According to the British newspaper The Sun, the Man Utd has completely forgotten about the signing of Frankie de Jong after the addition of Casemiro was confirmed, who will become the new leader of the Red Devil team’s midfield for this season.
The Dutch midfielder was Erik Ten Hag’s main target in this summer transfer window. He was the piece that he most needed to try to capture his idea of the game in the English team, but the player’s position of not wanting to leave FC Barcelona complicated the whole operation despite the fact that both clubs had an agreement at the economic level.
Casemiro signing ends Frenkie de Jong’s soap opera at Old Trafford
On the other hand, the arrival of Casemiro further complicated the operation due to the impressive salary that he will have in his new experience in the Premier League (12 million euros) and the price of the transfer that the club paid (72 million fixed plus 13 million in variables). The operation of Frenkie de Jong is economically unfeasible for the club and they prefer to bet on another signing in the offensive zone with Antony as the main option.
The Dutch midfielder, who has not yet made a decision on whether to lower his salary or not, has only one likely destination at the moment: Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea. The Blue team continues to see him as an interesting option for the rotation in the midfield area, but they are still working on several exits in order to have more investment capacity in the remaining weeks of the summer.