Frenkie de Jong
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Givenchy
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Sounds like sour grapes bro
He's easily a level above United and should be in the CL. I think he'll do well there and be challenging in 3-4 years providing ETH doesn't bloat their squad with meh Eredivisie players
fergus90
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80 million is a decent transfer fee. What were you expecting to get for him?
serghei
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I agree. I was hoping for 80+10 variables or something like that. Pushing more to the 90 mark.
That being said, if we spend a big chunk of that on fucking 34 years old Lewandowski it's a bad deal. Unless we somehow win La Liga next year.
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xXKonan
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I was hoping to squeeze at least 10 more like Serghei said.
Not like it matters really, the money won't go towards a good top class replacement anyway.
xXKonan
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Yeah I'm not trying to be pessimistic but I see Laporta blowing a big chunk of the cash on Lewa, with the excuse of "We have commitments we had to honor or some stuff".
Feels like the B. Silva is going to end up being nothing more than smoke and mirrors and to be fair, we are still not out of the woods financially wise but it won't stop us from doing something boneheaded during this transfer window.
Devils
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Not sour grapes but more reality than not.
He's not a top 10 midfielder in the world. Could argue he's not in the top 15 either. Also contrary to people blaming the system, it's pretty clear that he has huge limitation a player i.e. his passing/vision is virtually non existent. Over the last 3 years, his overall performance at Barca was average at best.
I'd take him any day over Busquets, but at the same time, I'm not going to pretend like this guy is a huge asset to our midfield and his contribution can't be replaced fairly easily (although we probably wont even do that lol).
Nazario1985
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Let's be honest and grateful to ManU because that's the only Euro club who can commit that amount of money for him.
He is a good player and will fit ManU style and level easily.
He is a good player and will fit ManU style and level easily.
I think 80 million is the total transfer fee too, right? The guaranteed fee is 65 million which is super low.
I said it before, every other top club already has a strong midfield. Think about it: Bayern, Liverpool, City, Chelsea, Juventus and Atletico Madrid. The only team without a strong midfield that can afford him is PSG. Anyone expecting 100m-120m because they expected a bidding war were being delusional. Especially when De Jong is being forced out.
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BusiTheKing
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I think he definitely is a top 10 midfielder despite a subpar latest season. The biggest issue with selling him is that his physicality was the only thing keeping us afloat in the intense games.
Pedri - Gavi - Busquets would get absolutely run over in a CL knockout (as they already did against Frankfurt).
Pedri - Gavi - Busquets would get absolutely run over in a CL knockout (as they already did against Frankfurt).
FinBarcelonafan
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Way too little.
Don't like it at all. He will shine with United and we will look like clowns, as usual.
FinBarcelonafan
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He will be easily Uniteds best midfielder.
We should have waited for more. They were desperate.
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