7 hours ago, Kantesmini said:

Not sure about him tbh would need to see some youtube vids lol but if it means we send redcafe into an absolute meltdown and take a toy from utd...im in!

Brighton lad, This guy and a forward and we could be skipping down the title path IMO

I know it would be a soap opera from start to finish but could you imagine redcafe if we signed de Jong and then followed up with Ronaldo

Let's hope we aren't bailing Barca out via taking De Jong of their hand. He's not keen to move, leave him alone.

2 minutes ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Let's hope we aren't bailing Barca out via taking De Jong of their hand. He's not keen to move, leave him alone.

Nah they will lever their way there either way 

11 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Nah they will lever their way there either way 

it's not how it works

from what i understand there is no way they can lever their way out of the wage– and subsequent registration problems they have 

they need to sell De Jong or he needs to take a pay cut.

if we get de Jong we should wait till the very end of the window, when they are getting desperate. It could also help us in that with the De Jong money Barcelona might take Bernardo Silva away from City, which in my opinion will significantly weaken them 

before we send them any money just make sure our other targets are already finalised though…

Edited August 2, 20223 yr by azpi28

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Nah they will lever their way there either way 

You either die by a lever or live long enough to become a lever (us).

7 hours ago, azpi28 said:

it's not how it works

from what i understand there is no way they can lever their way out of the wage– and subsequent registration problems they have 

they need to sell De Jong or he needs to take a pay cut.

if we get de Jong we should wait till the very end of the window, when they are getting desperate. It could also help us in that with the De Jong money Barcelona might take Bernardo Silva away from City, which in my opinion will significantly weaken them 

before we send them any money just make sure our other targets are already finalised though…

City won't sell Silva last second though..highly unlikely. And Barca won't buy him before they've sold DeJong. Hence why it wouldn't make that much sense to gamble on a last second offer for him from our side. Unless of course we don't REALLY need him this season and just take a gamble on the whole charade. 

Edited August 2, 20223 yr by weetee

9 hours ago, azpi28 said:

it's not how it works

from what i understand there is no way they can lever their way out of the wage– and subsequent registration problems they have 

they need to sell De Jong or he needs to take a pay cut.

if we get de Jong we should wait till the very end of the window, when they are getting desperate. It could also help us in that with the De Jong money Barcelona might take Bernardo Silva away from City, which in my opinion will significantly weaken them 

before we send them any money just make sure our other targets are already finalised though…

I saw on SSN that they were now able to register their new players after this latest sale of stuff they don't own

43 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

I saw on SSN that they were now able to register their new players after this latest sale of stuff they don't own

how? pulling levers doesn't lower the wage bill? 

if they don't mess up our targets it will be funny if Frenkie stays, that would really ruin Man Utd's season.

 

Edited August 2, 20223 yr by azpi28

1 hour ago, azpi28 said:

how? pulling levers doesn't lower the wage bill? 

if they don't mess up our targets it will be funny if Frenkie stays, that would really ruin Man Utd's season.

 

Kavel Solhekol, so probably bollox

 

Looks like we're officially involved in the De Jong circus. Fantastic player but it seems a complicated one.

Side note, Brighton are really taking the piss with their Cucurella valuation because they know we're a bit desperate at this point

I've no idea what the plan is here 🙂 and our squad is absolutely enormous currently!

That said, certainly can't fault the ambition and the level of player we are targeting... we seem to mean business. If they all come off we'll be spending around 300m   

So we’ll potentially have in midfield:

Jorginho

Kante

Kovacic 

Gallagher 

Chuka

De Jong

RLC

 

7 midfielders for 2 spots? That’s crazy. Surely we’ll sell one or two them. I think we’ll look to offload Jorginho. RLC apparently doesn’t want to leave.

 

6 minutes ago, JM7 said:

So we’ll potentially have in midfield:

Jorginho

Kante

Kovacic 

Gallagher 

Chuka

De Jong

RLC

 

7 midfielders for 2 spots? That’s crazy. Surely we’ll sell one or two them. I think we’ll look to offload Jorginho. RLC apparently doesn’t want to leave.

 

Unless there is a plan to go 4-3-3.

I reckon if FdJ comes Jorgi is on his way out. RLC I guess is substituted by Chukwa who should battle it mostly out with Gallagher.

Next season our current midfield will eventually lose 2/3 of our starters (on a free) so would be this transfer window all over again just that we have to overhaul our complete midfield instead of defense. RLC I don't think will cut it here. He's reached his ceiling here which in patches is good to very good but also incredibly unreliable imho which is necessary for a central midfielder in our system. 

Frenkie can play as a CB... 😂

Frenkie would be the natural successor to Jorginho 

59 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

 

Side note, Brighton are really taking the piss with their Cucurella valuation because they know we're a bit desperate at this point

Apparently that’s not true 

 

 

What's this guy like? Looks like a more mobile Jorginho from the few clips i've seen. 

Is he fast/strong, or rather - faster and stronger than Jorginho? I actually really like Jorginho, but his weaknesses can be exposed by top sides. 

Would this guy let us shift into a 4-3-3? Is he capable of holding down the DM spot in a physical league?

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by Hessleboink

With Kante and Jorginho in the last years of their contracts with both expected to leave. It seems like we can't miss on an opportunity to get a player of De Jongs caliber. If this happens  I can see Jorginho taking a back seat this season.

2 minutes ago, Hessleboink said:

What's this guy like? Looks like a more mobile Jorginho from the few clips i've seen. 

Is he fast/strong, or rather - faster and stronger than Jorginho? I actually really like Jorginho, but his weaknesses can be exposed by top sides. 

Would this guy let us shift into a 4-3-3? Is he capable of holding down the DM spot in a physical league?

He’s not physical as in strong 

he’s a lot quicker than Jorgi though and maybe a bit more offensive 

he’s not the Mikel type you need to play as a DM

Cheers, Azpi. 

Do you rate him? Where would you see him slotting in?

He can dribble well and has a very good eye / understanding plus an elite passing game so extremely helpful in build up play. He's not a #6 so in  CFC-fantasy land he'd play here next year alongside Rice ripping it up.

 

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by weetee

That's a funny looking £70m striker

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

So we’ll potentially have in midfield:

Jorginho

Kante

Kovacic 

Gallagher 

Chuka

De Jong

RLC

 

7 midfielders for 2 spots? That’s crazy. Surely we’ll sell one or two them. I think we’ll look to offload Jorginho. RLC apparently doesn’t want to leave.

 

Jorginho = bench, used in the right situations
Kante = rotated more often as he is breaking down
Kovacic = 1st choice
Gallagher = bench
Chuka = loaned out
de Jong = 1st choice
RLC = bench wingback/cm