{"id":613776,"date":"2022-06-17T09:02:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=613776"},"modified":"2022-06-17T09:06:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T13:06:24","slug":"manchester-united-frenkie-de-jong-pursuit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/17\/manchester-united-frenkie-de-jong-pursuit-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Doesn&#8217;t Interest the Coach&#8217; &#8211; Manchester United Handed Major Boost in Pursuit of &#8216;Special&#8217; \u00a3176k per Week Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As reported by\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReshadRahman_\/status\/1537574045926965248\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Fernando Polo<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0of Mundo Deportivo, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/16\/dean-henderson-manchester-united-nottingham-forest\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> have been handed a massive boost in their pursuit of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/16\/manchester-united-expectation-frenkie-de-jong\/\" target=\"_self\">Frenkie de Jong<\/a>. The former Ajax midfielder&#8217;s playing style is reportedly less appealing to Barcelona manager Xavi than that of Bernardo Silva, and as such he would like the Portuguese to replace De Jong<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Handed Major Boost in Frenkie de Jong Pursuit<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is an expectation that the deal for Frenkie de Jong to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mufc<\/a> will eventually get done. Barcelona want to rinse Man Utd for as much money as possible, United are staying calm about the situation. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@David_Ornstein<\/a>] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nJWfYntDxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/nJWfYntDxl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUnitedZone_\/status\/1537454452273291265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Big Boost for United<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to Fernando Polo, the Dutchman&#8217;s style of play doesn&#8217;t interest Xavi. De Jong earns a reported <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/salarysport.com\/football\/player\/frenkie-de-jong\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a3176k<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at the Camp Nou, and with the club&#8217;s financial woes, they are seemingly looking to offload the Dutchman to pave the way for a swoop for Bernardo Silva.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The 25-year-old Dutchman is described, in many quarters, as a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uefa.com\/uefachampionsleague\/news\/024d-0e995c7dcf05-b95d576e6ba6-1000--frenkie-de-jong-joins-barcelona-why-is-he-so-special\/?fbclid=IwAR16JMJXcyFv9l5Dr3FK6P4s9AI1ZA24EeTA_HBaTN8DlNHwmbqAlfGpy00\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">special player<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Despite his having expressed his desire to remain at\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1536820388784750592\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Barcelona<\/span><\/a>,<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0the reports of Xavi looking elsewhere have handed Manchester United a vital boost in their pursuit of De Jong.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">De Jong to Bolster Manchester United<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">De Jong may be edging towards the exit door at Barcelona, but with notable performances at the highest level and being a central midfielder, he would be a welcome boost at Old Trafford. United have lost some key players this summer, including\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/15\/manchester-united-paul-pogba-juventus\/\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Paul Pogba<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Jessie Lingard and Juan Mata.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/15\/brentford-midfielder-christian-eriksen-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Identify Perfect Replacement for Outgoing Stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Nemanja Matic<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has also departed Old Trafford this summer, and the arrival of De Jong would be a vital signing for the Red Devils in what is a crucial summer for a club clearly in transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Barcelona man is calm on the ball and has intelligence off the ball. His decision-making is one of his most impressive assets, alongside his vision and passing ability. De Jong would be a vital signing to kick off the new era at Old Trafford.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by\u00a0Fernando Polo\u00a0of Mundo Deportivo, Manchester United have been handed a massive boost in their pursuit of Frenkie de Jong. The former Ajax midfielder&#8217;s playing style is reportedly less appealing to Barcelona manager Xavi than that of Bernardo Silva, and as such he would like the Portuguese to replace De Jong Manchester United Handed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":613787,"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":[1365,18,3,7188,28],"tags":[1987],"class_list":["post-613776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-barcelona","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","category-transfers","tag-frenkie-de-jong"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613776","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\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}