Chelsea, MU And PSG Hunt De Jong Who Were Released By Barcelona

Barcelona intends to release midfielder Frenkie de Jong. (fcbarcelona.com)

JAKARTA - Barcelona finally released midfielder Frenkie de Jong. He also became the hunt for Chelsea Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.

Barca has given a signal that De Jong will release if he refuses to sign a new contract. As expected, De Jong objected even though he got a long contract until 2029. The club already feels it will be difficult to achieve the continuation.

Because his salary has decreased. The Dutch national team player also stated that he was 'open to leaving the club'.

The club also responded equally to being ready to sell the 26-year-old player. Moreover, De Jong is considered to have failed to meet his expectations after being bought at an expensive price of 80 million euros from Ajax Amsterdam in 2019.

The performance of the player who helped Barca win the 2023 La Liga title was not bad, but he also lacked light. With mediocre performance, but he got the highest salary at the club, which was 24.8 million euros per year.

If you sell players who can play as attacking and defensive midfielders and even this center-back, at least the club can fix the player's salary structure again.

With De Jong's release, a number of clubs hope to attract him. Including MU, who has been eyeing De Jong for a long time. Moreover, now MU is being handled by Erik ten Hag, the former Ajax coach who has taken care of De Jong.

Previously, MU had bid the player for 100 million euros in 2022. Barca rejected the offer.

But the real news is De Jong refused because he didn't want to leave Barca.

He still hopes to win the Champions League trophy at Barca. But De Jong's hopes never come true.

Barca is also not expected to find it difficult to find a buyer. MU will certainly return to submit an offer.

But the Red Devils are competing with Chelsea who are no less expensive. Even though they already have many midfielders, Chelsea still feels lacking.

Not only Chelsea and MU, but PSG also expressed interest. However, there has been no concrete step from PSG to submit De Jong's purchase offer.