He has no minutes, will not play Champions League and rejected a leading role at Man Utd

The Red Devils had an intense summer, looking for pieces to continue adding team alternatives, the club spent £225 million in reinforcements for the beginning of this new stage under the new Dutch coach, Erik ten Hag. This project is very ambitious, the club is full of pressure and they are looking to break that bad streak of title drought.

One of the priorities is to return to the Champions League, and for this reason that they are not playing this season is that an old acquaintance of Erik ten Hag refused to listen to negotiations about the interest of the Red Devils in signing this midfielder. Despite the fact that the player had problems with the Barcelona board, he decided to stay.

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The player has not been involved in any crucial game for Barcelona this season, Xavi has not counted on Frenkie de Jong in important games, he has not had the participation that the Dutch midfielder expected to have, who had problems with his board who wanted to cut part of his salary, the player clung to continue in the Blaugrana team.

While Erik ten Hag, who managed him in the Netherlands with Ajax, wanted to pursue the option of reuniting with the player at Old Trafford, he was offered a central midfield role. The player refused to listen to the negotiation because his team would participate in the Champions League where he has not had the desired participation either, besides his team is a few steps away from going to the Europa League.

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Erik ten Hag sought this signing before finalising the signing of Casemiro, who accepted the challenge despite playing for the reigning Champions League champions. Erik ten Hag was surprised by the refusal of the player who was in his team at Ajax. According to various media reports, the team is still looking to convince de Jong to join the Red Devils.