I'm 100% convinced that Barca want him gone and expect the pressure to start mounting on him soon through their media. It's basically about who blinks first. If I were him I'd never give up the money owed to me. He really doesn't need to push for a move here.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
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FDJ hold all the cards, just like Bale in Real Madrid back then..
I understand his issues with Barca regarding money owed & Barca trying to get rid of him so they don’t have to pay him. Although I don’t know how that would work, I assume money owed is money owed regardless of where he is and for Barca and himself a transfer fee offers the best way to pay him.
But from a United perspective, regardless of how good he is, we are once again putting the player above the club. For a transfer that drags on this long Id expect it to be for a player who desperately wants to join and is at a club who is desperately trying to keep him. But with de Jong it seems to be the opposite Barca might be ones that want him out, he doesn’t want to leave and if he does there’s no certainty that we’re even his priority.
I can see him going to a different club at the last minute and United end up looking a bit daft.
But from a United perspective, regardless of how good he is, we are once again putting the player above the club. For a transfer that drags on this long Id expect it to be for a player who desperately wants to join and is at a club who is desperately trying to keep him. But with de Jong it seems to be the opposite Barca might be ones that want him out, he doesn’t want to leave and if he does there’s no certainty that we’re even his priority.
I can see him going to a different club at the last minute and United end up looking a bit daft.
Barca are never going to get players to take a wage deferral again, given the way they are treating DeJong.
How is it that Managing Barça put Diario Gol of all outlets in Tier 2? Pretty much no one takes them seriously.
The more I see this Managing Barça aggregator, the more I feel like they're just there to troll everyone.
Spanish journalist tier system is fecked up, they will put Miguel Delaney as tier 1/2 for sure.How is it that Managing Barça put Diario Gol of all outlets in Tier 2? Pretty much no one takes them seriously.
The more I see this Managing Barça aggregator, the more I feel like they're just there to troll everyone.
Just sell him to us and pay him what you owe him with some of the transfer fees!
Remember they also want Lewa, Silva, Azp etc. They don't want to pay him what he is owed. Thats the issue.
then he stays and they are stuck with a luxury player that they don’t really need and huge wages, all while still owing him millions.
surely it’s better to get 70mil for him, give him his 17mil and have some money left over from that. They don’t actually need him with the players they have. Ergh hate dealing with them.
Barcelona appear to want to have their cake and eat it. They want everyone to take a wage cut, defer wages, not have to pay what they owe, and still sign wotld class players on top of it. fecking ridiculous club really. What sane business operates in such a manner
Stone Cold Ten Hag is about to stomp a mud hole in someone's ass and walk it dry.
That didn't quite go as planned for Bale.
Yeah, sure, you stick it to them with the wages, but you end up wasting your best years rotting on the bench.
I'd rather Barca and Frenkie meet half way and he ends up playing football and winning trophies with us.
An utterly desperate one. I'd imagine any football club in Barca's position would act in a similar fashion.
How are you NOW!?
It’s actually outrageous how Barca have behaved lately. I can’t believe how they can get away withholding payments for players salaries, and yet still dip into the transfer market?!
They’d be hit with transfer embargo by now if they were an English club.
Let’s not also forget, they and Real Madrid were the two main protagonists behind the ill conceived Super League a couple of years ago too. Absolute b@sta!ds
They’d be hit with transfer embargo by now if they were an English club.
Let’s not also forget, they and Real Madrid were the two main protagonists behind the ill conceived Super League a couple of years ago too. Absolute b@sta!ds
I get the feeling Spanish journalists enjoy shit stiring. When it comes to what Ten Hag is thinking I'd only take notice of the likes of Ornstein and Ducker
I'm sure a random Spanish Paper and journalist would know what ETH is thinking or what United are doing. The article doesn't even quote a source.
Ha exactly
Exactly, well said.
But they’re seemingly in denial with regards to the precarious state of their current financial situation, they still think they can chase Lewindowski for €70m, whilst withholding players salaries at the same time?!
Im sure the manager is estatic hes about to play his first pre season game and has 1 signing in, after the squad has lost 6 players since last season.
Especially after wanting signings in before pre season even started
Ironically Bale ended up winning 5 UCL winners medal, if you ask me I think it ended up well.
Yup that was all for money too because they refuse to live within their means. They thought it was an easy out. Ridiculous club.
Does he know how much time it takes to prepare a bid? It is at least two weeks. Our bids are the best as they are all handwritten and very well prepared. We don’t make half arsed bids, it is not the United way.
@alex_crook: I haven’t just been reading redcafe, honest.
I wonder what his username is.
I rarely comment in here , I just skim through to get to the tweets, but this is comfortably, comfortably ! the most boring transfer saga United have been involved in.
Haha the two names that have been circulating for the longest time now appear to be our backups. Funny how that happens isn't it
Has De Jong been that much better than those two while at Barca? Neves especially?
We should be looking at Fabian Ruiz.
From everything I’ve read so far, I feel like a deal to buy FDJ is agreed…
BUT we have agreed to play along with the publicly performed pantomime of Barcanomics until they get what they want.
Because it feels like the recent United focus has been on getting Martinez from Ajax, and I think the reason that’s dragging out is because we’re actually trying to do a deal for Martinez AND Antony.
BUT we have agreed to play along with the publicly performed pantomime of Barcanomics until they get what they want.
Because it feels like the recent United focus has been on getting Martinez from Ajax, and I think the reason that’s dragging out is because we’re actually trying to do a deal for Martinez AND Antony.
I'd imagine barca probably just want more of the de Jong fee from us up front, so that they can pay him and make bids for all the players they're after. They're probably trying to negotiate a lower payment with de Jong too. I'm sure there is a deadline in place and we'll walk away if it comes to it. It's easy to get impatient but he'd be a huge coup for us given that we're in the Europa League.
They can’t speed up. They’ve shown time after time how incompetent they are.
All these new roles designed for failed staff members of Woodwards run is a joke.
You missed #GlazersOut from your post
attaboy
doesn’t he understand we are “calm” and it’s an “overreaction”
100% this
& league winner, Ismail Bennacer too
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