Barcelona’s Frenkie de Jong ‘refusing to negotiate moves with Chelsea and Man United’

Frenkie de Jong is refusing to negotiate with Chelsea and Manchester United, despite the two Premier League clubs being interested in signing the Barcelona midfielder.

De Jong has been linked with a move to Old Trafford throughout the summer and United agreed a £63m fee with Barcelona last month, while Chelsea recently joined the race for his signature.

However, De Jong is refusing to consider a move, as things stand, according to Spanish outlet Sport.

Meanwhile, Barcelona are currently trying to convince De Jong to take a reduction to his salary, but the Dutchman is not agreeing to their demands, and has made it clear that he will not be pressured into lowering his wages.

The midfielder is also not agreeing to lower his wages at Barcelona, as things stand

This latest twist follows reports on Monday that Barcelona have told De Jong that they want to rip up his current contract and revert back to the one that he signed when he first joined in 2019, as they claim that his latest deal which was handed to him by club’s former board involves ‘criminality’.

De Jong was given a massive two-year extension by previous Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu and is due to earn €20m (£16.8m) net this season and as much as €25m (£21m) the following campaign with £17m of deferred wages factored in.

However, according to The Athletic, the club wrote to the player on July 15 to tell him that they ‘found evidence of criminal actions on behalf of the parties who signed his renewal’ in October 2020.

The letter reportedly says that Barcelona believe they are in a position to launch criminal proceedings to ‘ascertain where…