Frenkie de Jong’s awkward situation in Barcelona, why the team is pushing him out

FC Barcelona has managed to overcome many of its financial problems, but it is still far from having the necessary solvency and they are being forced to make a major sale. For months now, Barça has pointed to Frenkie de Jong as 'the big sale' and Manchester United has been interested from the start. The Dutch midfielder is the greatest desire of the Red Devils’ —and former Ajax— manager Erik ten Hag.

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In this sense, both FC Barcelona and Manchester United have done their part to reach an agreement that would satisfy both parties. Finally, FC Barcelona accepted the offer of 70 million plus variables proposed by the English club.

However, despite the fact that both parties are willing to close the deal, Frenkie de Jong continues with his initial decision not to leave the Blaugrana. The talented player wants to stay at all costs.

Frenkie de Jong, seeking to put his own interests before those of the Blaugrana club, has also made it clear to his teammates that he wants to stay at FC Barcelona and has no intention of leaving. Neither Xavi nor Laporta would see his permanence as a bad thing, since they know that he is an important player, but the blaugrana board is pressing for the player to leave, since the financial situation calls for it. His sale is necessary for the club.

Barça needs to comply with 'fair play’

In this way, Frenkie de Jong has become one of the biggest problems for Barça, and is that up to five signings depend on the departure of the former Ajax player. In addition to this, Mateu Alemany has made it clear that the Culé team has to make a sale of this caliber to meet the financial fair play if they want to incorporate new reinforcements. The salary of De Jong, taking into account that he has three years left on his contract, would eat up to 88 million euros of Barcelona’s budget.

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