Barcelona should be able to pay de Jong. After all, they spent almost €150m in this transfer market. If they can afford that type of money they should also be able to afford to pay one player. What I understand is that if they are so broke, then they should not have bought players this season. Because they've already spent a lot of money on players, they should not be thinking about selling an important class right now. Because I really don’t see them selling de Jong and the outcome actually being favorable at all.
They can actually pay there but when in this case we have to distinguish which ones can't pay and which ones don't want to pay because indeed if you look at the financial condition with some fairly large purchases, I think the debt of tens of millions is nothing.
But they are so holding back on it because they really don't want to pay now and pass this on to anyone who wants to buy De Jong.
By looking at the purchases of players that Barcelona made in the year the costs were very large, Barcelona should indeed be able to pay off the debt
to De Jong, but it seems that Barcelona has no intention of paying off the debt to De Jong. Barcelona wants to pass the debt on to the teams that will
buy De Jong, so far Man United are the most serious about getting De Jong. Initially Man United did not want to be involved in Barcelona's debt problem
to De Jong, but because De Jong doesn't want to move if Barcelona haven't paid off the debt. Finally, it is reported that Man United will be prepared to
give De Jong a big salary and also ready to pay off Barcelona's debt to De Jong.
This step was taken by Man United to be able to get De Jong as soon as possible, the problem is that De Jong has a desire to play in the Champions League,
maybe this is another obstacle for De Jong's move to Man United. The situation is getting more complicated, when rumors emerged that Chelsea were
trying to hijack De Jong's transfer to Man United. If it is true that Chelsea want De Jong, Chelsea should have a better chance of getting De Jong,
because Chelsea play in the Champions League. It is increasingly interesting to follow De Jong's future developments, we'll soon see what it's like in the end.