De Jong’s transfer to United comes to a halt due to Barca’s 20 million euros debt

While the president of Barcelona, Joan Laporta, speaks loudly that Frenkie de Jong is not for sale, there are assurances from the Island that the Dutchman will move to Manchester United, only as long as the issue of outstanding debts is solved.It is clear that the transfer will not be completed on time, before going on a summer tour of Australia, Thailand and Norway, which will further complicate the job, but Erik Ten Hag wants his favorite from Ajax and that is why the club is not giving up. United will travel to Bangkok on Friday already, and there will undoubtedly be no players from the Catalan giants on the plane.For De Jong’s move to United to be feasible, he must first agree with Barcelona on the dynamics of payment of money owed for salary and bonuses from the covid season. In order to reduce the pressure on such fragile finances, Barça made an agreement with the players on a temporary salary reduction, which was compensated at a certain point when the crisis passed.Some clarification of the Frankie De Jong contract saga📝 #MUFC pic.twitter.com/RjRFwEuA6s— Stretford Paddock (@StretfordPaddck) July 6, 2022 De Jong signed for a salary of 14 million euros when he arrived but has since agreed to a cut – first he agreed to 11 million in the 2020/21 season and then to 5 million euros for last season. In addition, he is owed another 4 million euros in bonuses since he played more than 60 percent of the matches in the Barcelona shirt during the past two seasons. In the meantime he extended the cooperation for two more seasons, until June 2026, and Barca got the space to extend further the payment of what follows the Dutchman according to the letter of the signed annex.While waiting for De Jong, Manchester United presented the first reinforcement in the form of Tyrell Malacia from Feyenoord for 15 million euros, the arrival of Christian Eriksen as a free agent is soon to be agreed, while the Barcelona midfielder and Lisandro Martinez from Ajax are awaited.##NAJAVA_MECA_6490278##A reminder – in the previous days it was written that De Jong agreed to personal terms of cooperation with United, while Barcelona have an offer on the table worth a total of 80 million euros, of which 60 million is the fixed part, with another 20 million in the name of bonuses. It is mentioned that De Jong is also wanted by Chelsea…

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