DE JONG, IN THE FOCUS OF BARÇA
Frenkie de Jong stands up and refuses to lower his salary and leave
Frenkie de Jong's future is a real unknown, because FC Barcelona would be putting pressure on him to decide whether to renew or leave. The player's position, however, is very different
Frenkie Of Jong is in the focus more than ever. Especially in the last week, have produced a sinfín of informations on the possibility that it leave in the market of signings veraniego. The FC Barcelona would have given him a species of 'ultimatum' so that it define if it wants to extend his agreement further of the 2026, with a significant reduction of his wage, or abandon the club. The posture of the footballer, however, is very different.
According to an information of the newspaper 'SPORT', to day of today the Dutch does not want to know at all of offers or pressures. As it had left to glimpse during the past year, when they began the contacts between Deco and the agents of the player, Of Jong does not want to speak in these moments on his future. It understands that still it remains him sufficient time in the City Condal and prefers to live the day in day out. It is calm, enjoying of the club -in spite of the difficulties-, his family and Barcelona.
The posture of Of Jong, clearer that never
In this sense, does not want to "neither wants to go out neither wants to renew" for now. That is to say, it is not by the work to board conversations with the Catalans. It is necessary to take in account that the main reason by which want to extend his agreement is to reduce costs. It is one of the most elevated wages in the staff and, in this point, is not sustainable for the very 'touched' economy of the Catalans. An identical situation to which lived in 2022, when the culés wanted to traspasarlo to the Manchester United.
On the other hand, in the before quoted source also establish that they are "fed up" of all the pressure that are having, that repeats every year. In concrete, from 'SPORT' have aimed that "are already a bit fed up to be in the focus by this subject when there is an important sportive crisis in the Barça and the logical would be to centre in trying save the season". It keeps, besides, that is not his 'fault' that have the agreement that has and that already forgave, a lot, when it renewed in 2020 with the diferimientos of his payments.
The wage of Frenkie, the big problem
From the breast of the club see all the panorma from the economic point. It does not be necessary to overlook that in this course to the Dutch player corresponds him a fixed wage of 18 million euros more other 9,7 'kilos' by bonus of fidelity. For the next, will earn €18m (without bonus of fidelity) and in the 2025/2026 will be €19m + €3m. The Barça is not in conditions to assume this wage, in spite of that it corresponds him by the 'efforts' that did between 2019 and 2022.
