30 Jul 2024 10:21:29
Anything of substance in the renewed de jong rumors ed002?
{Ed002's Note - Frenkie de Jong (CM/DM) Barcelona will look for a new contract with reduced wages else he will be sold in the summer with interest remaining from Manchester United - although he will need to prove his fitness after injury - so might be one for later in the window. PSG have spoken with his agent and additionally his agent has raised his availability with Chelsea whist discussing another player and with Arsenal - but neither is interested and the wages are huge.}
30 Jul 2024 12:20:26
Time travelled back 2 years!
That being said, if there was a way of bringing in both Ugarte (loan with obligation) and De Jong then likely be the best 2 midfielders we could get.
Having said all of that, do not see it happen. Slow day in the news.
30 Jul 2024 12:27:14
Read somewhere that he’s the highest paid player in La Liga, so unless he accepts a pay cut I can’t see anybody willing to stump up a transfer fee and his wages.
30 Jul 2024 13:47:52
At this point, De Jong may as well change his name to Wesley Sneijder.
30 Jul 2024 14:10:11
Dude is supposedly earning more than half a million a week. He’d be crazy to leave or sign a new deal. If he’s smart, he’ll see out his contract and then collect a fat signing on fee at his next club.
30 Jul 2024 16:18:52
Is there a need for De Jong now? I feel like Mainoo came in and unexpectedly settled quickly and actually does the role De Jong does. Then we have Mount who is having a good pre season so hopefully stays clear of injuries and kicks on this season. Not sure he’s what we need now in CM with our current options.
30 Jul 2024 16:41:42
I would have to agree with Ports. What we are missing is somebody to do the dirty work, win balls back and be a bit of muscle in the centre of the pitch.
30 Jul 2024 18:21:47
I think Mainoo has a higher ceiling than De Jong, although he’s a different type of CM. We are blessed to have that little wizard coming through at our club.
30 Jul 2024 18:41:09
Yeah, DeJong is a player I would have loved to see brought in even a year ago, but with Bruno, Mount and Mainoo, I feel like he'd be the kind of luxury signing we can't afford when we have so many other positions in far more urgent need of improvement.
We need a midfielder who can play as a real number 6 in a physical league. Ugarte being the example most heavily linked with us at the moment.
If we get that kind of midfielder in, I'd still be looking at another CB, RB, LB and RW before I even considered someone like De Jong.
The Only way we get Ugarte, MDL or JB, a new LB, a new RB and a new RW, and still have enough money for someone like Frankie Dr Jong, are in Football Manager or EA FC a few months from now.
30 Jul 2024 22:09:37
Yes it's completely true, they are rumours.