Manchester United have agreed a £63.5m take care of Barcelona for Frenkie de Jong however there may be nonetheless no assure the move will go forward.
They now know what they must pay for supervisor Erik ten Hag’s primary goal, with a much bigger up-front cost and an extra £8.5m in add-ons.
However, the 25-year-old is locked in a contract dispute with Barcelona.
The contractual disagreement centres on deferred funds that have been included within the playmaker’s new four-year deal, which solely grew to become energetic on 1 July.
There have been widespread experiences in Spain that Barcelona have instructed De Jong he wants to depart for monetary causes.
However, De Jong is aware of Barcelona should honour his contract if he chooses to stay on the Nou Camp and he’s understood to be reluctant to depart with out an settlement over his exit phrases, which might take note of the deferred funds.
United have alternate options ought to De Jong not be part of however are keen to present the state of affairs extra time to resolve itself earlier than taking an alternate course.
Meanwhile the membership are additionally nonetheless uncertain if Cristiano Ronaldo will return to pre-season coaching.
Confirmation that Chelsea are no longer interested in signing the 37-year-old has lowered his choices away from Old Trafford.
BBC Sport understands there may be substance to experiences of an enormous provide to Ronaldo from Saudi Arabia however the participant is believed to wish to maintain enjoying on the highest attainable degree.
