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Manchester United have received a major boost in their hunt for Ronald Araujo, as their contract offer is more than double Barcelona’s.

After excelling in La Liga in the past two seasons, Araujo has quickly emerged as one of the hottest young defensive properties. With his contract expiry a little over a year away, multiple Premier League clubs have taken notice.

United, who have conceded more goals than any of their top six rivals, have been particularly keen.

In fact, they have already made a move by offering the 22-year-old a salary of €10million (£8.3m).

That equates to a weekly wage of around £160k. Despite Barca being strapped for cash, they entered talks to try and convince him to stay.

It quickly emerged that they were struggling to meet Araujo’s financial demands.

And now it has ended badly for them. According to El Chiringuito, renewal negotiations have been ‘frozen’.

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That’s because the La Liga giants couldn’t even reach an offer of €4m (£3.3m) per year, or roughly £64k per week.

Such is the gap in proposals that it it incredibly hard to see Xavi getting his wish of Araujo staying at the Camp Nou.

United would appear to therefore be in pole postition for the signature of the