I'm tired of saying this but there is NO WAY that we have negotiated for so long and even sent Murtough and Arnold to Barcelona if we hadn't received assurances that Frenkie will make the move. It is possible he's changed his mind and If that's the case we will walk away but if not this is just posturing to get him his rightly owed deferred wages.
Haven't you heard, Barca don't want to sell, De Jong doesn't want to leave but United are still adamant that they can sign him. There is a reason so many ITKs get away with posting such BS and its because people don't even engage a little bit of their brains before accepting every tweet.
We wouldn't have gone near him without sounding out his willingness to leave. He has a long contract still with Barca. If they didn't want to sell it would literally be a non-starter as well. We wouldn't be talking to Barca for so long about this unless they thought that Frenkie was open to leaving as well.
If he truly did not want to leave and was going to dig his heels in and refuse no matter what, Barca wouldn't be wasting their time. They also wouldn't be splashing money on the likes of Raphinha because they have no money.
The only situation that makes any sense at all is that Barca are negotiating with FdJ on how much of his deferred wages they will give him to leave. Thats it. If this doesn't go through it will likely be because United walk away or Barca are too stubborn and refuse to pay FdJ enough. Either way, Frenkie won't care I imagine. He is the only party who really can't lose as long as he sticks to his guns.