Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap

[duffer]

This thread is a mess so I genuinely need to ask. Are you being serious here as a Chelsea fan thinking this is back on?

It was never off.

The mid season joint "holiday" to the one place Man United sort this stuff out by them both is too strange to ignore for me.

Footballers goto dubai or miami or monaco or back home to Holland.

I am a Londoner and I love the City but ain't no 20 something millionaire who lives in Barcelona using what little time off they get to see the London Eye, with the only other team mate also strongly linked to Man United.

 

[Herschel Krustofsky]

Good lad. Keep us posted, Krusty. He shouldn't be too hard to spot. He'll be the one wearing the United shirt next to Mikky.

I’ve been up all weekend, staring at pictures of both of them, training for exactly this event.

 

[hellhunter]

I’ve been up all weekend, staring at pictures of both of them, training for exactly this event.

Just remember this is not a drill anymore, this is the real operation

 

[Pronewbie]

Any updates on what Depay and De Jong are up to in London? Any social media posts by the WAGs?

 

[iamjacks]

This whole London trip and then complete lack of follow up or confirmation/denial from media, or even social media muppetry from the usual spots, might be the most bizarre ending to a bizarre and long saga that will end up with players staying at clubs with contracts unchanged

 

[Herschel Krustofsky]

Just remember this is not a drill anymore, this is the real operation

Am in full-on beast mode.

Going dark from now on, need to conserve my two remaining posts for the big announcement.

Will also need a wingman to post the pictures.

SHOW-TIME

 

[Counterfactual]

Any updates on what Depay and De Jong are up to in London? Any social media posts by the WAGs?

Nope. There's a full media blackout until the double-unveiling.

 

[UnsungHero]

It's like people have forgotten who our owners are. The Glazers are not going to sanction -

A £140m deal for Casemiro.

A £100m+ deal on Antony.

Then sign Frenkie on another £150m+ deal.

All in the space of 2 weeks. I hope I'm wrong but I won't be.

 

[D4X73r]

It was never off.

The mid season joint "holiday" to the one place Man United sort this stuff out by them both is too strange to ignore for me.

Footballers goto dubai or miami or monaco or back home to Holland.

I am a Londoner and I love the City but ain't no 20 something millionaire who lives in Barcelona using what little time off they get to see the London Eye, with the only other team mate also strongly linked to Man United.

I never believed in this transfer, but this convinced me

 

[TheReligion]

I saw them at Harrods around 5pm yesterday.

And you didn’t even ask them what’s going on?!

 

[ayushreddevil9]

It's like people have forgotten who our owners are. The Glazers are not going to sanction -

A £140m deal for Casemiro.

A £100m+ deal on Antony.

Then sign Frenkie on another £150m+ deal.

All in the space of 2 weeks. I hope I'm wrong but I won't be.

How did you manage to add 80m to the actual fee we paid for Casemiro? Addons havent been paid and the salary adjustments wont happen without UCL qualification. Why do people want to add wages and other bs while quoting prices?

 

[Regulus Arcturus Black]

How did you manage to add 80m to the actual fee we paid for Casemiro? Addons havent been paid and the salary adjustments wont happen without UCL qualification. Why do people want to add wages and other bs while quoting prices?

Bit odd innit? Just put the full packages together from Zlatan, Bailly, Pogba and Mikhi and it gets daft, as does Maguire, AWB & Bruno or Sancho, Varane & Ronaldo.

 

[hellhunter]

How did you manage to add 80m to the actual fee we paid for Casemiro? Addons havent been paid and the salary adjustments wont happen without UCL qualification. Why do people want to add wages and other bs while quoting prices?

Don't you know? We're the only team paying wages to players, that's how shitty our owners are

 

[UnsungHero]

How did you manage to add 80m to the actual fee we paid for Casemiro? Addons havent been paid and the salary adjustments wont happen without UCL qualification. Why do people want to add wages and other bs while quoting prices?

That's how the Glazers will see it.

Remove the wages then. They still won't spend another £80m on Frenkie...

 

[Brownie85]

Don't you know? We're the only team paying wages to players, that's how shitty our owners are

How dare we pay wages to players. Maybe we should be like Barca and try to cut their wages all the time etc. Works for them

 

[Ikon]

Guy seems quite happy to be shafted by his club and remain loyal regardless.
He's going to be a bit part this season on lower wages and he's happy with it.
We don't need players like that.

Have to say that I would agree with that.
Someone of that age and that ability, content to be a bit part player because he likes the lifestyle.

However, I do get the feeling that De Jong will be playing PL football next season, it just won't be for United, but probably will be Chelsea.
This 'wedding' trip seems like a BS smokescreen, something is happening.

 

[Real Name]

It's like people have forgotten who our owners are. The Glazers are not going to sanction -

A £140m deal for Casemiro.

A £100m+ deal on Antony.

Then sign Frenkie on another £150m+ deal.

All in the space of 2 weeks. I hope I'm wrong but I won't be.

Do you work for the Sun?

 

[Brownie85]

Have to say that I would agree with that.
Someone of that age and that ability, content to be a bit part player because he likes the lifestyle.

However, I do get the feeling that De Jong will be playing PL football next season, it just won't be for United, but probably will be Chelsea.
This 'wedding' trip seems like a BS smokescreen, something is happening.

Can't say I agree with the Chelsea thing. Their reporters would be all over it, especially that Ben Jacobs. He'd want to be proved right so you know he'd have had something by now.

I'm not sure Chelseas interest was ever too serious in all honesty

 

[Counterfactual]

Have to say that I would agree with that.
Someone of that age and that ability, content to be a bit part player because he likes the lifestyle.

However, I do get the feeling that De Jong will be playing PL football next season, it just won't be for United, but probably will be Chelsea.
This 'wedding' trip seems like a BS smokescreen, something is happening.

@duffer is playing us United muppets for fools!

 

[Counterfactual]

It's like people have forgotten who our owners are. The Glazers are not going to sanction -

A £140m deal for Casemiro.

A £100m+ deal on Antony.

Then sign Frenkie on another £150m+ deal.

All in the space of 2 weeks. I hope I'm wrong but I won't be.

Falling asset, unhappy fanbase, sponsors getting twitchy... pump in a few hundred million... stabilise the ship... get CL participation back on track... sell for an extra billion.

 

[Mr Pigeon]

It's like people have forgotten who our owners are. The Glazers are not going to sanction -

A £140m deal for Casemiro.

A £100m+ deal on Antony.

Then sign Frenkie on another £150m+ deal.

All in the space of 2 weeks. I hope I'm wrong but I won't be.

Well you're already wrong about the costs so fingers crossed you're wrong again

 

[Ikon]

It's like people have forgotten who our owners are. The Glazers are not going to sanction -
A £140m deal for Casemiro.
A £100m+ deal on Antony.
Then sign Frenkie on another £150m+ deal.
All in the space of 2 weeks. I hope I'm wrong but I won't be.

But then, word is that funds of £50m are/were available for Gakpo in addition to Antony.
Now if that is really true, and with the likely sale of Garner for £20m, and Chong for £10m,
Well, United could still spring a surprise..!!

 

[UnitedSofa]

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[hellhunter]

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Dubravka was a smokescreen for Ter Stegen

 

[Mickeza]

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Pjanic. Braithwaite. No FDJ.

 

[Hoof the ball]

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[sewey89]

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Not THE Mick Ruby??

 

[Withnail]

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Frenkie
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What the feck are they at? That can't be true, surely?

 

[Hoof the ball]

Not THE Mick Ruby??

I was thrown off by the lack of blue tick, but I'm assured it is indeed THE Mick Ruby.

 

[Mickeza]

Alonso, RB and Bernardo Silva are the only incomings they’re linked to right?

 

[Judas]

Mick Ruby?!

ITKSuperInsiderAgent69 says it's a done dealio. Can't post the tweet because I've lost access to my fingers.

 

[Ish]

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GOAT tier without a doubt!

 

[Santos J]

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[dove]

Mick Ruby?!

ITKSuperInsiderAgent69 says it's a done dealio. Can't post the tweet because I've lost access to my fingers.

However Indykaila said that FdJ was travelling for the wedding. What a battle between tier 1s.

 

[BeltUp]

I was thrown off by the lack of blue tick, but I'm assured it is indeed THE Mick Ruby.

No blue tick but have you seen that twitter banner?

 

[Volumiza]

Well you're already wrong about the costs so fingers crossed you're wrong again

 

[Baneofthegame]

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It’s back on with three days to go!

 

[Laurencio]

It was never off.

The mid season joint "holiday" to the one place Man United sort this stuff out by them both is too strange to ignore for me.

Footballers goto dubai or miami or monaco or back home to Holland.

I am a Londoner and I love the City but ain't no 20 something millionaire who lives in Barcelona using what little time off they get to see the London Eye, with the only other team mate also strongly linked to Man United.

Wait, there isn't a wedding?

 

[sewey89]

I was thrown off by the lack of blue tick, but I'm assured it is indeed THE Mick Ruby.

Here we go confirmed.

 

[Withnail]

I was thrown off by the lack of blue tick, but I'm assured it is indeed THE Mick Ruby.

'20 years as global head of fotty sports management' and a link to a totally professional website. He clearly knows his stuff.