Erik ten Hag has helped draw up a six-player shortlist for Manchester United transfer targets this summer – and has instructed the club to sign Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong, it has been claimed.
United had an initial transfer fee of £56.2million agreed with Barca last summer to sign the Dutch midfield maestro, but the player refused a move. Despite the club agreeing to his departure and his relationship with United boss Ten Hag the 25-year-old was intent on staying at the Camp Nou.
De Jong has increasingly been at odds with the club's board this season including criticising them for leaking his contract details last summer and he is set to refuse Barca’s latest attempt to persuade the midfielder to reduce his salary. The club must make €170million in wage reductions in their accounts, with the Dutchman their highest earner.
