On May 31, 2022, Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong, the Spanish giants of La Liga, gave a recent interview to ESPN, leading sports media. About denying the opportunity to move to Manchester United, the English Premier League team after being linked for a while because Eric Ten Hag The former boss at Ajax Amsterdam has just taken over as manager of “Red Devils” starting next season.
Frenkie de Jong is one of Erik ten Hag’s key players as Ajax Amsterdam reached the semi-finals of the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League season by defeating the team. Favorites include Real Madrid in the round of 16 and Juventus in the quarter-finals before losing to Spurs in the semi-finals. Despite the aggregate score of 2 games, it was 3-3, but they failed to reach the final with the away goals rule.
Previously it was reported that Manchester United had the opportunity to grab the Netherlands national team midfielder to work with Erik ten Hag again for a fee of approximately 65 million pounds (2,827.5 million baht) if Barcelona find a big player. Gname can be replaced.
but latest Frenkie de Jong refused the opportunity to move man unitedHe gave an important reason during an interview with ESPN that “I want to stay at Barcelona because Barcelona was my only dream club since I was a kid. And I just talked about this too. I have never regretted my choice, even though I had hoped for more rewards or success than I had ever received. But I have never regretted my choice.”
ESPN correspondent Alex Shaw reiterated an interview with Frenkie de Jong not to move to Manchester United, saying: “For a fee of £75 million or so. And with players who have not closed the opportunity to move the team, Manchester United must pull this plug out. and find another target instead because this is a completely pointless pursuit”.
Frenkie De Jong has told ESPN that he’d prefer to stay at Barcelona. At £75m or so, and with a player who is not dead set on joining, Man Utd have got to pull the plug on this one and go elsewhere. It’s becoming a totally pointless pursuit. pic.twitter.com/yNbuvqiSdm
— Alex Shaw (@AlexShawESPN) May 31, 2022