Frenkie clears up doubts: "I want to stay at Barça for many years"

Frenkie Of Jong will fulfil three years in the FC Barcelona in the summer 2022. With agreement until June of 2026, the Dutch cleared the doubts on his future in an interview with the English newspaper 'The Guardian', in which it ensured that it expects to remain a lot of years more in Catalonia. The midfield player had been situated in the orbit of clubs like Chelsea and the Juventus, this last interested in formulating a very interesting offer by the player.

For the one of Arkel, fichar with the culés "has been a dream done reality". "Always I wanted to come here, I am very happy to be in Barcelona", ensured the tulip, the one who also recognised that it had liked him win more trophies up to now. "It expected more in this sense, say it like this. But apart from this, am very happy here and expect to be here by a lot of years more", expressed the player of 24 years. From his arrival, Frenkie has had to face one of the most complicated stages of the club in what it goes of century and this, logically, has conditioned the successes of the first team.

Of Jong arrived to Catalonia in the summer of 2020, with Ernesto Valverde still in the bench culé. The 'Txingurri' would be replaced in January of 2020 by Enrique Setién, with the one who the Barçto suffered the worst derrrota of his history in international competitions in front of the Bayern Munich (2-8). In the 2020-21 arrived Ronald Koeman, a trainer with the one who the midfield player exhibited his best presentations like blaugrana. Consulted on the similarities his game with Xavi Hernández, current míster blaugrana, Frenkie ensured that "both have alike things, since they play them more or less the same sector of the field".

"In this sense, (Xavi) can teach me a lot. Sometimes we find us in his office and shows me videos of my parties, where explains me how sees it and what can do to improve. We see clips of how position you and what can do better in some situations", detailed the Dutch, the one who keeps on being to title indisputable in the 'eleven' culé in spite of the changes of trainer in the last seasons. On his role in the team, the player considers like a polyvalent player.

Frenkie And his offensive vocation

For Of Jong, his comfort in the team does not go through to play in a position or specific place of the field, but by the possibility to go in in contact with the balloon the more often possible. The player put like example his performance in the party of does a pard of weeks in front of the Athletic of Madrid (4-2). There, the tulip could advance some metres his usual position in the field, participating more in the preparation of attack when combining with Jordi Alba and Gavi.

In the 2020-21, the international with the Low Countries also played in a lot of parties a bit more advanced, showing all his talent to participate in the attack blaugrana. The past season, the midfield player added 7 goals and 8 assistances in 51 apparitions. In the 2021-22, the neerlndés has seen action in 29 meetings where only has annotated a pair of goals and delivered equal quantity of assistances. Valued in 70 million euros in the web Transfermarket, the ex player of the Ajax could be traspasado to the Juventus in July if the 'Vecchia Signora' presents an offer by this value. Nevertheless, the midfield player and the trainer have the last word and, for the moment, any of the two has intentions to negotiate his possible exit of the club.