Paris Saint-Germain are not now pursuing the prospective transfer of Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong, when there is also almost nothing to the current Manchester United hyperlinks.
That’s in accordance to transfer news professional Ben Jacobs in his most recent Day-to-day Briefing column, with the reporter telling CaughtOffside that De Jong at present looks to be settled at the Nou Camp, though his Barca teammate Gavi is on PSG’s radar.
It continues to be to be observed how real looking these a deal would be, nonetheless, as Jacobs claims the reality that Gavi has a €1bn launch clause is probably to be problematic.
A more reasonable alternative could be Bruno Guimaraes at Newcastle United, according to Jacobs, who says he can go away St James’ Park for around £100m this summer season.
De Jong transfer update and PSG’s midfielder targets
Speaking about what PSG could do this summer season, Jacobs clarified stories about De Jong and other possible options for the Ligue 1 giants in that location of the pitch.
He mentioned: “PSG are also not at the moment pursuing De Jong possibly. In actuality, it’s yet another Barcelona player, Gavi, they preferably want. It would be an audacious swoop offered Barcelona watch Gavi as a upcoming captain and pretty considerably untouchable. And the French champions clearly have no intent to pay back Gavi’s €1bn release clause both.
“Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes is a somewhat more simple midfielder to land due to the fact he has a £100m+ release clause, and Newcastle may possibly want to offer a number of players if they don’t qualify for European football upcoming period.”
De Jong has been a crucial participant for Barcelona and enthusiasts will surely be hoping he does finish up being for the lengthy-time period, as he could majorly reinforce a Champions League rival if he were to make the transfer to the French funds.
Gavi is one more crucial player they won’t want to lose, though, so they’ll hope PSG can succeed in signing an individual like Guimaraes instead.
