Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

[Shakesy]

I mean, Romero sat there thinking. What could be my new one liner? Something catchy to go with "Here we go". Oo, what about "Things are happening"? Yes. Yes!

Nobody stopped him. They must've felt too intimidated by his social media footprint. Yes Gerard. Perfect! Things are happening. WTAF.

 

[Sultan]

This is an even better "sad Frenkie" shot. He looks really crushed. Those empty eyes .....
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/foo...elona-Xavi-sanctions-exit-premier-league-news

Express are the absolute worst with their trickster headlines luring readers to their website.

The article has absolutely no updated news. Xavi at the very beginning of this saga hinted he could leave due to the clubs financial issues.

 

[Revaulx]

Well... when you put it like that... Moving to Manchester does have it's huge benefits.

Yup. Even the tapas brigade are well catered for in Manchester these days.

 

[Cantonalegod]

Everything "owed" still lies in the future. It's an embarrassing and false Social Media narrative, that barca doesn't pay their players. All they did was deffer the payments in the future years on which every player agreed. Barca thus restructred the contracts to pay them more money for the last years of their contract. So why should LaLiga or players lawyers step in on contracts they signed themselves?

So you are quite happy for him to stay until 2026 and pick up his contracted wages then?

If so, good on you!

 

[Brownie85]

Yup. Even the tapas brigade are well catered for in Manchester these days.

Absolutely... quite a few nice places in Manchester for tapas. I used to work with some Spanish colleagues and went into Manchester for tapas a few times with them and some others

 

[Penna]

Express are the absolute worst with their trickster headlines luring readers to their website.

The article has absolutely no updated news. Xavi at the very beginning of this saga hinted he could leave due to the clubs financial issues.

Yes, I only posted the link for acknowledgement of the photo source. There's no info of any interest in the article!

 

[royboy16]

Barca going out with their boots on.

 

[Cal?]

Because they’re not in town during the hot summer months?

It doesn't exactly get much cooler until well into September.

Personally I much prefer cooler climate.

 

[Sunny Jim]

Part of me wants FDJ to stay at Barca as it would screw them over. And he looks like a nice chap who enjoys living there

 

[AlexUTD]

Laporta using de Jong as his personal servant until he agrees to leave. Tasks are becoming more degrading each day he refuses

Would you say he is kind of a "modern day slave" ?

 

[Rolaholic]

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[clarkydaz]

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Cost of living getting to him

 

[Berbaclass]

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Frenkie de Jong face

 

[Sunny Jim]

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Who is she and how is this relevant?

 

[AbusementPark]

Everything "owed" still lies in the future. It's an embarrassing and false Social Media narrative, that barca doesn't pay their players. All they did was deffer the payments in the future years on which every player agreed. Barca thus restructred the contracts to pay them more money for the last years of their contract. So why should LaLiga or players lawyers step in on contracts they signed themselves?

So if its a defferred payment is it true that it becomes void once the player leaves? Maybe that's the issue then holding this up, just trying to understand as I didnt know that was the case.

Is it true they are asking players like FDJ to reduce his salary this season to facilitate new signings?

La Liga should step in as they are asking to defer payments, its going to catch up on them in the future and then what happens when they dont have the money? How can they sign new players and ask players to reduce salaries again. This isnt responsible ownership and putting the club at risk. I get why they are doing it, success on the pitch breeds new money, but surely a season or two trying to clear down some of the debt and reducing the wage bill would be beneficial in the long run? La Masia surely has a fantastic talent pool to pick from.

 

[AbusementPark]

Not sure about the other players.

However, with FdJ it's been repeated multiple times on this very forum Barcelona does not owe him any money legally, that is if my understanding is correct. FdJ signed an updated contract which included his deferred salary and fresh signing-on fee built in over the length of his new contract. The old contract when he signed from Ajax becomes void.

FdJ on his part is perfectly happy/entitled to stay until and unless he is paid his deferred salary and any signing-on fee to facilitate his move to United.

Ah right, thanks for the explanation, just a part time observer of the dealings and skim through what the media portray as fact and take it as gospel so excuse my ignorance.

 

[Acquire Me]

Who is she and how is this relevant?

I think she is tier 1 actually.

Edit: She is and she is following them on tour as well.

 

[Bebestation]

If De Jong has changed his contract with Barcelona then Barcelona owe him shit all.

That means the only way De Jong forces him to get any of that money back is by forcing himself to stay at a club that does not want to keep him.

We either pay him this money or I simply don’t see how this happens.

 

[Telsim]

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Top tier reporting.

 

[Brownie85]

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It's all going according to Laportas plan. Make him feel isolated and alone without actually doing anything illegal.

Such a shitty club

 

[Brownie85]

Would you say he is kind of a "modern day slave" ?

Perhaps you know... would explain the sadness, he knows what's coming later

 

[Rolaholic]

Maybe he's just getting adjusted to married life?

 

[WPMUFC]

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[Paul778]

I hope when Barca finally agree a settlement with FDJ and approach us, we lowball them and take 10m off the offer. By then they will have such a backlog of players to register.

The cost of them pissing us around and him not being available for preseason.

 

[Brownie85]

Maybe he's just getting adjusted to married life?

Is he married?? I thought he'd just gotten engaged?

 

[hellhunter]

I hope when Barca finally agree a settlement with FDJ and approach us, we lowball them and take 10m off the offer. The cost of them pissing us around and him not being available for preseason.

Changing an agreed offer last second surely worked wonders in the past

 

[hellhunter]

Is he married?? I thought he'd just gotten engaged?

So did Mikky

 

[Counterfactual]

Is he married?? I thought he'd just gotten engaged?

Married to barca, who want a divorce...

 

[Brownie85]

So did Mikky

Hmmm secret marriage that even she didn't know about. Yeah that's the reason for his sadness

 

[Brownie85]

Married to barca, who want a divorce...

Want a divorce?? Jesus they're getting a shovel and digging his grave, they want him permanently out of their lives it seems haha

 

[hellhunter]

Hmmm secret marriage that even she didn't know about. Yeah that's the reason for his sadness

I told you already, Vegas baby

 

[FrankDrebin]

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Spoiler

 

[Sunny Jim]

I think she is tier 1 actually.

Edit: She is and she is following them on tour as well.

Thanks mate.

Maybe Frankie misses his GF?

 

[Sunny Jim]

Changing an agreed offer last second surely worked wonders in the past

What are you reffering to?

 

[Sir Erik ten Hag]

If De Jong has changed his contract with Barcelona then Barcelona owe him shit all.

That means the only way De Jong forces him to get any of that money back is by forcing himself to stay at a club that does not want to keep him.

We either pay him this money or I simply don’t see how this happens.

It's up to De Jong: Choose money or ETH?

We also need to make it clear to De Jong that it's either this summer, or never. Next year we'd not go for him even if we still need a midfielder of his ilk. That's a short-term pain for a long-term gain. We happily waited 1 year for Sancho, and De Jong thinks he can do the same thing to us, no worries. It's time United needs to make a proper stance in the transfer market: The chance to join us does not come around often. We may miss out on De Jong due to this "policy", but we will not be taken for granted by other players in the future again.

 

[hellhunter]

It's up to De Jong: Choose money or ETH?

We also need to make it clear to De Jong that it's either this summer, or never. Next year we'd not go for him even if we still need a midfielder of his ilk. That's a short-term pain for a long-term gain. We happily waited 1 year for Sancho, and De Jong thinks he can do the same thing to us, no worries. It's time United needs to make a proper stance in the transfer market: The chance to join us does not come around often. We may miss out on De Jong due to this "policy", but we will not be taken for granted by other players in the future again.

Money or Poundland Pep

 

[CM]

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Won't be long before they're getting body language experts out like El Chiringuito TV with Mbappe

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

Everything "owed" still lies in the future. It's an embarrassing and false Social Media narrative, that barca doesn't pay their players. All they did was deffer the payments in the future years on which every player agreed. Barca thus restructred the contracts to pay them more money for the last years of their contract. So why should LaLiga or players lawyers step in on contracts they signed themselves?

feck me that’s some spin right there.

No Barcelona do owe their players money, and they achieved what you are saying by putting players into a position of emotional blackmail, where the club was utterly fecked and wouldn’t have even been able to register a squad if they didn’t take a wage deferral. This would have also fecked over the players themselves because they might not even have had a team to play in, it could’ve been a situation that Barça would’ve bankrupted the club without it.
And Barça agreed to pay all these deferred payments in the future, but like feck they wanna do that, from all reports they want Frenkie gone before they have to do such a thing, they really don’t wanna pay the ridiculous sums they owe Pique. According to many Catalan reports they are hoping like hell that Pique retires next Summer so they can avoid paying him monies owed.
But they’ve no problem spunking the kind of money that would’ve allowed them to repay those wages on Lewa, and Raphinha and big contracts for other new players.
But yeah, let’s pretend Barça have acted gracefully and respectfully to their players

For the likes of FdJ and even Pique, Barça have attempted to play the long con.

Just think for a single second about what would have happened to your football club if these players did not agree to defer their wages? It’s a situation I’m sure you dare not think of because you would have ended up utterly fecked, playing a squad full of youth & paying incredibly high wages for players you couldn’t even play in La Liga.
You’d have been out of the Champions League for the past two seasons, and your financial situation would’ve been utterly horrendous. And make no mistake this was told to these players in no uncertain terms in 2020, pure emotional blackmail.

 

[Acquire Me]

Thanks mate.

Maybe Frankie misses his GF?

It is safe to say he does. If everyone high up, including Xavi, want him to leave and the fact his teammates knows, it’s going to be a hard setting to be in. It’s unreal that Barca can’t settle the score with him when they have accepted the transfer with us.

It’s not going to be easy for him staying. It’s to much economical madness going on and obviously he is the one they have choose to sacrifice.

I am amazed that they are running this slow and painful strategy tbh.

 

[Yagami]

I never knew Helena was apart of the BLE