Former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has appeared to question Frenkie de Jong's decision to stay at Barcelona amid interest from the Red Devils.
United's pursuit of De Jong was the longest-running transfer saga of the summer window and despite making a breakthrough in the deal, the Dutch international ace ultimately remained at the Camp Nou.
This was despite reports which claimed the player had cleared out his locker at the club. United boss Erik ten Hag coached the midfielder at Ajax and held a phone call this summer to convince the player that he should join his project at Old Trafford. United had an initial transfer fee agreed with Barca valued at £56.2million to sign the midfielder but no breakthrough was made.
