend
Harsh. Think the Caf has massively overrated De Jong, tbh. A lot of posters on this forum seem to think he’s this world class superstar or something.
He is.
Maybe Chelsea will be willing to sell us Jorginho
Tielemans has hardly set the world alight at Leicester so there's a few levels of difference there.
De Jong is much better.
