De Jong the mercenary ?

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Re: De Jong the mercenary.

The OP should be shot.

What a shocking thread.

Never doubt De Jong's commitment to the City cause.

If he feels the offer isn't acceptable, he has every right to not sign the contract.

But while he's still a City player he 'will' give 101% for the blue shirt. That is for sure.

Bit harsh that fella. Agree to disagree but dont send me to the firing squad.

If he feels 100k a week isnt acceptable then fair enough, but it is worth discussion.

If, towards the end of the coming season there is a crucial 50 - 50 challenge to win a crucial game for us and DJ has in his mind his free transfer and huge signing on fee do you think he will pull out of the challenge.

IMO DJ game was all about crunching tackles and bossing the midfield. He hasnt done that since the B Arfa incident. It may be subconcious or a concious decision to change his game but imo without that he has little to offer.

I'm only firing blank bullets that man. :-)

Unfortunately that's the nature of the beast. Players like De Jong can hold out for what they think they're worth.

When De Jong was first offered the new contract he was at the top of his game. He turned it down. Since then he's been injured and hasn't been as influential as he was. However, he was, and still is a very important part of the title winning team. Look back at the title runin.

You aslo have to remember he is on the last year of his contract. If City don't sell him he leaves for nothing. As it stand it doesn't look like City want to sell him, even though he could go for nothing at the end of next season. Why?

Hopefully he will sign another contract. If he doesn't so be it. But like I've stated, he will still and always give 101% for the shirt and the fans.

PS. Come on Nige you greedy b*****! Sign that 100K contract.

-- Mon Jul 30, 2012 7:31 pm --

The OP should be shot.

If he feels the offer isn't acceptable, he has every right to not sign the contract.

If he feels being payed over a hundred grand a week (as reported) to kick a football around isn't acceptable then he can fuck off. I'm a huge fan of Nigel, one of my favourite players but if he is holding out for a stupidly big contract or trying to gain a huge signing on fee then I will be very dissapointed.

See above that man.

The thing is, I think we do want to sell him. His representatives have been in negotiations but no agreement has been reached. One can only conclude that the club feels he is overvaluing himself. Hence a standoff.

 

[johnny on the spot]

De Jong's excellent at what he does. He's also a regular starter for Netherlands, a World Cup finalist playing for the champions of England.

He will never be in a better position than this to negotiate a move elsewhere. He'd be insane not to at least consider his options.

 

[kippax casual]

Re: De Jong the mercenary.

Bit harsh that fella. Agree to disagree but dont send me to the firing squad.

If he feels 100k a week isnt acceptable then fair enough, but it is worth discussion.

If, towards the end of the coming season there is a crucial 50 - 50 challenge to win a crucial game for us and DJ has in his mind his free transfer and huge signing on fee do you think he will pull out of the challenge.

IMO DJ game was all about crunching tackles and bossing the midfield. He hasnt done that since the B Arfa incident. It may be subconcious or a concious decision to change his game but imo without that he has little to offer.

So De Jong has been poor since October 2010? Do me a favour lad

Didnt say he had been poor, I said his game had changed somewhat.

No need for the "lad" shit.

I never realised lad was an offensive word!

Don't think his game has changed at all, in fact the general consensus is that he hasn't changed enough!

 

[BlueTG]

I wouldnt say he's a mercenary for seeing out his contract, he signed to commit 5 years or whatever it was to City and if he feels 5 years is how long his time at City will be, then the best of luck to him, unless he fucks off to United or somewhere.

 

[T_Bone]

What a twat! How dare he sign a contract and see it out!

 

[nehe11]

De Jong's excellent at what he does. He's also a regular starter for Netherlands, a World Cup finalist playing for the champions of England.

He will never be in a better position than this to negotiate a move elsewhere. He'd be insane not to at least consider his options.

2010 world cup finalist this year they diden´t even make it out of the group stages.. And he´s not a regular for us, you can´t live on old achivements.

 

[T_Bone]

De Jong's excellent at what he does. He's also a regular starter for Netherlands, a World Cup finalist playing for the champions of England.

He will never be in a better position than this to negotiate a move elsewhere. He'd be insane not to at least consider his options.

2010 world cup finalist this year they diden´t even make it out of the group stages.. And he´s not a regular for us, you can´t live on old achivements.

So do we only sign spanish players then?

 

[nehe11]

De Jong's excellent at what he does. He's also a regular starter for Netherlands, a World Cup finalist playing for the champions of England.

He will never be in a better position than this to negotiate a move elsewhere. He'd be insane not to at least consider his options.

2010 world cup finalist this year they diden´t even make it out of the group stages.. And he´s not a regular for us, you can´t live on old achivements.

So do we only sign spanish players then?

No i´m just saying stating that his biggest achivment was some time ago you brought it up... Saying he´s a worldcup finalist 2010( which he was) But his team diden´t make it out the group this year. You said he plays for the champions of England when (which he does) but only started 11 games out of 38 which says alot. That´s all

 

[T_Bone]

2010 world cup finalist this year they diden´t even make it out of the group stages.. And he´s not a regular for us, you can´t live on old achivements.

So do we only sign spanish players then?

No i´m just saying stating that his biggest achivment was some time ago you brought it up... Saying he´s a worldcup finalist 2010( which he was) But his team diden´t make it out the group this year. You said he plays for the champions of England when (which he does) but only started 11 games out of 38 which says alot. That´s all

I brought nowt up. So his team that he was with last year won the league. Are you for real????

 

[BlueTG]

De Jong's excellent at what he does. He's also a regular starter for Netherlands, a World Cup finalist playing for the champions of England.

He will never be in a better position than this to negotiate a move elsewhere. He'd be insane not to at least consider his options.

2010 world cup finalist this year they diden´t even make it out of the group stages.. And he´s not a regular for us, you can´t live on old achivements.

So do we only sign spanish players then?

No, he is simply saying De Jong is shit because he won't sign an extension.