Romano reveals truth after claims Man Utd ‘accelerate’ transfer as September deal takes ‘unexpected turn’
Send surgeon Fabrizio Romano insists Frenkie de Jong is “fully focused” on Barcelona in the middle of speculation that Male Utd are fascinated.
The Red Fiends possessed one of the innumerable effective transmit windows in the Premier League over the summer through Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and also Manuel Ugarte coming in at Ratty Trafford.
Male Utd unprejudiced their incomings out through several outgoings also, as Scott McTominay, Mason Greenwood, Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Willy Kambwala, Hannibal Mejbri, Facundo Pellistri, Alvaro Carreras and also Donny van de Beek disowned for transmit fees, Raphael Varane and also Omari Forson departed on totally free sends, while Jadon Sancho authorized upward through Chelsea in a period-long lending offer.
But there has been transmit speculation past the end of the summer home window shutting through records in Spain insisting that Male Utd possessed as shortly as again ‘kits his sights on’ Barcelona midfielder De Jong.
Any kind of mooted January offer seemed to hang on Casemiro running away through the Brazilian being attached to Turkish side Galatasaray cooperating through a shaky start to the favored period at Ratty Trafford.
It was pretended that Male Utd intended on ‘speeding upward’ a offer for De Jong after Casemiro’s eventuality at Ratty Trafford possessed ‘pilfered an unplanned rotate in recent weeks’.
Romano just recently rubbished the hunch of Casemiro running away as he will probable be about until “at the terribly least 2025” regardless of affiliations to the Turkish Super Lig titans.
He wrote on X on Thursday: “Casemiro, currently intended to remain at Male United at the terribly least until 2025 regardless of affiliations through Galatasaray glide.
“Brazilian midfielder not planning to disclaim the bar now, certainly no concrete talks ensuing through Gala.”
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And also now he has alike rubbished cases that Male Utd rendered contact through De Jong over the summer in an effort to prise him away from Barcelona.
Romano wrote in his Trapped Offside tower: “We as shortly as again this summer possessed numerous stories about Frenkie de Jong’s future at Barcelona, and also there were favored affiliations through Manchester United, as we’ve so usually watched in days gone by.
“The latest we’ve heard is that Male United rendered some contact through De Jong during a moment once they weren’t so sure if the Manuel Ugarte offer was participating in thieve place. But, I can educate you that this summer, the reality is that there was wholly wholly nothing.
“There was zero between De Jong and also Male United, since the reality is that De Jong never wanted to disclaim Barcelona. De Jong is fully focused on Barcelona, and also it’s alike inestimable to tab that he’s also pricey for Male United – his wage is terribly high and also so it was something inaccessible for United this summer.
“We’ll browse through what happens in the future, but this summer it was alike the skin that United wanted a unalike sort of midfielder anyway, auxiliary of a defensive midfielder than De Jong. Ugarte was the singular replacement, their optimal target, and also so there was never any kind of probability to go for De Jong – between United, Ten Hag, De Jong, the player’s reps, there was wholly zero.”
