Barcelona boss Xavi is reportedly willing to allow Manchester United target Frenkie de Jong to leave this summer so he can bring in Manchester City maestro Bernardo Silva.
The Nou Camp boss was initially adamant on keeping the Netherlands midfielder but is now seemingly ready to allow him to be sold by the club amid their desperate financial situation. Barcelona are thought to be in around €1bn’s (£850m) worth of debt and need to offload players to manoeuvre within La Liga finance rules.
Xavi wishes to recruit Silva and in order to do so will have to allow a big-money transfer for one of his current players. De Jong was said to be unsure by a switch to United given the lack of Champions League football.
