With Man United and Chelsea battling it out for Frenkie De Jong, where might he fit in best?
Manchester United's offered for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong could be commandeered by their Premier League rivals Chelsea.
The Red Devils are in cutting edge talks with the Dutch global however they are yet to settle on a charge for his administrations.
Chelsea are on backup to plunge in for the midfielder whenever United neglect to drive an arrangement off the line.
De Jong would be an important expansion to one or the other crew, having played multiple times for Barcelona since joining from Ajax, scoring multiple times in his three seasons.
Notwithstanding, the 25-year-old playmaker has made it clear his favored objective this late spring would be Old Trafford. In any case, that hasn't prevented Chelsea from holding out trust.
Here Sportsmail investigates the two clubs and looking at which side would be more qualified to the previous Ajax star.
Manchester United
De Jong would turn into the foundation of Ten Hag's midfield in the event that he chose to commit his future to the Red Devils this mid year.
The 25-year-old has secured himself as an exceptionally sought after midfielder and could keep on flourishing in Manchester under his previous supervisor Erik ten Hag.
Ten Hag needs to rejoin with De Jong and assemble his recently procured Manchester United crew around the midfielder following their reassuring organization at Ajax.
Fred and Scott McTominay have been the primary pair in United's midfield in late seasons, playing close by one another in a twofold turn.
Be that as it may, the 'McFred' organization experienced harsh criticism during United's frustrating 2021-2022 mission.
Ten Hag could rather turn to his Ajax arrangement by reviving the United profession of Donny van de Beek and accomplice him with De Jong in the motor room.
During their time at Ajax, Ten Hag created some distance from their standard 4-3-3 development to take into consideration a twofold turn.
The Dutch supervisor then, at that point, drove Lasse Schone into a further developed job to give Van de Beek and De Jong space to prosper.
Ten Hag examined his manner of thinking with respect to his determination during an extended meeting in the 2019-2020 mission.
Talking about how he wanted to use De Jong at Ajax, Ten Hag told Dutch Soccer Site: 'We have truly been hoping to track down ways of involving [De Jong's] abilities in the best way.
'Where might he at any point play best, for the group and to grandstand his ability. Everybody was shouting: Frenkie is the greatest ability, and so on and so forth. Well yes. However, where? In midfield? Alright, yet what job?
'His quality is that he causes the advances to perform better. He is a drifter, a swashbuckler, he's dependably progressing, similar to a shark. With the ball, frequently, yet in addition without the ball. So in the event that you put him on 6 [defensive midfield], he's away again and again. Be that as it may, you really want to give him opportunity, if not you mightn't the best at any point out of him.
'It was anything but a simple riddle, so I chose to play with two number 6s and only one going after mid. What's more, along these lines, we can likewise overwhelm the half space, and power rivals to pick.'
De Jong has recently made sense of how he jumps at the chance to be at the focal point of the activity, guaranteeing he appreciates playing for Holland more than Barcelona since Louis van Gaal's strategies permit him to get the ball directly from the protectors.
During Holland's Nations League apparatuses in June, De Jong expressed: 'Here in the public group, I have a place that suits me better.
'I like to be the principal player to get the ball from protectors. I play another way in the public group contrasted with Barca.'
Joined are presently ailing in midfield choices as Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata have all left the club. In this way, De Jong could have the chance to front-up Ten Hag's midfield in the manner that he wishes.
Should De Jong play as a twofold turn with Van de Beek, Ten Hag could convey McTominay and Christian Erisken as ground breaking midfielders assuming in a higher part. This would likewise give more cover to United's star midfielder Bruno Fernandes.
De Jong will likewise squeeze well into a 3-4-3 development in the event that the Dutch supervisor considers that significant.
De Jong can work well in a two-man midfield because of his capacity to clutch the ball and disseminate well in high forced circumstances.
Across the main five European associations, the 25-year-old positions in the best eight percent for making passes while under tension from a rival.
'He is consistently quiet and consistently has the arrangement,' Ten Hag said of the midfielder in 2019. 'He filters so well that he generally knows how to proceed. You can scarcely put him under tension - that is a particularly extraordinary gift.'
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