It’s looking like we are going to see end to another transfer saga after real Madrid and Mbappe. We could see end to another saga after news coming out of Old Trafford. That Manchester United could sign Barcelona midfielder Frankie De jong. After previously rejected bids in several seasons. Manchester United could finally sign Dutch midfielder.
It could become reality if reports of Spanish media are true. That Man Utd are clear to finally sign Frenkie De Jong. Report from Sport claiming that Barca are willing to listen to proposals for the £85million-rated Dutch man The Red Devils are prepared to sign him.
Barcelona could sell him finally due to their financial situation. Ffp guidelines restrict them to sign any player without selling high value players. And De Jong could be one of them to depart from The club. De Jong came in limelight under Erik Ten Hag at Ajax. Now Barcelona Midfielder has became mature. Erik ten Hag, who recently opened up about his wish to reunite with the Barcelona Midfielder.
Once the chaos at the club will over there will be surely discusion about it. Weather Erik Ten Hag is going to stay at the club or not. The board is going to have a meeting with Ten Hag in the coming days. There will be a performance review of Erik Ten Hag. If he stays then he will surely sign De Jong.
French champions, Paris Saint-Germain, now plan to focus most of the financial resources on replacing Kylian Mbappe, strengthening the wings and reinforcing the defense. Therefore, Sport claim that the Ligue 1 giants ‘will not knock on’ the doors of Barca to present a proposal for De Jong. Bayern Munich were in the lime light as well but as per the report, with the appointment of Manchester City legend. Vincent Kompany, the Bundesliga side’s interest in the former Ajax midfielder ‘has been frozen’.
Barcelona Midfielder Frenkie De jong to sign for United
Barcelona Midfielder De Jong is the top target for Manchester United. In Ajax he was the one of reason of Erik Ten Hag’s success. He reached Champions League semi-finals in 2018-19 before losing to Tottenham. De Jong joined Barça from Ajax in 2019 for an initial €75m and has gone on to make over 200 appearances for the club.
De jong is top target for Manchester United. Barcelona have a new boss in Julian Nagelsmann, former Bayern Munich Manager. He plays compact gegenpress. Nagelsmann need to deal with financial situation. For that they need to sell players.
Frenkie De jong has stated in his latest statements that he has no intention to leave the Barcelona club.
“Staying at Barca? Yes, I’m very happy in Barcelona with my family, for sure. Hansi Flick wants me to be key? I talked to him, it was good. After the European Championship we will see how he is doing.”
Barca president Joan Laporta has also insisted that de Jong is ‘delighted’ at the club. And does not want to leave despite interest from elsewhere.
“The last thing he would want would be to leave Barcelona,”
the 61-year-old confirmed.
“He has told me more than once. That he is delighted here. We have margin. We are delighted with him. I‘m not worried about anyone and if someone wants to leave, we can’t go against a player’s will. But I think everyone wants to stay and we want everyone we have to stay. We don’t want any of them to leave, because no team in history has been a flash in the pan.”
De Jong can leave
Barcelona needs to solve their FFP problems so they need to sell players. They would want around €90m. Manchester United need to boost their midfield before next season. They need to sign players who could fit in Ten Hag system.
De Jong could fit in Ten Hag system as he has played under Ten Hag at Ajax. He was sensational under his management stint. Ajax reached Champions League semi-finals in that Era. He could be on his way out of Barcelona to Old Trafford if Barcelona forced to sell players due to their financial situation.
A news coming out of Dutch camp is big blow for Dutch Euros hope as De Jong is ruled out of the Euro 2024 tournament. Days before it kicks off. Along with more important Dutch players out due to injury.
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