Frenkie de Jong

[Vilarrubi]

Herrera Paulinho Rakitic Parejo

Valverde midfield of the gods.

 

[Havesaks]

I think Valverde was instructed to play Frenkie.

 

[serghei]

Herrera Jesus. Imagine how we would look with him now.

It makes perfect sense actually. Herrera, Rakitic are Valverde type players. De Jong, Arthur are not.

 

[Sailor Mars]

he likely dreams Parejo and Willian every night

Should have listened to Valverde in the summer of 2018 and signed Willian instead of Malcom. He would have fit better than Dembele or Coutinho on the left, and would have scored in the away leg at Anfield. Big Brain Valverde foiled by the Barca board.

 

[DonAK]

Telegraaf is very unreliable.

Tbf Frenkie himself said that he never talked to Valverde before arriving to Barca in the summer, while Pep and Tuchel invited him to Manchester and Paris and were in contact with him to convince him to join their teams instead.

Now you could just say that it's simply Valverde's style, to not help or have anything to do with recruiting players, even though the likes of Mourinho do this as well.

Either way it's another handicap Barca have with Ernie at the wheel.

 

[George_Costanza]

According to De Teelgraaf, Valverde didn't want De Jong.

 

[Marshall D Teach]

According to De Teelgraaf, Valverde didn't want De Jong.

Of course not. Valverde doesn't want good players.

 

[JohnN]

Fdj not good enough for EV. And we are told to trust his judgement about lineups..

 

[serghei]

Either way it's another handicap Barca have with Ernie at the wheel.

It's better he doesn't talk with our targets, because they would never come here if they listen to Retardo trying to convince them about the greatness of his 'project'.

It's like you are at a glamorous automobile exposition and other brands are exposing the latest models of Ferrari, Bugatti, and Porsche and we expose the new generation of Fiat Punto trying to convince luxury buyers that this is the best car for them. It's better to skip the event altogether if you have nothing good to show in this area.

So, it's better we've shown Frenkie the great parts of the club, and kept the bad parts under the rug.

Imagine a sales pitch like 'You will play with Messi, one of the greatest of all time, on Camp Nou, the biggest most imposing stadium in Europe, playing for the club who gave the most Ballon d'Or winners in history, and wearing the most iconic blaugrana shirt just like your idol Johan Cruyff, ...and all these while having the honor of being managed by Ernesto Valverde.'

 

[wisconsincule]

Let’s go Frenkie.

Big 2020 coming up.

 

[Havesaks]

If only he could play DM

 

[vegitot]

nice red card

 

[kattanib]

Will this mean he is banned from the Super Cup match? And if so, for semi and final (in case Barca wins) or only semi?

 

[kattanib]

Shit. I am attending both games and wanted to see this fucker play

 

[shadows]

Shit. I am attending both games and wanted to see this fucker play

But you get the privilege of watching the illustrious Busi/Raki/Vidal midfield