Enzo Fernandez and his agent really want to gain on the identical page as Chelsea also can offer Barcelona a swap deal, while Amadou Onana is blended up in all of this in a technique.
DE JONG WANTS OUT
It feels as even supposing it’s been some time since we, and every varied purveyor of transfer gossip, inanely tapped away on keyboards over the latest minor style in The Frenkie De Jong Saga, which – in fairness to the actual person himself – involved all people else getting carried away over a proposed transfer to Manchester United, while he remained totally consistent: he didn’t prefer to recede Barcelona, and certainly not for Weak Trafford.
That also can now have changed even supposing – more seemingly the first bit than the 2nd – with stories suggesting Barcelona, amid their continuing financial woes, are willing to sell any of their gamers attach for Pedri, Gavi and Yamine Lamal, and more importantly, De Jong actually desires to recede.
De Jong, who’s 26, valued at £68m and is below contract unless the summer of 2026, is one in all the club’s most sellable assets, and a really perfect looking guy to be rid of for Barcelona, given he’s one in all the ideally suited earners on the Nou Camp.
And a key distinction to outdated years – certainly the summer of 2022 when United and Erik ten Hag had been pushing – De Jong now desires out.
That’s according to Relevo, who claim the midfielder is ‘disppointed with the club’s latest discipline and believes expectations have not been met, in particular when it comes to challenging for the Champions League’.
Paris Saint-Germain will reportedly join United in the running, together with Chelsea, who’re ready to characterize €100m (£86m) because they gained’t have paid over-the-odds for a central midfielder for a 365 days by the time the summer rolls around.
HITC claim Arsenal have also ‘inquired’ about De Jong, with feedback from 2019 frail to proof them as his Premier League want.
“In my mind, I actually have had the following listing for a protracted time: Ajax-Arsenal-Barcelona; call it the Marc Overmars route,” De Jong told Voetbal International.
‘IMPOSSIBLE’ ENZO
Chelsea also can correct be lining De Jong up as a change for Enzo Fernandez, whose agent categorically rejected claims his client was ‘initiate’ to a transfer away from Stamford Bridge, seemingly moments before a original document has claimed he has ‘offered himself’ to Barcelona.
Sport claim the Argentina international has been ‘seduced’ by the premise of moving to the Nou Camp, with the Chelsea essential particular person adamant he ‘desires to recede’ the Premier League club, instructing his agent to produce a transfer to Barcelona happen, with him ‘not giving up’ on his preferred transfer.
The document does concede that this transfer is ‘highly presumably not’ with Fernandez below contract with Chelsea unless 2032, but then ‘the be aware not probably would not exist in football’.
ONANA ON RADARS
Barcelona, or more specifically their sporting director Deco, have also identified Everton’s Amadou Onana as top central midfield goal.
It’s Sport once again making the claim, but this one at least has some legs given Onana’s apparent willingness to recede the club in January, had there been a suitable offer made for him.
Deco reckons the Belgian ‘can bring extra consistency and physicality to the club’s midfield’, even supposing the Catalans will face competitors from traditional suspects Arsenal and Chelsea, and Everton’s asking stamp of over €60m also can point to to be too steep in any case.
