Barcelona will ask Frenkie de Jong to take another pay cut this summer as the club looks to fund the Lionel Messi deal.
The Spanish giants must comply with La Liga's financial rules if they want to finance the transfer of the Paris Saint-Germain striker, who wants to return to the Camp Nou this summer.
Messi is expected to accept a substantial pay cut from the wages he earns in the French capital to return to Spain, but Barcelona need to make a series of cuts of their own before they can. consider a sensational move to re-sign the Argentine.
During the pandemic, the likes of De Jong, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Gerard Pique have taken massive pay cuts to help the club weather the financial turmoil of playing without spectators.
Barcelona agreed a deal to sell De Jong to Manchester United last summer, with the Spaniard wanting the Dutchman to move to Old Trafford in a £73million deal. However, De Jong wants to stay at his 'dream' club and he has restarted his career at Camp Nou by becoming a regular first-team player under Xavi this season.
But Mundo Deportivo says the club want De Jong to take another pay cut to ease his finances and in return they will extend the Dutchman's contract, which expires in 2026.
It remains to be seen whether De Jong will agree to the terms but the matter will interest United, who still want to sign the Dutchman.
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Playing for Real Madrid is the ultimate goal for players - no matter what Manchester United fans want you to believe.
Many of the sport's biggest names have scratched, scratched and, in the case of Luis Figo, turned into a pig's head painted by the public just to put on the famous white shirt.
Jude Bellingham looks set to become the latest phenomenally talented star in the spotlight at the Bernabeu as Real Madrid prepare to sign a hefty sum for the midfielder from Dortmund, although a move to the Spanish capital is not the time. any goes well. for English players.
Here, Daily Star Sport looks back at 5 stars of the Three Lions who played for Real Madrid and their achievements.
David Beckham
David Beckham won the central pillars of Madrid's Galacticos project in the early 2000s. President Florentino Perez has splashed out on a new world-class player every year for five consecutive seasons, with Beckham following in the footsteps of Figo, Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane in 2003.
The project lifted the club's prestige to last year's peak after a rather barren decade, but failed to produce the success on the pitch that has catapulted Madrid into the world's most famous sports team.
Beckham made more than 150 appearances for Los Blancos but left after four seasons with just one La Liga title. He is one of Madrid's fan favorites to this day, but his side's inability to compete for the Champions League has cast a significant shadow over the era.
Besides Bellingham, who do you think the current England star has a chance to play for Real Madrid in the coming years? Let us know in the comments section below.
Like Beckham, Steve McManaman spent four seasons at the Bernabeu, but the former Liverpool midfielder leaves with much to show for.
After joining the club on a free transfer in 1999, McManaman won six major honors with Los Blancos, including two La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues. He doesn't start every game, but he is loved by the fans for his tireless running ability and knack for scoring important goals.
His best moment was in the 2000 Champions League final, where his goal and overall performance in a 3-0 win over Valencia earned him the Man of the Match award. Mike Owen
Michael Owen was the last superstar from the early Galacticos era to join the club, but unfortunately for the former Liverpool striker, he was the most forgettable.
He joined for £8m in 2004 - a year after England teammate Beckham moved in - but was left on the bench behind the almost unstoppable duo of Ronaldo and Raul , and his absence quickly disappeared. . lose sympathy for the fans.
Owen finished his lone season in Madrid with 16 goals in 45 games (although only 26 of those were started) and returned to the Premier League with Newcastle in the summer following the arrival of Brazilian prodigy Robinho. .
Jonathan Woodgate
To put it bluntly, Jonathan Woodgate's time at Real Madrid was a show of horror. He arrived through injury in 2004 for £13.5m from Newcastle and made no debut until the following season. His first game for the club came in a cartoon-like bad mood. He had an own goal and was then sent off, and lingering injury problems prevented him from making a worthy redemption. He was later also voted by readers of Marca (Spain's main sports media) as "the worst signing of the 21st century".
The centre-back left the club in 2006 but his time there was so fun that he left behind a revered hero.
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