THE AJAX, IN CHAMPIONS
Blow for the Barça in the possible signing of Of Jong
Published:29/08/2018 - 00:06h
Updated:29/08/2018 - 13:29h
Frenkie Of Jong was one of the players that handled the FC Barcelona to reinforce the centre of the field and, in spite of that his incorporation was already complicated of in case by the posture of the Ajax, has complicated even more by his classification for the Champions League
In the FC Barcelona had clear from the start of the market of signings that the centre of the field was the demarcation that more ran haste reinforce. The sensitive drops of Andrés Iniesta and Paulinho required substitutes of guarantees and thus in the Barcelona club put the batteries for 'tie' to Arthur Melo and to Arturo Vidal.
In spite of the two signings, the technical office handles the possibility on a fifth signing on the horn, before it finish the period of traspasos. The request of Ernesto Valverde is that it has to have a profile of player that contribute muscle and quality to the team, and in these moments the options reduce .
This Tuesday can have closed the door definitively so that Frenkie of Jong, one of the candidates that more liked to the sportive direction, arrive to the Camp Nou this same summer. The reason is that the Ajax, team of the young midfield player, has classified for the phase of groups of the Champions League deleting to the Dinamo of Kiev this same Tuesday.
All this means that the Ajax does not have any intention to give off of Of Jong, since it is a key piece for the Dutch team, that aspires to turn into one of the 'covered' of the present edition of the League of Champions. This summer already lost to another of his stars, Justin Kluivert, and are not had to lose the second.
The Barça would go back it to try with Of Jong in 2019
The FC Barcelona will do an effort for bringing to Frenkie of Jong next summer. This 'todoterreno' Dutch combine technical, driving, capacity of association, arrival and defensive work, being an authentic 'box to box' to the that, by his youth, still remains him a lot for progressing. Besides, it is polyvalent, since it can play of head office, of mediocentro or of interior.
The quantity that that the FC Barcelona would be had to pay by the polyvalent midfield player of the Ajax would be of 50 million euros, an upper figure to the one of any signing made in this market of summer, whose incorporation costlier has been the one of Malcom, by 41 'kilos' more another in concept of variables.
