Barcelona (opens in new tab) are reportedly planning to ask Frenkie de Jong to take one other pay minimize, in a bid to unencumber the funds which may permit them to carry Lionel Messi again to the Camp Nou.
Messi will go away PSG when his contract expires subsequent month, having joined the French giants on a free switch two years in the past when Barca could not afford to maintain him amid their monetary struggles.
These difficulties are removed from over for the La Liga champions elect, however that hasn’t stopped them exploring the potential for re-signing the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner this summer season.
In line with Mundo Deportivo (by way of the Mirror) (opens in new tab), Barca need De Jong to additional cut back his wages – after the midfielder did so to help the membership throughout the pandemic – with a view to give them some monetary wriggle-room.
The report provides that Barca additionally need to carry down the wage of goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
Within the case of De Jong, Manchester United (opens in new tab) could also be monitoring developments with nice curiosity – having chased the Netherlands worldwide in one of many epic (however finally fruitless) switch sagas of final summer season.
De Jong, 25 – who’s presently valued at €60m (£53.2m) by Transfermarkt (opens in new tab) – nonetheless has three years left to run on his deal at Barca, who he joined from Ajax in 2019.
Messi, in the meantime, has been strongly linked with a transfer to Saudi Arabia – the place Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Al-Nassr in January.
Argentina’s World Cup successful captain – who turns 36 subsequent month – may reportedly earn greater than £300m a 12 months within the Saudi Professional League.
