Real Madrid beat Liverpool in the Champions League final. Not to worry, Reds fans. A player linked with a transfer to Anfield has reportedly rejected a new contract. Every cloud, eh?
DE JONG NOT KEEN ON UNITED TRANSFER
Great news for Erik ten Hag and Manchester United. They have agreed a fee with Barcelona for the transfer of top midfield target Frenkie de Jong. There is only one slight problem, however. The player has no intention of moving to the Premier League club. This is according to Spanish journalist Oriol Domenech.
The new United boss is eager to reunite with the young playmaker – who joined Barcelona for £65m in 2019. Ten Hag needs to sign a few players after what was a monumentally awful campaign for the Red Devils, and a new central midfielder should be a priority, even if Paul Pogba and Nemanja Matic weren’t leaving next month. Convincing De Jong to join seems to be their main goal, with Barca more than happy to sell due to their poor financial situation; unfortunately, the lack of Champions League football seems to be a huge stumbling block.
The Daily Star Sunday have also reported that United are prepared to offer the Holland international a contract worth £20.5m per year. If that is true, it will be interesting to see just how much De Jong cares about playing Champions League football.
Manchester City have also been linked with De Jong and he would be a handy signing given Pep Guardiola’s apparent desire to bring in a new central midfielder.
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Arsenal have been linked with a transfer for Lyon playmaker Houssem Aouar since the Arsene Wenger days, if it was going to happen, surely it would have by now. Having said that, for the 649th time, the Gunners are ‘leading the race’ to sign the Frenchman, as per The…
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