Friday, September 23, 2022 at 8:38 PM• Noel Korteweg • Last update: 20:40

Frenkie de Jong and Barcelona president Joan Laporta will talk at the end of this season to discuss the salary of the 25-year-old midfielder with the Catalans. That reports Cadena SER. With his million-dollar salary, De Jong is putting a lot of pressure on the budget of the Spanish top club and that is why the ex-Ajacied now seems to be adding water to the wine.

Because he waived part of his salary during the corona pandemic, the midfielder is now reportedly entitled to more than twenty million euros in salary per year. Barcelona therefore preferred to see De Jong leave for Chelsea or Manchester United this summer, both of whom were expressly interested in the services of the playmaker. An agreement was reached with the Red Devilsbut De Jong himself saw nothing in a departure from the Catalans.

The 44-time Dutch international gave earlier this week in conversation with the NOS already that he never thought of leaving. “I had already decided in May that I wanted to stay at Barcelona. That decision has not changed for a moment during the summer.” De Jong was regularly used as a substitute by Xavi at the start of this season, but in recent games he was increasingly given the opportunity from the kick-off. The counter is so far on eight duels with Barcelona, ​​of which he started four in the starting line.

Barcelona pulled out all the stops this summer to reduce the million-dollar salary of the Dutchman. For example, at the beginning of August, Laporta threatened legal action against De Jong in order to declare the midfielder’s contract invalid. The promised conditions are said to have come about through ‘criminal actions’ by the previous board. Laporta is said to have assured De Jong that he will no longer continue these plans. The Dutchman’s contract will continue until mid-2026.