Frenkie de Jong's

situation

at Barça is much more uncomfortable than one might think at first.

The player has been refusing to seek an exit or even to readjust his current millionaire contract for several weeks, which, in turn,

further complicates the entity's search for the

fair play

necessary to be able to register its new signings

.

The great twist to this issue, however, occurred in the middle of last month when, according to

The Athletic

, the club informed him that his current contract has "clear evidence of criminality" and urged him to settle it amicably to avoid going through the courts.

De Jong's current contract, which was renewed until 2026 in October 2020, contemplates that,

in exchange for lowering his salary in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, he will receive some 15.2 million euros in 2022-23 and about 18.3 million euros in 2023-24

.

Something that from the current board is considered not adjusted to the law and that caused him to be urged to renegotiate the contractual terms through that letter.

Force your way out?

The tug of war between the parties,

with Manchester United and Chelsea as great candidates to sign the midfielder

, does not seem to have stopped since then.

In the run-up to the

Gamper

, some of the fans dedicated some whistles to him, although much more timid than those received by the Dane

Martin Braithwaite

.

The president,

Joan Laporta

, meanwhile, stressed to the ESPN microphones that the player is not for sale and that they want him to remain linked to the club.

De Jong, meanwhile, vindicated himself by scoring the sixth goal for the azulgrana against Pumas who took a serious correction from the Camp Nou (6-0) in the traditional coming-out of the Barcelona fans in front of their fans and, again, he was able to act in his favorite position: midfield.

In several of the friendlies played in the United States, however,

Xavi managed to place him as a central defender

.

Something that, at the time,

raised a lot of speculation about whether or not the current Barça coach was trying to force his departure

from the club by placing him in a position in which the Dutchman, despite having performed there on several occasions with

Ronald Koeman

at the helm of the Barcelona team, has not just felt exactly at home.

Frankie de Jong, during the celebration of his goal against Pumas with Depay.PAU BARRENAAFP

The club's need to close some million-dollar sale to complement the famous levers,

which right now do not seem to be enough to carry out the registration of all the signings

, no matter how much Laporta reiterated the opposite to the Barça clubs,

invites us to think that even there are several chapters to be written of this particular

summer soap opera by the Dutchman.

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