According to Noe on July 10, the first offer was rejected and they submitted an offer worth €50 million for ownership. Manchester United are completely stuck for reinforcements this summer, with interest in being completely frozen out by the player personally, with the international not keen on a reunion with Ten Hagar at Old Trafford.
It is said that the main reason why De Jong is not talking about a transfer is because of unpaid wages, the Dutchman's annual salary at Barcelona is as high as 10.4 million euros after tax, plus 10.4 million given by the sponsors, the total income after tax is as high as 20.8 million per year. It is reported that the Catalan club also owes him 17 million euros in salary, Laporta wants to be an old rascal, will sell him to earn Manchester United a sum of money still do not want to pay him back wages. De Jong is very upset, refused to talk to Barcelona about the transfer.
That's where the deal got stuck and United had to go for a second deal - Martinez. Martinez was also one of the players that Ten Hagar named to be brought in, with the new United manager putting the international on the shortlist after Timber refused to join. Martinez himself was more than happy to follow Ten Hagar to United, but Ajax were not too keen to sell him.
Because Ten Hag wants to poach a number of stars and Ajax doesn't want that, they are asking for a very high price for all of United's targets. Meanwhile the giants would prefer to find replacements before talking to United. Last season in the Dutch Eredivisie 31 appearances contributed 21 goals and 7 assists of the center forward Aly sold to Monde
It's only 31 million. The United target and Martinez were packaged with a €125 million price tag, a figure that was clearly meant to rip off the Red Devils.
The Red Devils have been slaughtered for a reason too, with Ajax U21 striker Brobbey being poached by Ten Hag, a young talent who scored 10 league goals for the Dutch coach last season. Analyst Kevin Keij has also been poached by Ten Hag and has joined the United coaching staff. United reportedly submitted an offer for Martinez totaling (including float) €50 million, but Ajax rejected it. Martinez is not happy and according to UTDistrict it has been revealed that the player refused to train with Ajax in an attempt to pressure a deal to join United.
