Frenkie de Jong in a match with Barça

FRENKIE HAS EARNED OWNERSHIP

Frenkie de Jong's excellent league start clears up doubts about his future

Published:21/08/2023 - 23:08h

Updated:21/08/2023 - 23:08h

Frenkie de Jong completed his second complete game in LaLiga on Sunday against Cádiz with another very complete match. The Dutchman was at times a centre-back, a libero and a left-back in the improvised culé defense, fulfilling defensively

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If there was some doubt on the importance of Frenkie of Jong in the diagram of Xavi Hernández, the Dutch has commissioned to clear them in the first two parties of LaLiga. In front of the Cádiz, the technician egarense put him more delayed to cover the drop of Ronald Araújo and, so much of second head office as of left-handed side, the one of Arkel fulfilled to cabalidad with the mission entrusted.

Although it finish the first part admonished by a fault on Alcaraz, Frenkie knew to administer to avoid an expulsion that would have supposed a lot of problems for the Barça. The yellow group bet by the contragolpe during all the party, finding a lot of spaces in front of a diagram blaugrana very offensive, but could not hurt in the arch culé thanks to the interventions of Ter Stegen and headed by an Of Jong that went the leader of the saga the Sunday in Muntjuïc.

Frenkie, a guarantee for the Barça

Against the Cádiz, the tulip hit 109 of the 112 passes that made. In total great 16 balloons recovered in the beginning of the tournament, being vital to guarantee the clean exit and the order culé. In front of the Getafe was more comfortable in his usual position, doing tandem with Oriol Romeu in the medullary. His connection with the ex mediocentro of the Girona has been excellent and, in front of the Tottenham in the Gamper, went the best with difference.

It is as well as the Barça has dissipated the rumours and the doubts on the continuity of Frenkie. With agreement until 2026, the directive expects to renew him in brief to update his clause and his index card. "Never you have to sell to your best players and Frenkie of Jong is it", said Ronald Koeman when especulaba with the exit of the player of 26 years the past summer. In this had a lot of reason the ex trainer culé.

Xavi, surrendered to Frenkie by his excellent moment

After the triumph in front of the Cádiz, Xavi elogió the work of Of Jong. "It is one of which better fixed and divides of all the staff. But also it breaks lines and has had options of last very good pass. With him, we generate risk", ensured the míster of Terrassa. Like this, Frenkie great integers like angular piece of the new centre of the field culé. Beside Pedri and Ílkay Gündogan, the one of Arkel is already one of the intocables in the XI of the egarense.

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