Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has endorsed the membership’s bid to signal Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong, describing the Dutchman as a ‘actually good participant’.
Erik ten Hag is eager on signing the Netherlands worldwide to bolster his midfield and the pair have an current relationship, having labored collectively for 18 months at Ajax.
Although De Jong desires to remain at Barcelona, the membership are beneath monetary stress and should stability the books by offsetting arrivals with departures.
They may subsequently hearken to provides for De Jong, with Barcelona keen to just accept a bid within the area of £70m.
Midfield is an space of precedence for Ten Hag, who will lose Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba earlier than he may even meet his new squad.
And Scholes believes De Jong matches the profile of the kind of participant that United needs to be trying so as to add to their squad.
Requested how essential it's for the membership to again Ten Hag this summer time, Scholes instructed Premier League Productions: ‘He must be. The membership have employed him now they've to provide him precisely what he desires.
‘I heard Karen [Carney] point out there a couple of central midfielder – they’ve been speaking about Frenkie de Jong, who I feel is a very good participant.
‘I haven’t seen a lot of him at Barcelona I will need to have admit however I’ve seen him with Holland and he’s that sort of participant that may are available in and management the tempo of video games. This supervisor wants backing now, he’s been introduced into the membership to actually flip it round.’
Following the departure of Ed Woodward and the impdending exit of Matt Choose, this summer time will probably be a brand new daybreak for United.
Richard Arnold, John Murtough and Darren Fletcher will work along with Ten Hag to signal and promote gamers.
Scholes says it’s a check for the brand new construction and that Ten Hag is shifting from a settled recruitment staff in Amsterdam to a extra chaotic one in Manchester.
‘The one concern is who's going to be serving to him in that aspect of the enterprise?,’ Scholes continued.
‘At Ajax he had Edwin and earlier than that he had Marc Overmars. He’s at all times had somebody to assist him. I don’t see that function at United now, there isn’t that hyperlink between him and Richard Arnold or whoever is operating the membership.
‘I feel Steve McClaren could possibly be doing that as a result of Steve as I do know is a improbable coach and among the finest coaches I ever had. However he’s not coached for some time now and he’s been extra into the Director of Soccer aspect of stuff with Derby County and whether or not he takes up extra of that function when it comes to signing gamers we’ll simply have to attend and see.’
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