Frenkie de Jong Refuses To Remark On His Barcelona Future Amidst Manchester United Links Throughout Holland Press Convention

Frenkie de Jong is having a superb debut FIFA World Cup with the Netherlands, who had beforehand didn’t make it to the competitors’s 2018 version. The 2010 runners-up have to this point collected 4 factors from 2 group video games, with a win and a draw towards Senegal and Ecuador respectively. Though a win towards the South American facet would have ensured their qualification to the knockouts, Ecuador have been simply too scorching to deal with for Louis van Gaal’s facet.

They’ll now want a win or a draw of their closing group sport which comes towards the hosts Qatar, who’ve misplaced each of their outings towards Ecuador and Senegal. De Jong and his teammates will nonetheless wish to end their group stage marketing campaign on a excessive with a win and emerge because the desk toppers to undergo to the Spherical of 16. In the meantime, the 25-year-old Barcelona midfielder hasn’t been in a position to evade questions on his future with the Catalan facet, after Manchester United links returned in current weeks.

Frenkie de Jong gives blunt response on United links

Frenkie de Jong to Manchester United was nearly accomplished in the summertime, after the Pink Devils had tabled a package deal within the vary of £72 million for him in entrance of Barcelona. The Catalans too had green-light the transfer, since they wanted a large money injection to stability their reeling monetary books. United’s new supervisor, and De Jong’s former coach Erik ten Hag was the one pushing for the deal for the reason that duo loved a few productive years at Ajax.

Nevertheless, to his former supervisor’s shock, De Jong refused each supply United made since he made it clear it was his dream to play for Barcelona and proceed on the membership. Additionally there have been a variety of different causes as nicely, with the midfielder desirous to play UEFA Champions League with Barca, than the Europa with United, a match which he’ll in any case should play now together with his present employers and face the Pink Devils in a Spherical of 16 play-off.

Moreover, the previous Ajax participant was additionally indignant with the membership for not paying his £17 million wage which they owed him after he took a pay-cut. And Barca have been additional asking him to take one other salary-reduction as a way to keep at Camp Nou. De Jong lastly stayed again on the membership of his ‘desires’, with United transferring on as nicely, shopping for Actual Madrid’s Casemiro with their ‘Frenkie de Jong funds’. Nevertheless, with the United links again on the radar, the Holland midfielder was as soon as once more quizzed on his future, to which he bluntly responded:

“I’m at a World Cup match [with the national team]. I’m not going to speak about membership soccer.”

Frenkie de Jong gave a stern reply to the reporters within the Netherlands’ presser as he evidently desires to give attention to his debut World Cup. Nevertheless, United are reportedly again for him, slightly it received’t be false to say that they by no means gave up on his pursuit. Ten Hag is reportedly not content material with Casemiro’s signing, since he desires a long run answer in that place than a 30-year-old participant.

Furthermore, after Cristiano Ronaldo terminated his contract with the membership, with forgoing his payout, United have saved themselves a major quantity of round £20 million. And with extra readability on Ten Hag’s thoughts now that he doesn’t should cope with the Portuguese ahead’s tantrums, he desires his mission again on monitor at Outdated Trafford. The Dutchman is eyeing extra recruitments to his facet, with Frenkie de Jong nonetheless on prime of his precedence listing. Nevertheless, a January deal for the midfielder is just not being anticipated, as United first wish to usher in Ronaldo’s substitute.