Frenkie de Jong

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He is the only reason why I think Barca can win the CL next season. Griezmann was too often invisible in big games but I hope he proves me wrong.
 

mc_lovin

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He is the only reason why I think Barca can win the CL next season. Griezmann was too often invisible in big games but I hope he proves me wrong.


This "being invisible in big games" myth is utter trash. Suarez was invisible in big games for Liverpool. Ronaldo was invisible for Madrid in big games until he played with the best midfield in world football. Its a team game. If Griezmann is worldclass and our midfield, defence and attack are as well he will make the difference in big games.
 
This "being invisible in big games" myth is utter trash. Suarez was invisible in big games for Liverpool. Ronaldo was invisible for Madrid in big games until he played with the best midfield in world football. Its a team game. If Griezmann is worldclass and our midfield, defence and attack are as well he will make the difference in big games.

Last season Juventus midfield and Atleticos midfield were crap. While Griezmann was invisible both matches against Juve Ronaldo scored a hattrick to win the tie. But we will see what Griezmann will do here.
 

Messigician

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The new FC Barcelona signing opened up about everything in an exclusive interview with SPORT

Were the first training sessions at FC Barcelona as you expected?

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐."

When you arrived at Barcelona, did you feel shy or timid?

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž."

And when you're on the ball, you don't feel shy?

De Jong : "๐๐จ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฒ. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก."

How would you define Frankie de Jong?

De Jong : "๐Ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐, ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. ๐“๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐›๐›๐ฅ๐ž. ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก, ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ."

Have you had the chance to talk with Ernesto Valverde? What's your (early) impression of him?

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐‡๐ž'๐ฌ ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐‡๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐, ๐ก๐ž'๐ฌ '๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ' (๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฑ๐ž๐). ๐‡๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ."

Has he told you which position he'd like you to play in?

De Jong : "๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐š๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ, ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ."

Valverde said you were a player for the future, but I suppose you see yourself very much in the present too...

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ! ๐˜๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซรง๐š, ๐š ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ."

Which player has especially helped you in these days?

De Jong : "๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ˆ'๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐‡๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฆ๐ž."

Why were you so keen to wear the number 21 shirt?

De Jong : "๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž."

Why is it special?

De Jong : "๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐Ÿ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐›๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ ๐จ. ๐‡๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ซ. ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐€๐ฃ๐š๐ฑ ๐ˆ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ž '๐Ÿ๐Ÿ'."

What do you think of the signing of Griezmann?

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ. ๐‡๐ž'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ. ๐‡๐ž'๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž'๐ฌ ๐š๐๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ."

Is the dressing room still affected by the loss at Anfield or the Copa final defeat?

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ'๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฃ๐š๐ฑ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข-๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  (๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ)."

Is the Champions League a special trophy for you and the team?

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐œ๐š๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ. ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž. ๐‹๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐“๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐š๐ฆ. ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง."

Nowadays at Barcelona they say it's a disaster if the team doesn't win the Champions League...

De Jong : "๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ญ ๐๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ฃ๐š๐ฑ, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐š ๐ญ๐จ (๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ) ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐–๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐›๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง."

You said you came here to be a starter but do you think it will be difficult to play ahead of experienced players such as Arturo Vidal and Rakitic?

De Jong : "๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐› ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐š, ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก, ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐๐ž."

You seem very confident. Are you not worried?

De Jong : "๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐š. ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐ž๐œ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ."

A lot of Barรงa fans are enthusiastic because they feel with you, the team will recover its essence, its style. Is that added pressure?

De Jong : "๐ˆ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐š๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž. ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐š๐ซรง๐š ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐ˆ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐€๐ง๐, ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ."

The End Of Interview . Thanks for reading .
 

serghei

Senior Member
That's like saying Mbappe is a player for the future. De Jong is in midfield what Mbappe is in attack. Frenkie was the best midfielder in the Champions League last season.

Guy is 22, not 17.
 

xXKonan

Senior Member
I'd describe the likes of Puig, to be a player for the Future.

De Jong is young but considering his performances against the big guns in the CL, he's good enough to be a starter here off the bat.
 

Campos

New member
Most people seem to forget that he has only played 1 season as a midfielder on the highest level.

Oke technically 2, because he played as an attacking midfielder for Jong Ajax. But they play in the second division. So it's not the highest level.
But Frenkie didn't had an easy career imo.

When he debuted for Willem 2 (16 years). He was the most talented player of the team. But he didn't play that much. Because they were fighting for relegation
They needed physically strong players. Not players who are great on the ball.

A few months later he went to Ajax. He played mostly with Jong Ajax (reserve team like Barca B).

His other team mates were given a chance at Ajax 1; Nouri, vd Beek, De Ligt, Mazraoui, Justin Kluivert etc etc. But Frenkie was still playing for Jong Ajax.
According to former coach Peter Bozs. Frenkie walks to much with the ball. He should play the ball quicker. But that's just his playing style.

That's like asking Messi not to dribble past defenders. :lol:

When Peter Bozs left. Other former Ajax coach Marcel Keizer gave him a chance. But he made him play as a CB . :valverde2:
Yes, my boy Frenkie played a whole season next to De Ligt.

De Ligt was basically a one man army most of the time. Because all what Frenkie did was dribbling forward like a prime Beckenbauer. Can't blame him. Boy just wanted to play on the midfield afterall.

This season is his first season as a midfielder on the highest level. And it's not even his best position (poor Frenkie). He's an attacking midfielder by nature. And most (if not all) peoples seem to forget that.

De Ligt's career on the other hand. Is like a fairy tale.

De Ligt at 15: Best player youth academy
De Ligt at 16: Debut for Jong Ajax (second division)
De Ligt at 17: Debut Ajax 1 and EL final
De Ligt at 18: Captain Ajax 1
De Ligt at 19: CL Semi Final/Nation League Final.... transfer to Juve.

That's why most people will tell you that De Ligt is the bigger talent.

Frenkie was very unlucky. Most people with his talent debut when they are 17. But Frenkie has only played one season on his natural position (at Jong Ajax). And he's already 22.
He's not a late bloomer like v Dijk. Frenkie always had the talent, he always was great. But his talent was never appreciated. He was just very unlucky.

So please Valverde.... don't play him as RB and ruin his career. He had enough traumas already in his early carreeer :p

Anyway...we are trolling about Valverde. But i think he's right. We need to give Frenkie time to adept. Give him a few weeks (maybe even a few months).
He will boss midfields in Europa. But let's not forget Ajax ain't Barca.

It wil be nice if he'll be a starter right away. But if not, it's not the end of the world.
I know the expectations are high. but his time will come.
 
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Laplacian

Senior Member
I don't think he's an attacking midfielder, but I don't think he's a DM either. I think he should compete for the Xavi position or no. 8 position if possible. He likes driving the ball forward way too much, dribbling, and placing in line breaking passes to be a DM. He's not a good finisher though.

Either way he's wasted as a DM. Yes, yes "Fernandinho plays as a DM for Pep" but then again that's Pep, for Valverde De Jong would end up playing as a static busquets or rakitic in the DM position. Much rather have his talent further up field.
 

JPM85

Member
When Peter Bozs left. Other former Ajax coach Marcel Keizer gave him a chance. But he made him play as a CB . :valverde2:
Yes, my boy Frenkie played a whole season next to De Ligt.

Agree on a lot in your post, but he played 6-7 games at CB because if injuries / suspension. Viergever & Wober where the first option for LCB, it happened even more that they played 3-4-3 with Veltman, de Ligt, Viergever/Wober or 4-3-3 with Veltman - de Ligt as CB.

Yes he hasn't showed multiple seasons, but he was there for the last 2 seasons. Remember Barcelona wanted him already last Summer, because of the second half of season 17/18.
He bossed every player last season, and impressed so much Griezmann told international press he never played against someone like F. de Jong.

All news outlets currently are telling us, he is impressing the players and staff with his abilities and due to his nature he is really likeable. (Also learning Spanish on a fast pace, which really helps).
I believe it will take us not until the first CL games, and he is the 3rd guy on the roster (behind Messi & Ter Stegen)
 

slvtn

Member
This "being invisible in big games" myth is utter trash. Suarez was invisible in big games for Liverpool. Ronaldo was invisible for Madrid in big games until he played with the best midfield in world football. Its a team game. If Griezmann is worldclass and our midfield, defence and attack are as well he will make the difference in big games.

Fair point. I think the team will hugely improve in UCL games when they are told that the knockout stage has actually two legs. They might not have known this for the last two seasons.

And I hope Frenkie can support the team with his skills and does well.
 

FCBfan22

Senior Member
One man midfield so far... Love what I see. He always looks for the forward option. Also the difference in the decision making time between him and Rakitiฤ‡ is cca 2h.
 
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