Back to the Soccer Newsfeed

Frenkie de Jong hits out at reports of his Barcelona salary: “It’s a lot of lies”

Related Topics: Frenkie de Jong, Luuk de Jong

Frenkie de Jong woke up and chose violence before he appeared in front of the press on Tuesday in Naples ahead of the Champions League clash against Napoli, and the Dutch midfielder had some things to get off his chest.

De Jong has once again become the topic of heavy speculation about his future, with recent reports claiming he is considering leaving Barça for the first time after a half-decade with very little success at the team level, and other reports also claim the club wants to sell the midfielder due to his high salary.

The Dutchman is the club’s top earner due to a contract restructure agreed during the pandemic to defer most of his wages for the final couple of years of his deal, but according to De Jong the figures are nowhere near as high as the reports seem to suggest.