{"id":615479,"date":"2022-07-31T05:32:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T09:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=615479"},"modified":"2022-07-31T05:57:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T09:57:00","slug":"manchester-united-chelsea-boost-frenkie-de-jong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/31\/manchester-united-chelsea-boost-frenkie-de-jong\/","title":{"rendered":"Told to Leave: &#8216;Incredible Player&#8217; Wanted by Manchester United and Chelsea Now &#8216;Directly&#8217; Informed He Must Depart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to a report from\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellarguero\/status\/1553494293125500933\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">El Larguero<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, FC Barcelona will tell Frenkie de Jong to leave the club as his exit is essential to the Catalan giants being able to register new signings. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/30\/frenkie-de-jong-to-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> will be buoyed by this news following the update from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bcJC2_dTjoc\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/30\/frenkie-de-jong-to-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_self\">which confirmed that \u201ceverything is ready with the clubs\u201d<\/a>, while Chelsea have also been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/chelsea-fc\/transfer-news\/frenkie-de-jong-chelsea-latest-24444461\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">linked<\/a> with the Dutchman in recent weeks. The proposed transfer of the Dutch midfielder to Old Trafford has been the most talked about transfer saga of this summer and looks set to continue right to the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Frenkie de Jong Told to Leave Barcelona as Manchester United and Chelsea Receive Boosts<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud83d\udc4b El Bar\u00e7a le dir\u00e1 claramente a Frenkie de Jong que abandone el club<\/p>\n<p>\u26a1\ufe0f Se debe acelerar la operaci\u00f3n salida en el club para evitar problemas de LaLiga inscribiendo fichajes<\/p>\n<p>\u23e9\u23e9\u23e9 Braithwaite, Neto y Riqui Puig deben buscar destino pronto <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1m5Jsh2KL4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1m5Jsh2KL4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; El Larguero (@ellarguero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellarguero\/status\/1553494293125500933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 30, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Latest on the Possible Transfer of Dutch Midfielder to Manchester United<\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United&#8217;s pursuit of De Jong has been a seemingly never-ending saga, but the Red Devils have received a boost with reports suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/30\/juventus-are-interested-barcelona-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">FC Barcelona<\/a> will tell the Dutch International he has to leave, despite\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/30\/frenkie-de-jong-wants-to-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Joan Laporta\u2019s public statements<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0which suggest that he believes the midfielder will remain at the Camp Nou.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following on from the signings of\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/30\/robert-lewandowskis-future-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Robert Lewandowski<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/13\/raphinha%e2%80%90nears%e2%80%90fc%e2%80%90barcelona%e2%80%90transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Raphinha<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/chelsea-interest-denzel-dumfries\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jules Kounde<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/03\/22\/ac-milan-midfielder-franck-kessie-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Franck Kessie<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/05\/16\/thomas-tuchel-andreas-christensen-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Andreas Christensen<\/span><\/a>, it<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0seems the La Liga side have to facilitate the departure of De Jong to register their new signings for the coming season. It appears the player is not entirely convinced about leaving Barcelona, with the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/jul\/07\/manchester-united-frenkie-de-jong-owed-deferred-wages-barcelona\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reported<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u00a317 million owed to the player in wages also being a factor in any potential transfer involving the Dutch international.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/30\/manchester-united-benjamin-sesko-fabrizio-romano\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Keen on Signing \u00a355 Million Slovenian Attacker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following significant departures from Old Trafford such as that of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/15\/pogba-completes-juventus-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">Paul Pogba<\/a>, the Red Devils will be keen to bolster in the middle of the park, with Scott McTominay, Fred,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/24\/ten-hag-van-de-beek\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Donny van de Beek<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/25\/james-garner-manchester-united-loan-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">James Garner<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0being the only central midfielders in the first-team squad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The signing of De Jong would allow creative players such as Bruno Fernandes and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/26\/manchester-united-christian-eriksen-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Christian Eriksen<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to impact the game further forward. Manchester United have been determined yet patient in their pursuit of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/watch\/video\/sports\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\/12652098\/jamie-redknapp-frenkie-de-jong-is-in-the-top-three-midfielders-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;incredible player&#8221;<\/a> and following the latest update, it appears they are one step closer to signing their priority target.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report from\u00a0El Larguero, FC Barcelona will tell Frenkie de Jong to leave the club as his exit is essential to the Catalan giants being able to register new signings. Manchester United will be buoyed by this news following the update from Fabrizio Romano, which confirmed that \u201ceverything is ready with the clubs\u201d, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":615481,"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":[6,1365,11,18,3,7188],"tags":[9284,8611,1987,7380],"class_list":["post-615479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-barcelona","category-chelsea","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-barcelona-transfer-rumours","tag-chelsea-transfer-rumours","tag-frenkie-de-jong","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Joseph Howes, Site Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615479","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=615479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}