100%
well that's not true
what’s the highest count of pages for a transfer related thread?
mathematically no, in reality yes.
No in any sense
Pogba's and Sancho's (in the first year when we didn't get him) were over a 1000
It could easily he a 0 if FDJ was the only good first team signing. Most likely won't happen but it's a possibility m
It's a moot point anyway. We aren't winning a title next year.
A lot of money for a 34 years old player that I don't think will make a big difference in our performance (i don't think we have a chance in champions league and at the same time i don't think we will miss a champions league year without him). I prefer a young player or just save the money for the next year.Too good for Lewandowski?
What's this top 4 lark? It's La liga ffs
Someone didn't check El Mercurio.
If true then the plan to wait until we sign de Jong before moving on to other deals will have to change. We can’t be scrambling around at the end of the window trying to sign 3 or 4 players for different positions. Not to mention a lot of our first choice targets may be snapped up by then.
Sancho 2020 at 1342 followed by Pogba at 1091.
Well we know that United are working on at least two other moves, so the idea that we are waiting for anything is bogus.
He's an absolute goal machine. I think he'd definitely improve your performance. If we'd a chance to sign him I'd be all over it. Do Barca even have a proper CF at the moment?
I watched the part of Ornstein's interview where he talks about De Jong and he doesn't actually say it is "expected" to be a long saga, he just says it "could" be long and painful due to Barca wanting to squeeze every last cent out of us and United not wanting to be fleeced.
Oh yes, I forgot that you’re stacked with class players like McTominay, Fred, and Garner. Even Frenkie might struggle for game time.
Yes you are right. He said it might be a long and painful process. Did not say expected.
He is, he is fantastic, but realistically, would he take us from here to be a champions league candidate? football can change massively in a year but too many things would need to fall in place to reach that level. We have more important things to improve that our main striker. Basically the whole defense system.
I think we’re probably working on numerous deals quietly behind the scenes but barring Eriksen on a free we aren’t planning to pull the trigger until the de Jong deal is wrapped up. Will be interesting to see if this news changes anything, I’m assuming the club would’ve factored this in though and have probably set aside a certain amount for Frenkie and will use whatever’s left for other transfers and will conclude other deals first if they feel this is going to drag on for a long time.
It’s a game of poker. Personally I think a fee of 85m euros guaranteed with his wages on top is absurd so I’m glad we’re holding our ground. He wouldn’t be due back from holiday for another few weeks anyway so all blinking now will do is shut people up online…for 5 minutes before they start moaning about something else. I guess the other benefit of targeting former players is they’ll all know ETHs system and what he expects from them.
Barcelona to be able to sign normally must recover the losses of the last 3 years. If they activate the economic levers, they will be able to do so.
If Bayern do that with Ajax or Liverpool, it is that they are great managers and do not throw money away. If Barcelona does that with Bayern or United, it is that they are a joke of a club.
Don’t be daft. How much more value have City got from Bernardo and De Bruyne at 60 million-ish (in total) than Barca have got from FDJ? Both on massively lower wages for most of the time.
That last part might be an issue!
Sounds about right for the dramatic sound Bite.
Ten Hag did have a midfield of Fred, McTominay and Hannibal last year. It’s painfully obvious our midfield needs strengthening. Stop with the ostrich routine.
Ismail Bennacer and / or Fabian Ruiz
Ahh we’ve all been sucked in from time to time. Glorious moment a few days ago when my son (13), full of transfer-window glee, told me excitedly that Timber was definitely about to happen. I mocked his naivety greatly and slowly explained what he was letting himself in for
Looked up the definition of average and overrated.
If you dont want a saga then Fabian Ruiz, Tielemas, Neuhaus, Aouar, Rabiot. If you want a saga then Milinkovic, Neves, Mcginn.
If that was the case, then both The Athletic and BBC would never be this committed to reporting on De Jong. It would be completely unlike both of them.
IT WAS A BIG DAY TODAY OKAY?!?!?!?!
