FC Barcelona have agreed to sell star midfielder Frenkie de Jong to Manchester United, according to reports.
"He's the present and the future [at Barca]. He is a very important player for me. [But] at the club they are clear that if he continues for one more season and the player does not explode [into good form], he will lose value and Barca will lose money." "The operation would be [completed] for between €70 ($73.6mn) and €80mn ($84.1mn) ," Romero went on.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, goes the infamous adage. And not many clubs in Europe are as desperate as FC Barcelona at the moment.
Xavi substituting de Jong on a few occasions is perhaps a testament to just that. The financial aftermath of Josep Maria Bartomeu’s erratic presidential tenure has cut deep at Barcelona. And not many clubs in Europe are as desperate as FC Barcelona at the moment.
Frenkie Of Jong could be living his last days like player of the FC Barcelona. According to the journalist Gerard Romero, the Manchester United has advance.
One of the possible signings that would benefit of the 'operation Frenkie' would be the one of Robert Lewandowski. The Pole seems decided to leave of the Bayern Munich this summer and, with the money ingresado by the tulip, his arrival luce less utopian from the economic. The mission of the managerial is to go down the payroll the possible maximum to resolve the current problems with the limit salarial, one of the main headaches of the directive to arm the staff of the 2022-23. Have Hag headed to Frenkie between 2017 and 2019, being the manager of his explosion like professional player in the 2018-19.
Barcelona and Frenkie de Jong keep on insisting they are happy together but the rumor mill is having absolutely none of it ahead of the summer transfer ...
The Dutchman has repeatedly insisted he wants to stay at Barcelona, and Xavi has said the same thing but the rumors keep on coming due to the club’s enormous debts. There’s a bit more too. Barcelona and Frenkie de Jong keep on insisting they are happy together but the rumor mill is having absolutely none of it ahead of the summer transfer window.
Manchester United will sign Frenkie de Jong this summer, according to reports. This comes after claims that Liverpool wanted the player.
But this is likely a blow to Liverpool. Sport reported back in February that the Reds had eyes on De Jong over a potential summer transfer. This is actually one of the remarkably few United signings that make sense. De Jong is the one they’ll move as he can secure a big fee and they’re well-stocked in midfield even without him.