Dutch manager Erik ten Hag is more and more reminiscent of the “Cable Guy” in his obsession with Barcelona star Frenkie de Jong. – He worked extremely hard to bring in the former Ajax player right from the first second as Manchester United manager and now he is up and running again.
This time he can actually succeed!.
Erik ten Hag is close to agreeing to join Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund as manager. El Nacional reports that the 54-year-old is only details away, but it is a claim that is both surprising and very expensive. Dortmund must sign De Jong from Barcelona as soon as possible”.
There is no doubt that Borussia Dortmund manager Nuri Sahin is done at the club. The race has already been bought after seven games without a win and a very embarrassing 4-2 loss against Holstein Kiel earlier in the week.
Borussia Dortmund are down to 10th place in the Bundesliga, Erik ten Hag is using the crisis to get through a demand that would otherwise never have been accepted. He knows there are few options, when the club has even tried Jürgen Klopp at the same time as he became Red Bull Boss.
Ten Hag, who was previously an assistant at Bayern Munich, has previously been watched from the stands when Dortmund lost 3-2 to Bayer Leverkusen and the Dutchman is said to have been in talks for a long time about a job at Signal Iduna Park.
However, if BVB are to strike a deal with the former Manchester United manager, they will have to agree to a “clear request”. Ten Hag has set his sights on the arrival of De Jong, who has been sidelined by Barcelona. The 27-year-old midfielder is no longer an undisputed regular under Hansi Flick and is encouraged to move on. -The reason is not only his decline in form, but rather his insane salary of 23.2 million euros a year. (About 10% of the salary cap that La Liga has set on Barcelona)
De Jong and Ten Hag previously worked together at Ajax, where the Dutch international was a key link in midfield and highly successful club before leaving to join Barcelona in a deal worth €86 million.
Ten Hag tried relentlessly to sign De Jong during his time at Man Utd, then it was the player himself and not Barcelona who got on the back foot.
A transfer could be possible during the January transfer window, and Barcelona are looking to sell the midfielder for around €45 million.
