Pep Guardiola has spoken personally with Frenkie de Jong to try to convince him to be one of the leaders of his last project in the Manchester City. The Dutchman, who ends contract with him Barcelona In 2026, he does not want to renew despite Hansi Flick you Consider “untouchable” And I could go out at the end of the season.
In it Barcelona there is Jong case. The Dutchman, who arrived at the Barca club as one of the great signings of Bartomeu after paying Ajax more than 90 million euroshe has had crack flashes but he has not been the franchise player who was expected of him neither for performance nor for regularity.
He Barçadrowned in Your own financial drama After the management of Bartomeu and the inability of LapTa To straighten the accounts, he has tried to place him in the last two summer market windows, but he has not found a buying club capable of making an assumed offer for the Catalans or Jong has ever put anything on his part for leaving Barcelonawhere he is the best paid player on the squad.
Of Jong in the showcase
After two seasons marked by an endless ankle injury, the Dutchman seems to have risen. Flick has given him minutes and trust even at the expense of sacrificing a product of The Masía as Married. Now Jong feels a starter, he is physically well after a long time and that allows him to resemble that player who amazed Europe in Ajax.
LapTa and Decowho renegade him, now try to seduce him to renew, even to get a better transfer, because Jong ends contract in 2026 And he has the pan for the mango. You can renew, go in June with a low cost transfer or fulfill the year of contract that you have left with the Barcelona and leave with the Libertad letter at the end of the next season.
Jong in a match with Barcelona. (Getty)The great from Europewho has seen the resurrection of Of Jongthey begin to flutter around their door, despite His salary exceeds 25 million gross By season. The player and his agents know that they will not sign another contract outside the market like the one signed Bartomeubut they are also aware that Jong still has suitors.
That’s why Guardiola has personally called you: To try to seduce him and convince him to undertake an adventure by his side in the Manchester City. Pep believes that the Dutchman can be the ideal partner for Rodrigo and together lead the center of the Citizen field.
If Jong does not renewhe Barcelona It will be almost obliged to transfer this summer to prevent free from 2026. Flick He does not want him to go but the Dutchman does not forget how he treated him the club and how he was almost pointed out as a suspicious lump. Now his revenge could be taken, either this summer or the next one.
