After weeks of discreet attempts and timid approaches between agents and intermediaries, Manchester United would have decided to take the step of going directly to FC Barcelona to try to sign Frankie de Jonga 25-year-old midfielder from the Netherlands with a contract at the Barça club until 2026. This is what journalist Fabrizio Romano, a specialist in market issues, affirms, adding in a publication on his social networks that the starting price is 85 million euros , a figure that the English club will try to lower with an offer more in line with what is being paid in the current market.
However, this information collides with the desire of Frankie de Jongwho this same Tuesday said at the concentration of his team that “I don’t want to talk about rumours. I feel good at FC Barcelona. There is no agreement or anything official. I prefer to stay in Barcelona. I already said it before, it is the club of my dreams since I was little.
If this negotiation between clubs exists, it should be understood as a way of pressuring the player to change his mind because the operation would be beneficial for both parties: Frankie de Jong It is a request from the new manager of Manchester United, Have a Hagwith whom he exploded at Ajax, and Barça cannot hide their economic problems that could be alleviated with the transfer of a player who maintains an international poster.
“Of course I heard about the rumors with Manchester United, but the people in charge of the club did not tell me anything. Then I will assume that there is no agreement and that nothing happens,” he also commented. Frankie de Jong.
At the same time, the newspaper ‘The Mirror’ publishes that Arsenal is very attentive to these contacts between Manchester United and Barça because they are preparing a very serious offer for Frankie de Jongwhom Mikel Arteta wants in his ranks.
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