While FC Barcelona is trying by all means to recover cash to be active on the transfer market, Manchester United is on the verge of helping it.
Le FC Barcelona has great ambitions for the upcoming summer transfer window. Robert Lewandowski is at the top of his wish list, followed by Bernardo Silva or Ruben Neves. The problem for the Catalan club is that its coffers are in very poor condition and for the time being, Joan Laporta and the Blaugrana management are extremely limited in their room for maneuver. Almost forced to offload some of their high market value players, they could benefit from the intervention of Manchester United.
Because on their side, Red Devils do not bother with financial questions, those who plan to reorganize their team for next season. Several Mancunian elements have already packed up, like Paul Pogba, Juan Mata and Jessie Lingard, and new features are in fact expected to replace them. Landed on the bench of United at the end of the exercise, Erik ten Hag is at work to try to attract a first big fish, in the person of Frenkie de Jong.
70M€ is no
The two men have already worked together at Ajax Amsterdam and Ten Hag would have had the right arguments to convince the Barça player to join Manchester United. De Jong had however repeatedly proclaimed his wish to remain in a team which represented his dream as a footballer. But the words of his former coach would, according to the Mirrorpaid off.
However, the outlet adds that Manchester United have yet to come to an agreement with Barca. A first offer of 70 million euros would have been refused by the Catalan entity. Talks are expected to resume quickly and United could make a slightly higher offer.