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By Sean Walsh Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong has denied suggestions of a fall-out with the club and dismissed talk that he earns as much as €37m-a-year. De Jong’s time in Catalonia has proven rather turbulent over the last couple of years. He has spent the last five months on the sidelines with a complex ankle injury and reports have claimed he refused the club’s wishes to undergo surgery on the problem. Meanwhile, the Netherlands international constantly finds himself in transfer gossip, with Barcelona often said to be open to a sale in order to get his hefty salary off their wage bill….

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