A WAY THAT INITIATED JOHAN CRUYFF IN 1973

Frenkie Of Jong turns into the twentieth Dutch of the history of the Barça

Published:24/01/2019 - 16:20h

Updated:24/01/2019 - 16:33h

The signing of Frenkie of Jong has gone back to put of self-evident the relation between the FC Barcelona and the Dutch football, that initiated Johan Cruyff in the years 70 and has lengthened until the actuality. The midfield player of Arkel will be the twentieth Dutch that play in the Camp Nou

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It has been necessary an effort to dress him of Barcelona, but finally, Frenkie of Jong will play in the FC Barcelona from the summer of 2019. The young perla of the Ajax had offers of some big clubs of Europe, but has decided to trust the project of the Camp Nou and initiate an adventure that many visited before successfully. And it is that his nationality is practically guarantee of success in the City Condal.

The one of Arkel is the twentieth Dutch that will form part of the entity culé, lengthening a tradition of Dutch that traces back to the years 70. With Rinus Michel in the bench and Johan Cruyff on the lawn, the Catalans began to seat the bases of a style that had the possession and the spherical like protagonists innegociables.

They tightened then the bows between the square barcelonista and the selection 'oranje', that enamoró to the planet with a showy and total football. The command was his signal of identity, with a personality that diverse key figures were moving to the coliseo Barcelona and to the Masia, another of the pillars of the recent successes.

In this bond stands out a decisive connection with the Ajax, since his philosophy is almost treaded to the one of the Barça and has allowed several 'exchanges' that have finish in joy. The current generation of stars of the Camp Nou has his start in the groups of Louis go Gaal or Frank Rijkaard, with the last giving step to Leo Messi that headed the golden age with Pep Guardiola directing the ship.

Now, Frenkie of Jong is called to take the witness in a so important plot like the centre of the field, guaranteeing that this path will lengthen during some years more. In the City Condal, besides, are very pending of another news, because if Matthijs of Ligt also decants by the alternative culé, could turn into the number 21. It is for seeing.

The 20 Dutch players in the history of the Barça

  • Johan Cruyff 1973-1978
  • Johan Neeskens 1974-1979
  • Ronald Koeman 1989-1995
  • Richard Witschge 1991-1993
  • Jordi Cruyff 1993-1996
  • Michael Reiziger 1997-2004
  • Ruud Hesp 1997-2000
  • Winston Bogarde 1997-2000
  • Boudewijn 'Skittle' Zenden 1998-2001
  • Phillip Cocu 1998-2004
  • Patrick Kluivert 1998-2004
  • Ronald of Boer 1999-2000
  • Frank of Boer 1999-2000
  • Marc Overmars 2000-2004
  • Giovanni go Bronckhorst 2003-2007
  • Edgar Davids 2004
  • Mark go Bommel 2005-2006
  • Ibrahim Afellay 2010-2014
  • Jasper Cillessen 2016 -
  • Frenkie Of Jong 2019 -

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