He’s the only midfielder in the entire world who could come in and improve our midfield.
Frenkie de Jong | The last muppeting lap
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They really do. Their back three CB all picked up cramp and niggles. I think both Thiago Silva and Koulibaly are both injured.
They had a combined age of 100.
The season is going to be very intense and there’s no way those three stay fit for every game. Yes they have Chalobah and Cucurella who can play there but then need another younger CB in that set up.
It really is looking like De Jong or nothing.
Yup I agree 100%. The most important thing we could've done this summer was to get the coaching appointment right and I think we've done that.
It would be such a United thing to spend more than £60m on Cucurella and then play him as LCB
Franco Bianco in Italian. They could be a special little gang.
Wish there was a Spanish poster on here called Franco Blanco.
This guy gets it! Good post, I think you’re spot on.
It would!
Which is an amazing positive change and absolutely the right thing to do.
Morning guys! Another day beckons... except i'm going to be out for most of it, so i'm hoping for some news when i get home tonight!
Or maybe a nice juicy Sport tweet to destroy
Or maybe a nice juicy Sport tweet to destroy
Give it to Poch till the end of the season!
Which is how we should have always operated. The amount we've spent on players "just because" and it's rarely worked out.
I think ten Hag sees a lot of potential in our youngsters and thinks some of them can do a great job in the future.
We've always been known for developing our own talent, just seemed to really lose our way since Fergie retired
If we end up sticking with what we have, we can only hope Garner or Zidane will do a Greenwood when we didn't get Sancho. That McFred midfield must die one way or another this season
I'm not suggesting buying players for the sake of it. I'm suggesting buying decent/good players rather than nobody, because we simply do not have the numbers.
It's perfectly conceivable that both Fred and McTominay are injured or unavailable at times - I guess those advocating the 'FDJ or nobody' route will feel comfortable when we're getting pumped by every team because our midfield is literally non-existent.
Don't think, the total amount of cash post SAF is of any relevance here. If De Jong is the paramount transfer this window, there is no reason at all to question a stance where this deals stalls for weeks if potentially the gap is around 15 million.
If your faith is for free, thats fine for you but lets not expect others to be the same. There are people who think that trust and faith are things one has to work for and earn.
Up to a point. We can’t just end up with no-one in key positions indefinitely. At a certain point we have to look at players who might not be our first choice but will improve us.
i could be completely wrong, i'm happy to leave open the possibility that i've interpreted things incorrectly. I just don't think right now that any other scenario apart from "FDJ or Bust" is even close to happening.
Or a Romero "Things are happening" to trigger usMorning guys! Another day beckons... except i'm going to be out for most of it, so i'm hoping for some news when i get home tonight!
Or maybe a nice juicy Sport tweet to destroy
That would be a truly brilliant outcome. I don’t like to be too negative but I will be even more amazed than when Greenwood came through.
or maybe a Romero "feelings" update
It is Sunday... he's probably had a very very busy night last night, might have even had a very spicy curry, so things most likely ARE happening!
I find it amazing how their "feelings" are passed off and accepted as pure fact by people.or maybe a Romero "feelings" update
Like yesterday it was reported that Romero said "de Jong will leave next week and will go to Chelsea" only for it to come out a short while later that these were his "feelings" and what he thinks might happen.
This transfer has very little geniune news i think as the people involved, bar Barca, are staying quiet
I wish people would stop making suggestions about backups. There is no backup. Its Frenkie or bust!
We shouldn’t neglect positions in need of strengthening obviously, but it should be done in line with the managers/DOF plan for how we play. Obviously we have a list of targets we work down so as an example we work on Fabian Ruiz etc if FDJ doesn’t join, but we don’t lose our nerve and go buy somebody useless for way over the asking price just to say we signed a midfielder. We have to get away from Pogba and Sanchez type signings that cost a fortune and realistically added very little to the squad.
We will probably be watching Barca later to see if Frenkie plays, where he plays and for how long…..Morning guys! Another day beckons... except i'm going to be out for most of it, so i'm hoping for some news when i get home tonight!
Or maybe a nice juicy Sport tweet to destroy
Psg have signed Vitinha, Sanches and Ruiz(about to). I'm not sure how they would have done here or if they would have fit but it's funny how all three have been touted as a De Jong alternative at some point
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What a back four.
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No Tier 1 MUFC update since Bangkok. Anything genuine since then has been restating Ducker/Stone's articles from Bangkok.
I hope not…
Exactly, and nothing has come directly from Chelsea either. Their T1's are just posting one liners in unreleated articles, almost as if they're just throwing it in to cover all bases.
The only ones who truly know whats going on are United, ten Hag, de Jong, his agent and Barca. Aside from that it's all speculation and hearsay
Also didn't he breakout before the summer where we targetted Sancho? Did we try to sign Sancho in 2019?
He did. Then he had a poor first full season, if memory serves with his first two league goals coming in separate games against West Ham. So if one of them has a Greenwood in 2020/21 season there’ll be calls to ship them off to Forest Green Rovers.
Also didn't he breakout before the summer where we targetted Sancho? Did we try to sign Sancho in 2019?
It's strange how we were linked with every one of those players immediately before it was announced they were on the verge of signing for PSG. Did we force them into action or are clubs just taking the piss out of us by making it look like we are failing in every deal we try to do?
De Jong is a good player but I don't think he's worth this much trouble nor worth fecking up our season for. This obsession with De Jong is getting a bit weird tbh, he's not Zidane.
Lets get someone else in, I don't think we can get CL if we start with McFred.
Lets get someone else in, I don't think we can get CL if we start with McFred.
this is a quality analysis of that tweet haha"I can not succeed unless you pay whatever you need to secure de Jong, if you don't buy him - whatever the cost - I will fail regardless of the quality of players I receive."
You're hired!
Not buying it in the slightest.
Told you... it's that vindaloo he had last night. It's starting to move
Do the colored circles & the medals mean something in those tweets? I’ve seen red circles, yellow circles, now a gold medal; are they muppetry warning levels like the DEFCON system?
Some sad fecker got a tattoo of that line.
Yeah, symbols for the reliability of the source. Gold medal/full moon = T1
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