Frenkie de Jong

[Stoned Rose]

Barcelona sending Frenkie de Jong to Utd

Tidy thighs in the background.

 

[LongsightM13]

We should sign him for the craic and just then loan him to Girona for three years

 

[14aguero]

Stay strong, Frenkie.

 

[StrutterBlue]

They can't force him to go, im sure the contract he signed would need his consent to to be terminated in non disciplinary circumstances

 

[malg]

It'll be interesting to see his u-turn if/when he signs.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

They can't force him to go, im sure the contract he signed would need his consent to to be terminated in non disciplinary circumstances View attachment 49863

 

[malg]

It's quite poisonous this transfer. I'm sure TenBob is using as many of his Dutch connections to get him to sign, but it would be nice too see the Rags just distance themselves from it. Take the moral high ground........for once.

 

[bobmcfc]

Would still like to see him here. Think he'd be a great option

 

[Beswick Prize Band]

If he does end up there ,under protest, he's hardly going to be a happy bunny

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

It's quite poisonous this transfer. I'm sure TenBob is using as many of his Dutch connections to get him to sign, but it would be nice too see the Rags just distance themselves from it. Take the moral high ground........for once.

Any competent club would have gone about this very differently.

Basically, all big transfers start with off the record chats with agents. Buying club asks player agent if player wants the move, rough terms of deal agreed. Then agent approaches club and says i want you to sell to club x, rough terms agreed. All this done very quietly and in most cases someone says no or the terms are to far apart and it goes away. Rags seem to have forgotten to ask the player if he wants the deal and just jumped on the fact that Barca want to sell.

So its all gone very public without any agreement in place. Any self respecting club would distance themselves as soon as its even suggested the player doesn't want it.

Not the rags - they just dont know when to quit. So at this point even if he signs it just looks awful.