Frenkie de Jong ‘is willing to sacrifice £6MILLION in unpaid wages to seal a move to Manchester City this summer’ with the £65m Dutch midfielder set to ‘snub Erik ten Hag and Man United if he is to leave cash-strapped Barcelona’
Man City missed out on Frenkie de Jong when he joined Barcelona from AjaxCatalan club offered him £400,000 per week then but are now in financial crisis De Jong was among stars to defer 30 per cent of wages for a year due to CovidBut reports claim the Holland star is willing to waive what is owed to seal move
Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong is reportedly ready to forego almost £6million in outstanding wages to seal a move to Manchester City this summer.
Pep Guardiola missed out on the chance to sign the Holland midfielder when he moved to the Camp Nou from Ajax in a £65million deal in 2019, but is now set to lose club captain Fernandinho.
The Catalan giants offered de Jong a whopping £400,000-a-week deal after tax when he signed three years ago, but are now grappling with a financial crisis which in November 2020 caused players like him and Gerard Pique to defer 30 per cent of their wages for a year.
Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong is reportedly willing to waive £6m to move to Man City
Pep Guardiola missed out on him in 2019 but wants a new central midfielder this summer with Fernandinho leaving
But The Sun claim the 25-year-old is still owed those unpaid wages, but add he could waive that figure if he is allowed to leave for the Etihad Stadium in the upcoming transfer window.
However, the report claims Barcelona are demanding Raheem Sterling or Bernardo Silva – both who have attracted interest from the Catalan side over the past 12 months – are part of any deal.
The report comes after Barcelona boss Xavi refused to…