Manchester United are refusing to surrender on signing Frenkie de Jong regardless of claims the Barcelona midfielder has informed the membership he doesn't wish to be part of them.
After weeks of negotiations, the Pink Devils lastly struck a take care of Barca on Wednesday and have agreed to pay £63million up entrance along with an additional £10m in add-ons and bonuses.
Nonetheless, the deal nonetheless stays on a knife edge with widespread experiences in Spain claiming De Jong has no intention of swapping the sunshine of Catalonia for Manchester.
On Thursday, newspaper Sport claimed De Jong’s agent, Ali Dursun, had met with United CEO Richard Arnold in addition to soccer director John Murtough and informed them they have been ‘losing their time’.
The 25-year-old and his girlfriend are completely satisfied and settled in Barcelona, lately shopping for a home within the Pedralbes neighbourhood.
An extra article claimed De Jong had even informed his team-mates that it was ‘not possible’ for him to go away Camp Nou, notably with no Champions League soccer on supply at Previous Trafford.
However now The Solar report that United bosses are ignoring the rumours and hypothesis within the Spanish press and are completely satisfied that De Jong is open to becoming a member of the Pink Devils.
The membership wouldn't be pursuing the deal if there was any doubt over his dedication to creating the transfer and he was sounded out earlier than getting into into ultimate negotiations with Barca.
De Jong has additionally had a number of conversations with new United boss Erik ten Hag, who was his supervisor at Ajax.
As an alternative, United have pinned the maintain up on Barcelona and a problem of unpaid wages, with De Jong having agreed to take a short lived pay reduce through the pandemic on the understanding he could be paid again later.
Earlier experiences have urged that De Jong was owed £17m in arrears, however The Solar declare the determine is nearer to £24m.
Barcelona need United to pay it – or in any other case the sale of De Jong will do little to ease their monetary honest play points – however Previous Trafford chiefs have baulked at their calls for and are refusing.
Nonetheless, United don't intend to stroll away from the deal and are dedicated to getting the switch over the road, with Arnold and Murtough nonetheless working to attempt to resolve an extremely delicate situation.
In higher information for United, the membership confirmed the signing of free agent Christian Eriksen on Friday and are hoping to announce a deal for Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez over the weekend.
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