After Tenhach decided to enter the Theatre of Dreams and made it clear that he could hold the power to recruit reinforcements, there were rumors about Manchester United's deals. Among them, Spanish journalist Domenek revealed that Manchester United's new coach Ten hach hopes to sign Barca midfielder De Jong, and because Barca need to peddle players this summer to obtain large sums of money, if the bid is about 70 million euros, it is possible to impress Barca to release people. Leaving aside whether the final signing can be discussed, De Jong's goal of reinforcement is actually very reliable, because his strength on the field is not worse than Pogba, but he is far ahead of Pogba at as many as 4 key levels.
The first is age, although de Jong was famous for his brilliant performance of leading Ajax to the final four of the Champions League three years ago, but he was born in May 1997 and has not yet reached the age of 25, and players of this age have rich experience and a lot of room for growth, which is the most suitable club for Manchester United, which is both eager to produce results and long-term stable team. In this regard, Pogba, who has turned 29, is obviously far inferior to De Jong, and there is basically no upside. Then the second level is the problem of injuries, the past three seasons Pogba has been plagued by injuries frequently, from the 19-20 season to the present, he has played 62 league games, while De Jong's league appearances are as high as 93, and the average playing time is also higher than Pogba, in addition, given that Pogba is about to step into the threshold of 30 years old, the risk of future injuries is undoubtedly higher than De Jong, so Pogba has to be thrown off a lot at the injury level.
Then the third level is the thorn head hidden danger, joining Barca for 3 years De Jong, although there was a low in the middle of the field, and was once dragged to play center-back, but no matter what, he did not make a fuss and worked hard to complete his task. In this regard, Pogba is directly the opposite de Jong, squeezing out Mourinho, publicly confessing to Real Madrid, and agent Laiola's constant pulling out of the team, which makes Manchester United fans extremely disgusted. The last level is the attitude on the field, Pogba not only makes a salary increase outside the field, but also makes emotions on the field from time to time, which makes his on-field performance "half super god and half super smelly". In contrast, although De Jong will also have a downturn, he will at least not mess up and will not spread his lazy attitude to the whole team.
So in these 4 levels, De Jong is much better than Pogba, and this naturally makes him a reliable candidate, after all, even such Pogba has been held in the palm of Manchester United for so many years. At the same time, De Jong joined, and it is expected to activate a marginal person who has been loaned out by Manchester United, he is Van de Beek, to know that during the Ajax period under Tenhach, De Jong and Van de Beek's midfield double core is very powerful. However, the price of 70 million euros, I am afraid it is difficult to impress Barca, after all, when he signed him, Barca spent nearly 80 million euros, and under Xavi's account, De Jong is very promising to grow into a real midfield master.