Frenkie de Jong has spent the summer between a rock and a hard place. But Barcelona ’s Dutch midfielder is used to it. He’s been there before. Twice.
De Jong doesn’t want to leave the Nou Camp to join Manchester United. Or at least he didn’t when Erik ten Hag told his new employers at Old Trafford that the 25-year-old was the player who could make the Reds tick again.
But when Barca coach Xavi started talking publicly about the “economic reasons” as to why the Catalan club should listen to what United had to offer, he realised his time in Spain was coming to an end.
