Barcelona are looking to convince Frenkie de Jong to take another pay cut - and keeping Jordi Cruyff at the club has bolstered their chances of doing so.
The Catalan club's financial issues are well documented and they are, once again, trying to balance the books. A host of their players took pay cuts during the pandemic to ease the pressure but De Jong is still waiting for millions in deferred wages to be paid.
That has seen Barcelona heavily criticised, but SPORT understands that they want De Jong, who is among the team's highest earners, to align himself with their new wage structure. Cruyff, a fellow Dutchman, is thought to be a key point of contact with De Jong and the club chief has now renewed his contract.
