Luke de Jong is surprising everyone for the high performance it is offering in this 2022. It has been this year four goals in five games that he has played and that have meant five points for the team in the League. A remarkable figure for a footballer who in December seemed to be out of the club but who has turned his situation around 180 degrees. His last goal in discount against Espanyol was the last great achievement.
Many people think that the Dutchman is a footballer who arrived as Griezmann replacement the last market day of the summer. A label that has cost him to wear because despite the fact that the Frenchman did not have his best years at Barcelona, the difference between one and the other is evident. However, it is an unfair label because it does not fit reality.
The arrival of Luuk de Jong, although it crystallized on the hornit was already planned for a long time. Luuk did not come to replace Griezmann but he was an addition. That is, the idea of the technical secretariat and endorsed by Koeman It was that the two lived in the same locker room.
Events were precipitated on the last market day and Griezmann was able to return to Atletico Madrid. However, the one who did not arrive was the real replacement for the Frenchman. That was not even searched and Barcelona was left without a striker more As planned. So we had to run in January and sign three.
Meanwhile, criticism raged on De Jong. His numbers weren’t good and the team in those months did not find the course. The fans wanted another Griezmann, but that was not the objective that the Sporting Directorate had initially set for itself.
