And how much are Barca happy to sign off on?
Utd have offered to cover some of it. It’s not the reason for hold up of transfer. De Jong does not want to go to Utd. Money owed is paid on exit
Fuck knows. I’d say they’d prefer not to pay a penny of it.
That’s what im trying to understand… You’d imagine the player would write off a bit of it to go play football . The Dutch are notoriously tight tho.
They want an English team to pay it seemingly. Chelsea probably will the way theyre going. A player like him probably wouldn’t come up for sale normally so its probably a smart thing to do.
With Barcelona playing their first league game this weekend I wouldn’t be surprised to see De Jong not play.
They could claim he cannot play until they sort out his illegal contract.
More than a club
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Mitten was good on it on The Athletic. They’re trying to force him out regardless. You’d feel for the chap. He might end uo with no choice but Utd unless Chelsea decide to match their offer.
My sources say Chelsea got a gentle reminder that if they wish to pursue a deal they’ll have to sell a few big names due to FFP rules.
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Especially if they sign Aubameyang.
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Werner gone must leave them ok on that front?
Chelsea love an ageing striker and often do well with them
€20 guaranteed + add ons for that.
Then this…
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I’ve no idea who that is. A cod
I’ve always loved Barca, I’d probably give them the nod ahead of anyone else in Europe truth be told. But this is getting very Ridsdale-y at the moment
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It’s very sad.
They won two champions leagues playing beautiful football with 8 or 9 academy graduates.
I doubt we’ll ever see football like it again.
It’s amazing how badly run they are.
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Its particularly stupid given they have two or 3 of the best young fellas in Europe and they’re signing lads inferior to them. If you’ve Pedri and Gavi, why sign Frank Kessie?
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Because their global business model needs big signings on a regular basis.
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Sure a fella like me knew pjanic and griezemann were a total waste of money.
Fofana is very good. Is he worth £70m? Possibly not, but they’ll struggle to get a better centre-back for cheaper.
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