Frenkie de Jong has finally broken his silence on one of the summer’s longest-running transfer sagas, insisting he always wanted to stay at Barcelona despite sustained interest from Manchester United and Chelsea.
The versatile Dutch midfielder was quickly established as Erik ten Hag’s priority target for his first window in charge at Old Trafford, with United said to have agreed as early as June a deal with Barca that would seem them pay around €65million (£56.8m) up front, with more than €15m potentially due in add-ons.
