Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

Frenkie to United?


  • Total voters
    2,033
  • Poll closed .
Status
Not open for further replies.

TheDosser56

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Apr 24, 2022
Messages
70
The bloody window has been open for almost 11 hours already. What a fecking disgrace!

The team goes on tour in a few weeks. Surely Ten Hag wants a new signing for that?

or will fans be happy to wait until the end of the transfer window after our worst Premier League season ever? Weird the club needs positive vibes now. I'd rather "get some bodies in" before the tour with attainable signings like a Neves and Kante double swoop rather than focus on De Jong all summer.
 

Elcabron

New Member
Joined
Feb 10, 2022
Messages
848
Lovely stuff.

I also had a Ruel Fox card. Wasn't he a nippy winger? I remember vaguely liking him as a player at the tender age of 8 or whatever.

Anderton was classy. Shame he was made of glass.
Ruel Fox, wow haven't heard that name in along time. I think he was part of that great Norwich team that beat Bayern Munich? Robert flick up front? Gunn in goals
 

saivet

Full Member
Joined
Feb 22, 2013
Messages
25,351
Feels like he's trying to be the 'first'. I think it's close, but I don't think this guy is breaking any exclusives here
I think so too, he tweets a lot but can't recall him ever breaking any news.
 

TheDosser56

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Apr 24, 2022
Messages
70
It's a bit arrogant from Manchester United to brief Laurie Whitwell (of all people!) they think they have got De Jong in the bag. And the player wants to come. Let's see if Barcelona or De Jong give United the slap down. Because all United fans on Twitter and social media are going crazy and celebrating now think we are signing De Jong now.. Barcelona or De Jong will be asked about this surely as it's a massive update.

We will know very quickly if this is doable. But it'll be embarrassing if United spend all summer on this deal and don't sign him. Because they have briefed Laurie Whitwell they are focused on De Jong they better get it over the line otherwise the anger fron the fans WILL overspill. After coming off our worst Premier League season ever and other teams have already signed players.. the fanbase are desperate for some positivity.. a signing ANY signing even a right-back or Eriksen

United better get this done now. Or they risk a toxic atmosphere at Old Trafford from the first match.
 
Last edited:

sglowrider

Thinks the caf is 'wokeish'.
Joined
Dec 27, 2009
Messages
25,217
Location
Hell on Earth
I am praying we get this done.

Ten Hag has a the biggest job in football on his hands and clearly wants Frenkie as the centrepiece of the project. What's another €20-30m in the grand scheme of things? Pay it!
:lol: :lol: :lol: ... then it takes away from getting another midfielder or a striker that we want. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Then 6 months later people here will be wondering why we didn't get another midfielder or why we didn't pay what it took to get Nunez when he scores 18 goals before January.
 

TheHeya

Full Member
Joined
Mar 2, 2012
Messages
983
First time the English press has claimed De Jong wants to move to us and even better that the source is The Athletic! Let’s go boys and gals it’s on like Frenkie De Jong.
 

sglowrider

Thinks the caf is 'wokeish'.
Joined
Dec 27, 2009
Messages
25,217
Location
Hell on Earth
Hope this goes through, it's been a while since i was genuinely excited about a signing.
I wont be excited till ETH gets all the pieces together he requires to support Frenkie. Otherwise, without them, in 9 months' time, Frenkie's signing will look like a wet squib.
 

WPMUFC

Full Member
Joined
Jul 9, 2013
Messages
9,665
Location
Australia
Talksport are a weirdly great source now and i don't think we've ever figured out exactly why? :lol:

it's not happening before internationals finish. We may have a verbal deal with both sides, but we are not going to brief the BBC it's done dealio until the tournament is finished. MUFC would be weary of injuries effecting price, Barca may be hoping a great tournament brings in another bidder etc etc. I personally think everything is agreed on the down low but it's going to stretch out because of these bloody internationals.
 

KirkDuyt

Full Member
Joined
Nov 25, 2015
Messages
24,650
Location
Dutchland
Supports
Feyenoord
He was fine for Spurs but to call him quality is a reach imo.
Vaart's first season at Spurs was great wasn't it? He just did a typical Vd Vaart afterwards and lost focus. As he always did.

17 year old Van der Vaart is still the most talented youngster I've ever seen. If only he had Kuyt's work ethic.
 

LawCharltonBest

Enjoys watching fox porn
Joined
May 17, 2012
Messages
15,391
Location
Salford
If Whitwell and others are correct and the fee is the main sticking point now, I don't think either team can really haggle on that for too long.

United cause they have just lost 6 players and need to start doing something. Barca seem to need a cash intake this month.
 

BluesJr

Owns the moral low ground
Joined
May 15, 2013
Messages
9,052
It's a bit arrogant from Manchester United to brief Laurie Whitwell (of all people!) they think they have got De Jong in the bag. And the player wants to come. Let's see if Barcelona or De Jong give United the slap down. Because all United fans on Twitter and social media are going crazy and celebrating now think we are signing De Jong now.. Barcelona or De Jong will be asked about this surely as it's a massive update.

We will know very quickly if this is doable. But it'll be embarrassing if United spend all summer on this deal and don't sign him. Because they have briefed Laurie Whitwell they are focused on De Jong they better get it over the line otherwise the anger fron the fans WILL overspill. After coming off our worst Premier League season ever and other teams have already signed players.. the fanbase are desperate for some positivity.. a signing ANY signing even a right-back or Eriksen

United better get this done now. Or they risk a toxic atmosphere at Old Trafford from the first match.
Why is it weird Whitwell came out with this?
 

diarm

Full Member
Joined
Jul 13, 2014
Messages
16,806
The team goes on tour in a few weeks. Surely Ten Hag wants a new signing for that?

or will fans be happy to wait until the end of the transfer window after our worst Premier League season ever? Weird the club needs positive vibes now. I'd rather "get some bodies in" before the tour with attainable signings like a Neves and Kante double swoop rather than focus on De Jong all summer.

------------|-------------------------- 11 hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Window Opens-------Muppets shit the bed------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Team goes on tour

Relax.
 

JJ12

Predicted Portugal, Italy to win Euro 2016, 2020
Joined
Mar 30, 2016
Messages
10,927
Location
Wales
Laurie Whitwell said this morning that De Jong is wanting to join. Seems like the other 2 are jumping on the back of that.
 

Cman

New Member
Newbie
Joined
Jul 6, 2019
Messages
151
Vaart's first season at Spurs was great wasn't it? He just did a typical Vd Vaart afterwards and lost focus. As he always did.

17 year old Van der Vaart is still the most talented youngster I've ever seen. If only he had Kuyt's work ethic.
He was massive for my fantasy team for at least 2 seasons.
 

WPMUFC

Full Member
Joined
Jul 9, 2013
Messages
9,665
Location
Australia
Since when are they reliable ?
They are Tier 2 on the reddevils subreddit which puts them on par with Romano/telegraph/Hirst etc.

They are really weird, because it's not TalkSport as in the presenters or the shows, it's lterally their tweets from "Talksport Sources" that seem to be really on the money.
 

Berbaclass

Fallen Muppet. Lest we never forget
Joined
Jan 23, 2010
Messages
39,195
Location
Cooper Station
Laurie Whitwell said this morning that De Jong is wanting to join. Seems like the other 2 are jumping on the back of that.
Laurie is a club brief. Talksport isn’t so I’m fairly sure they are from different sources which is good.
 

The holy trinity 68

The disparager
Joined
Apr 10, 2016
Messages
5,815
Location
Manchester
It's a bit arrogant from Manchester United to brief Laurie Whitwell (of all people!) they think they have got De Jong in the bag. And the player wants to come. Let's see if Barcelona or De Jong give United the slap down. Because all United fans on Twitter and social media are going crazy and celebrating now think we are signing De Jong now.. Barcelona or De Jong will be asked about this surely as it's a massive update.

We will know very quickly if this is doable. But it'll be embarrassing if United spend all summer on this deal and don't sign him. Because they have briefed Laurie Whitwell they are focused on De Jong they better get it over the line otherwise the anger fron the fans WILL overspill. After coming off our worst Premier League season ever and other teams have already signed players.. the fanbase are desperate for some positivity.. a signing ANY signing even a right-back or Eriksen

United better get this done now. Or they risk a toxic atmosphere at Old Trafford from the first match.
Barca want him to leave as they are desperate for the money.
 

diarm

Full Member
Joined
Jul 13, 2014
Messages
16,806
------------|-------------------------- 11 hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Window Opens-------Muppets shit the bed------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Team goes on tour

Relax.
I've just realised this post only makes sense when viewed on a computer
 

WPMUFC

Full Member
Joined
Jul 9, 2013
Messages
9,665
Location
Australia
"Talksport Sources" > Talksport, and they are definitely not the same thing.

If anyone can figure out why.....you win the prize :lol:
 

Lentwood

Full Member
Joined
Jan 2, 2015
Messages
6,840
Location
West Didsbury, Manchester
But we are not expecting one player to transform the side, we are expecting a good coach to transform this side and player like De Jong will/may play big role in that.
Yeah which is fine if FDJ is one of three or four...but my expectations are still low based on previous windows.

For me, we desperately need a CF and a second CM this window, or its an impossible job for ETH. Whatever budget we have needs to ensure it covers all of those acquisitions
 
Status
Not open for further replies.