Between pressure and lies, the soap opera Frenkie de Jong at Barça is as rhythmic as an episode of Game Of Thrones.

The Dutch international does not seem to want to leave Barça or agree to reduce his salary during this transfer window.

Pushed out by the Catalan club, De jong and his clan accuse the management of the Blaugranas to put pressure on him about his contract.

FC Barcelona still hopes to sell its player or make him agree to a pay cut.

Objective: to respect the budget ceiling set by La Liga.

Barça management have sent a letter to Frenkie De Jong regarding irregularities in his contract from last July, as

The Athletic

website revealed yesterday .

The club would like to return to the agreement reached in 2019 and cancel the existing contract.

No luck, the De Jong clan does not seem ready to fall for the trap.

The player's entourage deny any legal issues regarding the Dutch international's contract.

Worse, he accuses Barça of trying to put the knife to his throat.

Indeed, the scenario that seems to be emerging: either he leaves the club via a transfer, or he stays and will suffer a drop in salary.

A standoff that is not about to end

So we have on the one hand the De Jong clan who does not want to give in to the "requests" of FC Barcelona, ​​​​neither for a transfer nor for a drop in salary.

On the side of Barça, we certify that we have a legal means of canceling the last contract of the Dutchman, signed at the time Bartomeu (yes again him).

However, ESPN notes a curious detail in this case.

The date of the famous letter sent by Barça coincides with the period when the Catalans were negotiating an agreement around 85 million euros with Manchester United for the sale of the Dutch international, surely a fortuitous coincidence…

Despite Joan Laporta's announcement that the club wants to keep his midfielder, we suspect that the De Jong soap opera is set to last all summer.

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