Manchester United has found Frenkie de Jong without paying him 85 million euros

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In a summer transfer window in which Manchester United paid a record £225 million for players close to the club, the best transfer could turn out to be a player who came with zero parameters.

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Louis Van Gaal, Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer negotiated in their time as United managers to bring Christian Eriksen to Old Trafford, but Erik ten Hag is enjoying the privilege of managing him.

Christian Eriksen will turn 31 in February and the Manchester United camp are immediately surprised by the performance of the midfielder who has given a new vision to the team just a few weeks after the start of the Premier League.

In the run to four straight league wins, Eriksen has played alongside Scott McTominay in midfield, with the Scot tasked with more defensive and break-up duties while the Dane has managed to take the heavy responsibility off Bruno Fernandes’ shoulders for creating dangerous chances. and providing the final pass as he has become a playmaker for Erik ten Hag’s team. Something similar was also observed in the 3-1 victory over Arsenal, where Eriksen found the first assist of the new season when he served the third goal to Marcus Rashford.

The 30-year-old has started six games in 28 days for Manchester United. In the first two games of the season, Ten Hag activated him in a position that the Dane is not very familiar with, as a “false nine”, while moved closer to the center of the midfield, Eriksen has had the opportunity to demonstrate his qualities.

If the board had the opportunity to choose between Frenkie de Jong and Eriksen, of course the choice would be for the former. But, the open rejection and lack of desire of the Dutchman to join the “Red Devils” inevitably brought the negotiations to a close.

On the other hand, Christian Eriksen was totally open to joining the 20-time English champions, a club that first made contact with Eriksen in 2012, when there were rumors of a transfer of the midfielder from Ajax to Manchester United. At that time, Sir Alex Ferguson spoke highly of the midfielder, but unfortunately he did not manage to bring him to his team.

“He is a good player, a typical Ajax academy player who knows how to control the ball well,” Ferguson said.

Christian Eriksen was a favorite of the manager who won 13 Premier League titles in his career, but the Scottish boss, in attendance at the Theater of Dreams on Sunday for the win over Arsenal, may have been hoping he had the chance to manage Eriksen.

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