Frenkie de Jong is edging closer to a Manchester United move and will be handsomely paid at Old Trafford.
The Barcelona midfielder has been on the club's radar for much of the summer with Erik ten Hag looking to reunite with a player he worked with previously at Ajax. The Spanish club had been driving a hard bargain, while De Jong had been initially reticent to move, but eventually a £70m package looks to have been agreed between the two parties.
It will also see the Dutchman earn a basic weekly wage of £250,000 before bonuses, putting him in the club's top tier of earners. His salary is still eclipsed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who pockets a mammoth £510,000-a-week and David de Gea, who is taking home over £350k-a-week, while Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane are also breaking that £300k-a-week barrier. But De Jong's weekly pay cheque will supersede that of captain Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.
