Chelsea is close to reaching De Jong agreement with Barcelona

Chelsea is reported 'very close to reaching an agreement with Barcelona over the Dutch star Frenkie de Jong during the current summer transfers. "TalkSPORT" network reported that Manchester United spent 3 months in order to get signed De Jong, but Chelsea is now confident of hijacking the deal. TalkSPORT added that both Todd Boyle and Thomas Tuchel are fans of Frenkie de Jong and are pressing to sign him. The source indicated that Chelsea informed both Barcelona and the player that they are ready to meet the requested price. The network explained that everything is currently up to the player De Jong, adding that Chelsea is ready to invest a lot of money in him, but the player has not changed his mind about leaving Barcelona, he now realizes that the time has come to make a final decision. De Jong joined Barcelona in the summer of 2019 from Ajax, in a deal worth 75 million euros.