{"id":613579,"date":"2022-06-10T13:09:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T17:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=613579"},"modified":"2022-06-10T13:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T17:51:48","slug":"manchester-united-barcelona-frenkie-de-jong-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/10\/manchester-united-barcelona-frenkie-de-jong-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano: Manchester United Receive Barcelona&#8217;s Verdict on Latest Frenkie de Jong Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest twist in the Manchester United Frenkie de Jong transfer saga is here. Fabrizio Romano has weighed in on the situation to confirm that Barcelona have rejected United&#8217;s opening bid for the player.<\/p>\n<p>Romano had this to say on the situation: &#8220;Manchester United have made an opening proposal for Frenkie de Jong after talks started June 1. \u20ac60m plus \u20ac10m add-ons&#8230;Barcelona have turned down this opening bid &#8211; but clubs remain in contact&#8230;.De Jong has never indicated his desire to anyone. He\u2019s still waiting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United&#8217;s Opening Bid for Frenkie de Jong Rejected<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester United have made an opening proposal for Frenkie de Jong after talks started June 1. \u20ac60m plus \u20ac10m add-ons. \ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona have turned down this opening bid &#8211; but clubs remain in contact.<\/p>\n<p>De Jong has never indicated his desire to anyone. He\u2019s still waiting. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UlW7NurAAi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UlW7NurAAi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1535297661502373891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Transfer Saga<\/h3>\n<p>This transfer has already been through a number of twists and turns, rivalling that of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/20\/kylian-mbappe-transfer-takes-new-turn\/\" target=\"_self\">Kylian Mbappe<\/a>\u00a0from earlier this window.<\/p>\n<p>United first had to fend off other interest, then there were <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/10\/frenkie-de-jong-manchester-united-boost\/\" target=\"_self\">obstacles<\/a>, and then De Jong supposedly stated a desire to join United, although now Romano has said this isn&#8217;t true. The two clubs are still apart in their valuation of the player.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is one that is likely to go through eventually as Barcelona need money but they&#8217;re going to make life difficult for Manchester United who in turn need the player.<\/p>\n<h3>United Desperate for Frenkie de Jong<\/h3>\n<p>Manchester United are desperate to please new manager <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/07\/conflict-ten-hag-ralf-rangnicks-manchester-united-exit\/\" target=\"_self\">Erik ten Hag<\/a> and as such want to deliver his first major target.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder played under Ten Hag at Ajax where he first rose to prominence after coming through the youth ranks at Willem II. In 2019 De Jong made a big-money move to Barcelona and has been a regular fixture in Spain ever since, making 140 appearances for the club in three seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Frenkie de Jong is noted for his ability to play with the ball at his feet and can play a variety of roles sitting in front of the defence, he has also received plaudits for his dribbling abilities which can drive his team up the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest twist in the Manchester United Frenkie de Jong transfer saga is here. Fabrizio Romano has weighed in on the situation to confirm that Barcelona have rejected United&#8217;s opening bid for the player. Romano had this to say on the situation: &#8220;Manchester United have made an opening proposal for Frenkie de Jong after talks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":613581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1365,18,3,28],"tags":[1987],"class_list":["post-613579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-barcelona","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-frenkie-de-jong"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}