Frenkie de Jong celebrating a goal in the match with the Granada

SIX GOALS AND FIVE ASSISTANCES

The amazing numbers of Frenkie de Jong

Published:4/02/2021 - 01:35h

Updated:4/02/2021 - 02:42h

The Dutch midfield player went back to show his football and annotated the fourth Barcelona goal in the duel with the Granada to define the pass to the semifinal of the Glass of Rey

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The Dutch midfield of 23 years, Frenkie of Jong, follows showing his quality like player in what it goes of 2021. In what it goes of year, has destapado like goleador and in front of the Granada has marked his sixth goal, all they in the last month and half.

After the Granada attained empatar to three the duel, the Argentinian attacker, Leo Messi, has shot from out of the area with the right, Aarón detained the launching, but could not block the balloon and finished it taking advantage of of Jong, more attentive that anybody to the moment to surpass to the guardameta and mark one of the goals that gave him the victory to the Barça.

Of Jong wants but

In spite of the good numbers that has begun to show, the youngster ensures that it can give more, to the time in that it feels appreciated by the opportunity that has given him Koeman. " The numbers are a bit better, but am not for the Pichichi. I am marking and when this sucede seems that everything goes well, but have to keep this in the time, lengthen it. I do not know if we can say that it is my best moment...I know that I have to desmostar more, have margin of improvement. My numbers are better now, do not know if I am better that in the Ajax. The trainer (Koeman) gives me confidence and seat me comfortable", affirmed in an interview that conceded him to the program 'Onze', of 'Esport3'.

During the interview, related how was his signing with the Catalan team, and indicated that Ronald Koeman was one of which encouraged it to decide , but in that then, he even was not the technician of the team. "For fichar by the Barça spoke with Koeman (still was not trainer culé) and spoke me well of club and city. It felt that the Barça wanted to me but did not go to be key, doubted of if it went to be headline, until they came to Ámsterdam Bartomeu, Mestre, Grau and Safe to Amsterdam and convinced me", said.

It took advantage of the interview to speak of the PSG, and recognised that it will be a difficult party the one who expects him to the culés against the combined Parisian. "The PSG goes to be complicated because they have a lot of quality, but we also"

On Messi

The young midfield player expressed also the admiration that has him to Messi, and ensured that the possibility to be able to play with him is one of the reasons that motivated it to fichar with the Barcelona square. "I were 12 years old and he already was the best player of the world and still follows being it. Play to his side is something very big, as at the side of Hammered or Busquets. It was not the most important factor but yes one of the factors that did me fichar".

Besides, it expressed openly his wish that the Argentinian was still in the club, although it was clear in remembering that this decision corresponds him mainly to him. "It would like me that Messi followed the next year, but is a subject on which can not say at all. It is he the one who has to decide", sentenced.

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