De Jong could have joined Manchester United, he didn't sign for this reason

Manchester United's summer was full of many names linked with potential signings for the club, and with the club having invested £225 million in his renewal from last season, in which they failed to achieve the goals the Red Devils had hoped for, they have been keen to show they want to return to the top level of competition.

When the team started the season with two consecutive defeats, the second of which they lost 4-0 away to Brentford, they decided they needed to make a move. The club contacted players to be signed, they needed other pieces to complete the team, those players were chosen for specific roles.

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They signed Antony from Ajax, he became the second most expensive signing in the club's history, and the other addition was the defensive midfielder of the current Champions League winner Casemiro, who decided to leave Real Madrid to join this project of Erik ten Hag, he was interested in joining this project of the Old Trafford club.

Before signing Casemiro they had been interested in another player, the Dutch coach's first choice was the midfielder he managed during his time at Ajax, he wanted to convince his compatriot to play for Manchester United, and all the more so because the player had no minutes and also contractual problems with Xavi's Barcelona.

Frenkie de Jong turned down Man Utd for not playing in the Champions League

Now Barcelona will be playing in the Europa League for not having achieved the expected results, plus the player has no activity in his team, the club is far from having him in consideration for minutes, he rejected a leading role in the Red Devils with the coach who helped him to be one of the best midfielders today.