Barcelona have been frantically attempting to accelerate their transfer activity over the past week in trying to offload their star midfielder Frenkie de Jong, who apparently has his own strong reasons for not wanting to leave the club.<\/p>\n
Having been at the club for three years and being a permanent fixture in the side when fit and available, the 25-year-old has been pretty comfortable at Camp Nou despite having failed to hit the heights expected of him after the Catalans splashed \u20ac86 million to sign him from Ajax. Yet that being said, he still turned in a decent account of himself on the pitch.<\/p>\n
A move to Manchester United has been touted this summer, with the Red Devils and Barcelona supposedly having reached an \u20ac85-million deal. Yet, remarkably, the Dutchman is adamant in refusing to leave the\u00a0Blaugrana<\/em>\u00a0at this point in time.<\/p>\n It is no secret that the Netherlands international is owed a large sum by the club in deferred wage payments. The offer Manchester United have reportedly tabled does not account for it, at the same time the lack of Champions League football is a major issue.<\/p>\n But both clubs remain intent on seeing the deal through. For Bar\u00e7a, selling de Jong is more due to an economic reason than a sporting issue. Despite manager Xavi believing that Bernardo Silva can be a better fit in his plans, he still admires de Jong.<\/p>\n