Frenkie de Jong has been linked with Manchester United (Photograph by Rafa Babot/Getty Photographs)
Manchester United’s new supervisor Ruben Amorim is reportedly eager on long-term switch goal Frenkie de Jong, who was additionally a precedence for his predecessor Erik ten Hag.
De Jong has lengthy been linked with Man Utd and it’s maybe not too stunning {that a} deal by no means materialised as he’s usually been too necessary for Barcelona.
Nonetheless, plainly the Pink Devils stay eager on De Jong, who can be being eyed up by Tottenham, in accordance with a report from Spanish outlet Fichajes.
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The report means that Barcelona’s monetary issues may imply they need to promote the Netherlands worldwide, and that the Premier League may very well be his subsequent vacation spot.
Frenkie de Jong and Manchester United – a long-running switch saga…
As per Fabrizio Romano within the submit on X beneath, it’s lengthy been effectively documented that Ten Hag wished De Jong at Outdated Trafford, with the Dutch tactician quoted by Romano as admitting that it was his plan to signal him as a midfield accomplice for Casemiro…
??? Erik ten Hag confirms he wished Frenkie de Jong to hitch United in 2022: “Sure, it might have been de Jong and Casemiro enjoying and complementing one another”.
“However within the final decade and on this interval, we could not at all times get the gamers we wished. You need to settle for that”. pic.twitter.com/xX7oxEFOtw
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Might 3, 2024
It’s straightforward to think about De Jong may have been a hit at United, and that certainly would have made issues fairly totally different for Ten Hag, who notably struggled at Outdated Trafford earlier than his latest sacking.
Fichajes declare Amorim additionally likes the 27-year-old, so it may very well be that this saga will nonetheless be one to be careful for within the months forward.
Former Barca boss Xavi notably described De Jong as a “genius”, and it’s clear he has the standard and intelligence to his play to offer MUFC one thing very totally different in the course of the park.
Xavi Hernández: “Frenkie de Jong is a genius – he’s actually, actually wonderful”. ???? #FCB pic.twitter.com/L43JxlNDzZ
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 24, 2022
Amorim will certainly wish to put his personal stamp on this squad he’s inherited from Ten Hag, with midfield wanting like an space of weak point.
Nonetheless, few followers could have imagined that such a key Ten Hag goal is also about to have an necessary position to play beneath his successor.
