De Jong remains firm and is not thinking of leaving Barcelona

Frenkie de Jong has somewhat recovered his smile at Barça. The Dutch midfielder was falling behind in the midfield rotations, but Xavi Hernández has restored him to his side in recent weeks. De Jong is aware of the constant noise around his future, but he remains firm in his position: he does not want to leave Camp Nou and he will not listen to offers in January.

De Jong was close to leaving Barça this summer. The club were opebn to the possibility of transferring him to Manchester United for €80 million, but the Dutchman flatly refused. He wanted to continue as part of the Xavi project and chose to reject the approaches from United and Chelsea, although the saga left the relationship between him, his camp and Barça damaged.

In fact, at the start of the season and after being left out of key Barça games, United made several moves to try to convince him. But De Jong has always been clear that until after the World Cup he does not want to listen to anyone and now he himself is also quite clear that January is not the time to go anywhere. His position is clear and firm and he wants to fulfill his contract with Barça. He has had his chance and he knows that he can be a starter at this Barça.

Another thing is what can happen at the end of the season, with Barça in need of sales first to strengthen later. It will be necessary to see how both the Dutchman and the team finish the campaign, but at the club they sense that there will be movement on De Jong again and that if an astronomical offer arrives, perhaps it would be good to sell him.

In England, it is being commented that De Jong still does not see anything clear about the Manchester United project, but that he could open himself up in the future to join a club like Chelsea. Bayern Munich are also tracking the situation, but the player is not going to actively push to leave. His dream is to stay and succeed at Barça, although if the club forces the situation, nothing is ruled out.