Frenkie de Jong’s future is ‘increasingly further away’ from with Erik ten Hag telling the Dutchman he will build his side around him.
Ten Hag has made de Jong his top transfer target this summer with United close to agreeing a fee with Barcelona for the Dutchman.
report United’s offer is €60million plus another €20m in add-ons which they are confident the La Liga club will accept.
Barcelona are under pressure to sell in order to alleviate some of their own financial pressures, while offloading de Jong will wipe his annual €40million salary bill off the balance sheet.
United’s main obstacle has been convincing de Jong to swap the Camp Nou for Old Trafford, with the 25-year-old initially against leaving Barcelona.
United are growing more confident of changing that however with the report adding ten Hag has told his former Ajax midfielder that ‘the whole game will revolve around him’ in Manchester.
Following impressive showings for Netherlands in June, than the role he has at Barcelona.
Marca believe United are likely to offer him a similar role to the one he has playing for Netherlands.
Following the departures of Nemanja Matic and Paul Pogba, ten Hag is keen to sign two midfielders this summer.
In addition to de Jong, United are also interested in Chelsea star N’Golo Kante, with Chelsea prepared to listen to offers for the Frenchman.
United are also considering a move for PSV Eindhoven star Ibrahima Sangare, who is believed to have a release clause of around £30million.
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