Barcelona seem to have made little additional progress in direction of signing a brand new contract with Frenkie de Jong, regardless of having supposed to seal a deal earlier than this summer season. The maintain up has been attributed to de Jong’s impending separation from agent Ali Dursun.
Beforehand it has been reported that de Jong has agreed to a deal in precept with Barcelona, however plainly though they’ve the Dutchman’s approval for a deal, no contract has been redacted. De Jong is out of contract subsequent summer season, and may signal a contract with any membership in simply 4.5 months. With de Jong eager to separate from Dursun, who MD say has a contract with the Dutchman till 2026, he doesn’t need the fee to go to his agent.
Barcelona need de Jong to signal take care of deferred wages
Barcelona are eager at hand de Jong a recent deal till 2028, and just lately he confirmed that whereas it has not been signed, his intention was to resume his deal. Presently de Jong is among the high two best-paid gamers within the Barcelona squad, and the Catalan each day say their plan is to not solely deliver de Jong’s wage according to different high earners, but additionally defer a few of his wages.
No concern over de Jong departure
The Blaugrana are eager to resume de Jong, however will solely achieve this on phrases they really feel are truthful. MD clarify that the prospect of a departure doesn’t concern the membership, as with Gavi, Marc Bernal and Marc Casado, they’re greater than lined in his place. Their expectation is that de Jong will settle for their phrases ultimately. Additionally it is intimated that no deal is imminent.
Barcelona are nonetheless ready for La Liga to validate the auditor’s report on the €100m from the sale of 457 VIP seats on the Spotify Camp Nou, which might permit them to achieve the 1:1 rule and register all pending gamers earlier than going through Mallorca. If that fails, then Plan B is a…
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Final season Casado spent the primary half of the season as a starter in a deeper position, whereas Gavi was used there now and again final season too. It was notable nonetheless that Hansi Flick restored de Jong to a beginning position in January, nearly with out query, when the Dutchman bought again as much as full pace.