'Makes no sense' - Manchester United fans react to Chelsea's interest in Frenkie de Jong transfer 'hijack'

The Erik ten Hag revolution is underway at Manchester United and with a new era comes new transfers. Tyrell Malacia has already signed for the club and Christian Eriksen is expected to join him on a free transfer, but one name has dominated the discussions since the window opened, Frenkie de Jong.

De Jong is the club's top target and the Manchester Evening News understands that United have agreed a deal in principle with Barcelona for his transfer, however over the past week, things seem to have stopped moving. A number of outlets including the Telegraph have reported this may be due to a contract dispute between the club and the player over unpaid wages.

This delay however is starting to get United fans worried, firstly that the transfer might not get finalised and secondly it gives other teams the chance to swoop in and try and hijack the deal. And based on the latest report by Gerard Romero, the latter could be the case.

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The Spanish journalist stated that Chelsea were interested in taking De Jong to Stamford Bridge as Thomas Tuchel looks to strengthen his midfield. United fans were of course not happy.

Some did not believe the report but were frustrated that the deal was taking so long while others lamented over the possibility that Chelsea could sign De Jong while also being linked with a move for Cristiano Ronaldo this summer. This is a selection of responses from Twitter.

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