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He arrived in the summer of 2019. Josep Maria Bartomeu then did not hesitate to personally travel to Amsterdam and pay him 75 million to Ajax to get the services of Frenkie de Jong. The barcelonismo considered that the young midfield player was the guarantor of the Barcelona style, formed in the dutch school of total football, and blessed the signing. However, it was difficult for De Jong to show the same conditions at the Camp Nou that guaranteed the commitment to sign him.
«I remember coming to the Camp Nou and seeing Frenkie de Jong play in a position that is not yours. She would never have put it there. With me he will play like in Ajax and in the national team. Words of Ronald Koeman in ‘NOS’ two days after taking command of the culé bench.
The midfielder had gone in just one season from astonishing the world in the Champions League with Ajax to diluting himself like sugar with the Barça shirt. Neither Ernest Valverde ni Quique Setien they had known how to express their individual qualities.
Shifted to the gang, had to wait for Koeman give him the hierarchy and the space he needed to shine on the field. “I want to receive the ball quickly and build the play. I think that’s more my style of play than waiting for the ball and receiving higher, touching the ball less. I feel more comfortable in the position of midfielder than higher, but I can also play further forward. It doesn’t matter too much to me, but if I have to choose, I prefer to play in a double pivot, for example, than as a midfielder », he claimed, overshadowed by Sergio Busquets. However, victim of the choral state of Barcelona, he fell back into mediocrity. To the point that his name was considered during the winter market.
Xavi’s arrivalhowever, has revitalized him again and the Dutchman has taken a step forward that has been reflected in the last two games, coinciding with the scoring recovery of the team and its best game. In Naples he gave an exhibition. He scored a beautiful goal, was the player who made the most passes (71 of 76 passes, 93%) and participated in two other goals, denying those who see him as an inconsequential player and ask for his substitution in favor of Gavi and Nico. «We insist that he try the shot, that it be transcendent. He is very strong mentally, we make many individual videos and it helps him improve », argues Xavi to explain his improvement. Frenkie has already shaken off all his got damn and today he hopes to confirm it against Athletic.
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