Matteo Moretto gives Football España exclusive information on the latest offers that dominate the newspapers in Spain, as revealed in Daily Briefing by Fabrizio Romano.
At the beginning of the transfer market, it is true that Bayern Munich had Frenkie de Jong on their roster but the first contacts that took place never progressed into a real negotiation between the two parties. It is also evident that the recurrence of his ankle injury has conditioned the rest of his summer in terms of any potential move away from Barcelona as well, but now the goal of the Dutchman is to play again and make his best for Barcelona.
I think the Catalan club wants to try to renew his contract, which expires in 2026, and try to lower his salary. We will see how the negotiations for him go. This summer, Manchester United was never a real option for de Jong, as they had set their sights on Manuel Ugarte.
Atletico Madrid have finally spent big on their defense five years after investing in Mario Hermoso this summer, putting more than €30m on the table for Robin Le Normand from Real Sociedad. By the time the deal went through, Le Normand was a European champion as a rookie for Spain, but had since become aware of interest from Atletico Madrid.
The story is that Atletico had already tried to sign him in January without success because Real Sociedad didn't want to sell him during the season, and they even asked for his release clause to be paid at that point. In March, contacts were resumed – Le Normand was still the number one option for Diego Simeone and the Atletico court. The operation was already verbally agreed before the euro.
This week, Bayer Leverkusen defender Jonathan Tah gave an interview to Suddeutsche Zeitung, in which he confirmed that he has not renewed his contract with the Werkself, after months of links with Bayern Munich. Fabrizio Romano also said that an agreement on personal terms with the Bavarian side was reached months ago.
That being said, I don't think Tah's future is already decided either way. As he himself admitted, he will be free to decide where to go. Barcelona is in the running, as are other clubs. Barcelona have already initiated contacts for Tah at the end of this transfer market, and in the coming weeks, they will try to see if it is possible for them to sign him on a free transfer within their salary limit.
