‘Treated really badly’ – Expert view on Frenkie de Jong and Barcelona after Gary Neville criticism

Things are getting very uncomfortable between Barcelona and their Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong. In case you have missed it, Barcelona are currently undergoing a public campaign to effectively peer pressure De Jong into lowering his wages. Manchester United are interested in signing De Jong but he reportedly wants to stay.

Barcelona are saying they want to keep him but only if he lowers his wages. Ad/> To add insult to injury, Barcelona have gone on a spending spree this summer in terms of transfer fees and wages. Raphinha, Jules Kounde and Robert Lewandowski have all come in for substantial outlays while Franck Kessie and Andreas Christensen arrived on free transfers.

They’re not done either, with Chelsea duo Cesar Azpilicueta and Marcos Alonso reportedly on the wishlist. TransfersYeah well done Barcelona, now actually register these players – The Warm-Up5 HOURS AGO It’s unsurprising then that Barca have come in for so much flak for the way they have treated De Jong. Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has been particularly vocal.

In one tweet, Neville said: “De Jong should consider legal action v Barcelona and all players should be behind him." He later added: “It [the De Jong situation] has highlighted a situation I’ve always been passionate about which is employers/clubs taking the p*** out of workers/players and not paying them their due money!” /> There’s a lot going on, so we got in touch with our colleague Enrique Sanchez from Eurosport Spain to find out more. Is Neville right about Barcelona and De Jong? This is the first place we start. Neville is being extremely vocal and it seems that he has a really good point, De Jong is entitled to look around him and ask what on earth is going