Frenkie de Jong has been linked with Manchester United (Photograph by Rafa Babot/Getty Pictures)
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 shocking {that a} deal by no means materialised as he’s usually been too essential for Barcelona.
Nonetheless, evidently the Purple Devils stay eager on De Jong, who can also be being eyed up by Tottenham, in line with a report from Spanish outlet Fichajes.
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The report means that Barcelona’s monetary issues might imply they should 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…
Frenkie de Jong of Barcelona (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Pictures)
As per Fabrizio Romano within the put up on X under, it’s lengthy been effectively documented that Ten Hag wished De Jong at Outdated Trafford, with the Dutch tactician quoted by Romano as admitting that it was his plan to signal him as a midfield companion for Casemiro…
??? Erik ten Hag confirms he wished Frenkie de Jong to affix United in 2022: “Sure, it will have been de Jong and Casemiro enjoying and complementing one another”.
“However within the final decade and on this interval, we could not all the time get the gamers we wished. You must settle for that”. pic.twitter.com/xX7oxEFOtw
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) Could 3, 2024
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It’s simple to think about De Jong might have been successful at United, and that absolutely would have made issues fairly completely different for Ten Hag, who notably struggled at Outdated Trafford earlier than his current sacking.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 provide MUFC one thing very completely different in the midst of the park.
Xavi Hernández: “Frenkie de Jong is a genius – he’s actually, actually superb”. ???? #FCB pic.twitter.com/L43JxlNDzZ
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 24, 2022
Amorim will certainly need to put his personal stamp on this squad he’s inherited from Ten Hag, with midfield trying like an space of weak point.
Nonetheless, few followers can have imagined that such a key Ten Hag goal may be about to have an essential function to play below his successor.