An abusive fan told Frenkie De Jong to 'take a pay cut' when Manchester United and Chelsea targets showed up at Barcelona training.
The Dutch midfielder was confronted with hateful yelling as he drove off - just after Thomas Tuchel's Blues reportedly and agreed to a fee of £67.6 million for him.
United give up the hunt despite Chelsea in 'pre-consultation' with Barça
De Jong insists he wants to stay with the Spanish giants.
But Barcelona owes him deferred wages and wants him to reduce his salary. It was understood that he was ready to consider the cut, but some supporters were waiting to shout at him when he steered his Porsche into training on Wednesday.
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And Chelsea overtook United, making him the favorite to sign the Box star.
Importantly, De Jong looks ready to move on.
United agreed a package with Barça in July, but at that stage he had no intention of going.
But now he is more open to departure and it is Chelsea on the brink of a major coup.
It looks like the only things that have to be sorted out before he moves to Stamford Bridge next week or less in two weeks.
