Chelsea considering making a formal offer for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong

Spanish press reports revealed that the English Chelsea FC informed its counterpart Barcelona that it will make an offer soon in order to obtain the services of the Netherlands international midfielder, Frenkie de Jong, during the current summer transfer market. The Spain sports newspaper “Sport”, indicated that Chelsea is seeking to sign de Jong during the current summer Mercato, especially after the player refused to join Manchester United, due to the club’s seasons without participation in the European  Champions League since 1980. The newspaper added that the Dutch player prefers to play for the Blues and that he will accept the offer the moment he arrives at the Catalan club, which prefers to sell the player during the current summer in order to reduce the value of the players’ salaries in the team. Xavi was asked about the speculation surrounding De Jong following the match and said: ‘I don’t know if he’s going to stay, there’s still time and a lot of things can still happen. At the moment he’s part of the team, like everyone else.’ “I have not sent any signal to Frenkie de Jong. Let’s see what happens, there’s a lot of time left until August 31″, he said.