This deal is only happening once laporta and murtough have shared a donner kebab slathered in garlic mayo after a drunken night out on the town
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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It's a Rick roll isn't it?
@ThehatchetMan, don't wum or there will be trouble.
Probably Ali Dursun - Frenkie's agent
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Exactly. I even rate Neves and Tielemans, but De Jong is another level.
Ta.You can all start posting again now.
Just one Doner Kebab? Nah it'll have to be an extra large special mixed meat kebab, with all the extras, 2 large bottles of coke, 2 boxes of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, a pack of doritos and sour cream and salsa dip.
Oh, and Murtough has to pay too, thats the condition
Get back over there Murtough.
true, Graham hunter will tell you that barca could pay for that kebab if they wanted, but they lost their wallet, but again they could definitely pay for it.
Oh definitely. It's one of them, you pay for it, and i'll give it you back later kinda deals.
Except later never arrives
Barcelona is the mate who says they will pay for the taxi home instead of getting a round in.
He then walks home by himself at 01:00.
What happened?You can all start posting again now.
Of course they want him, but they're about to spend something like 50m on cucurella, still need a CB and a ST, whilst having already spent a good 100m already on transfers. Spending another 70m on a position their well stocked in sounds like it would be way down their priority list.
FFP to consider too
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Someone was wuming.
In talks... lets see how it progresses.
Also lets see what United plan on doing in reaction to it. I'm still betting that we go into desperation mode
Has won CL though...
Anything's possible, but that would be, at least in my opinion, less plausible.
Getting real now. Let's see how we react
He's going to Chelsea lads I'm sorry. It was only ever a realistic transfer as long as we had a clear run and a CL club didn't come in for him.
Agreed. But still EtH is new to the PL himself with a squad that basically hit self destruct last season. Nobody has a clue how all this plays out. And he‘d have just left a huge AAA club that didn‘t really got things sorted out as well.
I find the Chelsea interest strange. Yes, Chelsea will have issues in midfield in 2023 but they have major holes at CB and ST right now! Surely they would prioritise those two positions right now ahead of FdJ? Plus the new FFP rules are supposed to limit clubs to having their costs limited to 70% of their revenue; Chelsea have already signed Sterling, Koulibaly, Chukwuemeka, and Cucurellla, and are looking at signing Sesko, either Walker-Peters or Dumfries, Fofana, and de Jong. That will put major pressure on them in terms of FFP; remember, City only got away with it because they covered their tracks well in advance.
Per the Miguel Delaney article earlier, it seemed like Barca were trying to encourage Chelsea to make a move. Selling FdJ before August 13th would make registering players a lot easier so maybe it was Barca who made the move and not Chelsea. Another thing is that per Ben Jacobs, Chelsea's deal was around £70M, lower than Utd's £75M. Why would Barca accept a lower deal off Chelsea? And Jacob Steinberg has reported that Chelsea are running into the same issues as United, which I'm guessing is the £17M in deferred wages. Unless the deferred wages get sorted, I can't see Frenkie going anywhere. But then again, surely Barca know that? And if Barca know that, why are they trying to speed up this move by getting Chelsea in and accepting a lower bid than Utd? Plus Ornstein reported that FdJ has yet to make his decision, which differs from the sources who are saying that FdJ is more open to Chelsea than Utd. Put it together and it's all very strange....
Per the Miguel Delaney article earlier, it seemed like Barca were trying to encourage Chelsea to make a move. Selling FdJ before August 13th would make registering players a lot easier so maybe it was Barca who made the move and not Chelsea. Another thing is that per Ben Jacobs, Chelsea's deal was around £70M, lower than Utd's £75M. Why would Barca accept a lower deal off Chelsea? And Jacob Steinberg has reported that Chelsea are running into the same issues as United, which I'm guessing is the £17M in deferred wages. Unless the deferred wages get sorted, I can't see Frenkie going anywhere. But then again, surely Barca know that? And if Barca know that, why are they trying to speed up this move by getting Chelsea in and accepting a lower bid than Utd? Plus Ornstein reported that FdJ has yet to make his decision, which differs from the sources who are saying that FdJ is more open to Chelsea than Utd. Put it together and it's all very strange....
I will hate Chelsea forever if they steal FDJ.
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As you've not addressed the "gals", I'm going to say that we still have 50% chance of getting him.
Exactly, I'm sure they'll make some good sales in Colwill and some other cnut they've had out on loan, but RLC and CHO appear to have little suitors. I don't see where the revenue comes.
Aren't they just rehashing what we already heard this afternoon? Is there even a source for this? I can't see anything on either of their twitters or online about it either.
If there was ever any truth to these rumours about him leaving then I can't possibly see how he would end up here if other CL clubs come in for him. 100% if a moment comes where he is going then I can see all top clubs wanting him.
I heard there's an issue with his wages, breaking news
He already promised Ten Hag and Donny that he is coming,calm down fam.
There is gonna be some serious egg on peoples faces in this thread when he eventually signs for us.
Only thing I can think of is Chelsea are stupid enough to pay the £17m wages so Barca are happy to accept less fee and speed it up
Chelsea pipping us to dream signings is nicely nostalgic.
Chelsea got CL, that’s about it. Most boring top team I can think about.
Theres something about this whole Chelsea thing that doesn't make sense to me.
Yes most Chelsea guys have reported it, but quite a few, such as Law, mentioned it as a passing comment in another article, or so i read in other comments. Kinda like it's not information thats come from Cheslea themselves, but from Barca, or a source on the Barca side. It's also not been made a fuss of anywhere else. Sky Sports haven't really mentioned it, nor has BBC from what i can gather. You'd think with Chelsea trying to hijack Uniteds move, there would be a bit more of a fuss, especially seeing as it's being speculated that he prefers a move to Chelsea over United. I'd have thought that would have been a pretty big move from Chelsea.
Most reports don't seem to have any new info in them either. They're pretty much going back to the Ornstein report this morning. Again if it was from Cheslea, don't you think they'd have briefed their guys about it? It just doesn't add up to me, almost like Barca are trying their best to force Chelsea from interest to a bid.
Probably just me thinking that though... probably reading too much into it
Direct the hate at our owners, Arnold and Murtough for their sheer incompetence.
Chelsea are a plastic piece of shit club who are only relevant through Russian blood money. They have no legitimate right to be in the picture and no legitimate history. If FDJ goes to them it’s not because of the draw of the club, it’s us being idiots in the transfer market, once again.
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