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Exactly. But it always amazes me that people like Romano knows how Frenkie is feeling, just not the people who actually know him...ten Hag! Haha
Thing is, Romano knows he's got a HUGE following of United fans, and he'll do anything to keep them hooked. He could say United are signing the second coming of Jesus as a new goalie and people would believe without question and beg for updates
It’s a weird situation to be fair, this option is always there. What if he just…stays?
Well... he single handly destroys the club and means that they can't register all their new shiny players. He also cripples them wage budget wise. Why do you think they're pushing very very hard to get him out
I don’t think he starts for them if he stays.
Ali G,, but there’s many more ‘boutros.’
If the option becomes sitting on the Barca bench with Kessie, Busquets, Gavi and Pedri ahead of him in the pecking order, or actually playing games for United and he chooses to stay at Barca to pick up the wages he’s owed then bollocks to him.
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I think that Romano’s problem is that because he’s become ‘Mr Transfers’ he’ll get bombarded every minute of every day with people asking for updates and when it’s big clubs, United especially, it’ll be even worse, so he probably feels that he needs to say something.
Goodnight, forever.
Dont think that is an option. He will stay for July, but in August, he will change his opinion, unless Barca can find money in another way. Considering the midfield they have, their spending and the amount they have to pay him plus missing out on a big fee, this is unlikely that they will be happy to just keep him.
Yeah he's calling their bluff. And it is a bluff because there is fek all Barca can do to make him stay on reduced wages. They either pay up and get rid or pay up even more and keep. Hopefully and most likely the former.
Not sure he thinks signing the likes of Christensen etc should take priority over his future and being forced to uproot to Manchester?
Again building up the narrative that when he leaves for United it's because of the money. They're showing how much the "love" de Jong at Barca and that if he truly loved the club back he'd take a pay cut and remain with the club. When he does leave, they can say he's a mercenary etc
It’s from The Fast Show not Ali G!
In the real world do you even comprehend how much flak he would get from the club and supporters if he took such a stance.
Correct. The balls on Barca to be playing hard ball in the state that they are in and trying to convince players to take paycuts at the same time as they are making 75mn transfers.
Not far fetched but it won't fix the issue for Barca. His salary would be huge anyway but if he stays they have to start paying the deferred wages back on top of his actual salary and that would mean paying him around 500,000 a week which destroys the new wage scale they are implementing. Selling other players could in theory bring in a similar fee if you sold the right ones but they would need to get 4 or 5 out of the door to save the same amount in wages. The bottom line is that Barca cannot and will not pay him to stay as due to the La Liga rules around the salary cap they literally will not be able to register Kessie, Christensen, Raphina etc. and keep FDJ on the books.
Players have stayed at clubs and backed themselves before. Imo the entire De Jong goes or no signings is propaganda in itself and you are all falling for it.
Yea, Fast Show was the 90’s, that Ali G interview was 2003.
Beckham didn’t want to leave United, but did want to join Madrid.
I note he said nothing about what he wanted, only what he intended to do. I find that significant. He's digging his heels in for the money owed. As he should.
laughed way too much at this.None of the players you mention make a fraction of what they owe FDJ and they are also a key part of Barca's future plans. So to answer you yes it is far fetched and frankly never going to happen. Frenkie is not staying to back himself, he is digging in to make sure he gets the 17M that Barca owe him. They want him gone, he is not in their plans but the cheapskate bastards are trying to force him to waive the money they owe him on the way out of the door and he is not going to do it. If they sold Pedri and Gavi not only does it not fix the problem but the Barca fans would riot. FDJ is the apple of our eye but most Barca fans are actually not that bothered as he has been played out of position and doesn't fit Xavi's plans.
Bro definitely tag me when you get the research done and post the final stats
