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Manchester Metropolis are reportedly aiming to land Manchester United’s long-term midfield goal Frenkie de Jong this summer season in a swap cope with Bernardo Silva.
The Pink Devils pursued De Jong again in 2022 when Erik ten Hag first joined the membership.
A price of €85 million was agreed to signal the Dutch midfielder in that summer season however a deal by no means materialised because the participant refused to depart.
In a current interview with Sky Sports activities, Ten Hag revealed that it was his plan that summer season to unite Casemiro and De Jong in a midfield pairing.
The Dutchman claimed, “they might actually be related with one another. They’d be actually complementary to one another. That’s a typical participant, if you wish to play the Ajax fashion, you want that kind of participant.”
We all know that Ten Hag would love the participant on the membership and, what’s extra, it has been not too long ago reported that Barcelona’s poor monetary scenario means they should promote one or two of their highest earners and extra worthwhile property in the event that they need to signal any gamers this summer season.
Nonetheless, with a restricted funds resulting from PSR guidelines and a must deal with defence and assault, it’s unlikely that United may afford to pay the kind of cash that Barcelona would demand for the star.
In accordance with football365.com, arch rivals Metropolis may try to steal a march on United by providing a participant that the Catalans have admired for a few years.
The positioning states that “Man Metropolis are trying to strike a swap deal for Frenkie de Jong by providing Bernardo Silva in alternate, in keeping with experiences.”
“Barcelona are nonetheless demanding €90m for De Jong, which is a ‘prohibitive determine’ for many golf equipment, and Man Metropolis are ready to pay €30m plus Silva for the Netherlands worldwide.”
Additionally it is talked about that new Barcelona coach Hansi Flick is extra open to signing the Portugal worldwide than earlier boss Xavi, as a result of participant’s flirting with Actual Madrid up to now.
A deal for the Dutchman remains to be a good distance away for the Residents as there may be nonetheless no indication that he needs to depart the Camp Nou; in actual fact, there have been additionally experiences within the Catalan media that Flick sees De Jong as an “untouchable” participant.
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