Chelsea reportedly desire a deal for Frenkie de Jong wrapped up shortly, whereas Barcelona additionally desire a determination on the participant’s future right now.
The Netherlands worldwide’s future has been up within the air all summer season, however it now appears like a transfer to Chelsea is the more than likely possibility, though he’s eager to remain on the Nou Camp.
That’s in response to CBS Sports activities journalist Ben Jacobs, as per his Twitter thread beneath, with Chelsea seemingly hopeful they’ll full the signing of De Jong for a deal price simply over €80million, with Barca insisting the participant has to take a pay lower if he needs to remain…
Chelsea pushing on the participant aspect. They don’t need this to pull out. Barcelona on the identical web page. It’s clear FDJ would like to in some way keep (as he’s stated persistently) however with no pay lower (and he’s nonetheless reluctant) a transfer away stays extra possible.
— Ben Jacobs (@JacobsBen) August 11, 2022
Chelsea have already got Mateo Kovacic, N’Golo Kante and Jorginho as choices in midfield, however the latter two have only one yr to run on their present contracts.
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It could possibly be smart to put money into somebody like De Jong now, with the previous Ajax man trying ultimate to be a long-term successor to Jorginho as a result of similarities of their model of play.
Chelsea have had a busy summer season bringing within the likes of Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella, and the addition of De Jong can be one other effective piece of enterprise to certainly give Thomas Tuchel a greater probability of placing collectively a correct title problem.
