Three big European clubs are targeting Frenkie De Jong

DBasia.news – The future fate of Frenkie de Jong at Barcelona is still in doubt ahead of the 2022 summer transfer market. His performance declined at Barcelona and raised rumors of him leaving.

In public Xavi defended De Jong and called him an important player for the future of Barcelona. But De Jong (24 years old) did not appear at his best and most recently showed it in LaLiga matches.

Barcelona lost 0-1 to Rayo Vallecano and became their third straight defeat at home in all competitions. In that match De Jong performed poorly until he was replaced with Nico Gonzalez.

His contract is still until 2026 and Barca have invested in him since 2019, with a tag of €86 million paid to Ajax Amsterdam.

No doubt De Jong’s situation has attracted the attention of European clubs. Quoted from Sport-English, at least three clubs are currently targeting him, namely Bayern Munich, PSG (Paris Saint-Germain), and Manchester United.

The factor Behind De Jong’s Decline in Performance

For Bayern and PSG, De Jong is a young diamond that can still be sharpened. Bayern once had a playmaker like De Jong, namely Thiago Alcantara, and are trying to have a player like that again.

Of the three clubs, Man United has quite a chance to bring him in as next season United will be coached by Erik ten Hag, the coach who created De Jong and made his name popular in Europe.

It was also there that De Jong was able to meet his compatriot and former team-mate at Ajax, Donny van de Beek.

“The choice to move to Manchester United with Erik the Hag on the bench may be quite tempting, a coach who catapulted his name at the elite level,” wrote Jordi Gil in Sport-English.

From the same media, there are also factors behind the decline in De Jong’s performance. This happened because of the dismissal of Ronald Koeman before finally being replaced by Xavi.

Koeman was unable to lift Barca’s performance and the team played from good words. However, De Jong has always had a special relationship with Koeman, who is also his former coach with the Dutch national team.

Although De Jong had no problems at Barca who also had compatriots like Memphis Depay, Luuk de Jong, De Jong lost Koeman. No doubt according to Sport-English, Man United could be his next destination.