United push for Frenkie de Jong

Manchester United is squeezing Frenkie de Jong to sign it. It is the priority of Erik ten Hag, who already had the tulip as the leader of the midfield in his Ajax. He now wants him as a key piece of his new project, he sees him as the footballer who starts the game from behind to give a clean ball start. Nevertheless, the footballer for now He doesn’t want to go to a club where he trusts the coach but where he won’t play in the Champions League. The player prioritizes continuing to play in this competition, although neither Manchester United has renounced the signing for now, convinced by Barcelona’s economic needs, nor have the Barça club closed the door to an exit.

In parallel, other powerful clubs They have Barça’s Dutch midfielder in their rada. PSG is very attentive to his situation. Also Bayern Munich, who want a midfielder and follow the situation of both Frankie and Gavi, who is one year away from the end of his contract. And also Manchester City, where Bernardo Silva, one of the potential replacements for the Dutch midfielder, plays, which would facilitate an operation between the two clubs.

an ambiguous responsibility

While, in the Barça there is a situation complicated. On the one hand, De Jong’s departure is not seen as a drama at the club because he has not exploded to the level of being an undisputed player in the lineup. On the other hand, what if you want is to take out a very good amount for him, given that it cost 86 million (75 million plus 11 in variables that have already been reached) and he is a highly valued player at European level. The latest showing of him with the Netherlands picks in the Nations League speaks for itself.

Certainly, within the club there is some divergence in the argument about Frenkie’s situation. While from the institutional part of the club it is said that the decision about him would be exclusively sports (so said economic vice president Romeu), from the technical ‘staff’ it is pointed out that the economic part has its weight because perhaps to achieve some objective it would be necessary to sacrifice to frenkie. Nobody wants to take responsibility for a possible departure: the technicians do not want it to appear that they have ruled it out and the economic managers avoid giving the impression that economic criteria condition sports decisions.

The pressure, for the player

While, Frenkie is saying publicly that he would prefer to continue at Barça, the club of his dreams, although he sees how nobody declares him non-transferable, while he admits in the concentration of the Netherlands that he plays and feels better in his team than in his club. Therefore, the pressure is on him, who is showing

According to British media close to Unitedat Old Trafford they are very optimistic about the arrival of the Dutchman, although there is a discrepancy in the figures of the operation: they trust to close it at around 60 million euros, while at Barça the minimum is 80, with the intention of upload it with the bid from other clubs. Ten Hag would be sure that he could convince his former pupil with the promise of a powerful team for the next few years in which he would be the main architect.

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