Man United supervisor Erik ten Hag has admitted that he needed Barcelona star Frenkie de Jong to hitch him at Outdated Trafford forward of the 2022/23 season.
The previous Ajax boss was making ready for his first season within the Premier League and the Barca midfielder was his major goal to assist take United again to the highest of the English sport.
The Manchester membership had been ready to ship their new supervisor his man and even agreed a €85m price with the Catalan membership for the switch of the Dutch star. Nevertheless, Man United did not persuade the Netherlands worldwide to maneuver to Outdated Trafford because the 26-year-old needed to remain at Barcelona for a lot of extra years.
Virtually two years later, Ten Hag has now confirmed that he needed De Jong to hitch Man United in 2022 and deliberate to make use of him beside Casemiro.
“Sure, it might have been De Jong and Casemiro enjoying and complementing one another,” the Man United boss has stated through Fabrizio Romano.
“However within the final decade and on this interval, we couldn’t at all times get the gamers we needed. You must settle for that.”
Frenkie de Jong wouldn’t have modified issues at Man United
Though De Jong would have been an unbelievable signing for Man United to finish, it might not have prevented the present state the Manchester membership at the moment discover themselves in.
This season has been a catastrophe for United and it might lead to Ten Hag shedding his job.
The Premier League giants have had many transfers go improper over the previous few years and it has had a dramatic impact on Ten Hag’s squad. Lots of the gamers the Dutch coach at the moment has at his disposal are simply not ok and De Jong alone wouldn’t have mounted their points.
