‘He does not want Manchester United, he wants Chelsea’ – Blues told to hijack this €80M deal
All summer long, Manchester United has struggled to sign Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong.
However, Manchester United is willing to meet De Jong’s transfer demands, but the midfielder is unwilling to move there despite Barcelona’s want to sell the player.
Gabby Agbonlahor, a former Aston Villa player, has urged Chelsea to make this acquisition before Manchester United, suggesting that De Jong would prefer come to Chelsea than Manchester United.
He told talkSPORT Breakfast: “I did say last week that Spurs are looking in a better position at the moment with the signings they’ve made.”
“Chelsea are catching them now, Koulibaly is a great centre-back, Kounde will add to their defence, with Thiago Silva, maybe as a back three.
“I still feel like they may still need a midfielder, there’s talk of maybe De Jong, maybe hijacking that move from Manchester United, and I think he’d choose Chelsea over Man United if he had the choice.
“So I still think they need another midfielder and another striker, but the defence will be sorted with this signing.”
He added: “I’ve been talking about Manchester United not being as much of a pull for a while now and their fans don’t like it. They can’t handle the straight facts.
“De Jong, if he’s leaving Barcelona, he does not want to go to Manchester United. There are quotes that have come out that he would rather Bayern Munich, he would rather Chelsea.
“Because if I’m choosing a team in the Premier League and I’ve got the chance of Chelsea or Manchester United, I’m choosing Chelsea.
“I’m in London, I’ve got Thomas Tuchel who’s won the Champions League recently, you’re playing Champions League football this season, you’ve got a better squad of players.
“Manchester United have got [Cristiano] Ronaldo who doesn’t want to be there, he’s not turned up for pre-season.
“You’ve got players that aren’t performing. You’ve lost top players like [Paul] Pogba.
“They’ve got problems and it’s going to take them a while to get a chance of winning the Premier League or the Champions League.
“Does De Jong want to go from Barcelona, who will be playing Champions League football, to Manchester United, who aren’t going to be?”