EXCL: Barcelona’s de Jong stance, Ashworth tempted by Man United and more
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Barcelona want to keep Frenkie de Jong – but could be forced to sell
There have been lots of rumours about Frenkie de Jong lately guys, but I can tell you that Barcelona will try to extend his contract in the next months.They still believe in Frenkie and there’s no news on the player side so far regarding wanting to leave the club.
Of course, if both sides can’t agree on a new deal, the situation in the summer could change.
I’m not hearing anything on decisions made or negotiations ongoing, and I’m not aware of any Tottenham bids so far, despite the stories.
Dan Ashworth is tempted by Man United’s project
A number of names were mentioned in connection with the Man United sporting director post earlier in the season, but I can repeat again that Dan Ashworth has always, always been the priority for INEOS.He has worked well with Eddie Howe at Newcastle but sees Man United as an important, ambitious project and Ashworth’s tempted by that.
It’s unlikely that Newcastle are just gonna let him walk away guys, but sources guarantee that he believes that Man United are building something important and so he’d be ready to accept.
It now depends now on the two clubs with talks likely to begin shortly.
No truth to Mbappé offering himself to Arsenal and Liverpool
Reports in the English media suggested that Kylian Mbappé’s entourage offered the player to Liverpool last year but the Reds weren’t prepared to break their wage structure. A desire to emulate Thierry Henry Read on caughtoffside.com
