Frenkie de Jong and Ronald Koeman

THE COACH MISSED THE MIDFIELDER

Koeman 'mourns' the loss of De Jong and places Alba above Balde

Published:12/04/2023 - 23:06h

Updated:13/04/2023 - 19:28h

The current season at Barça has left Frenkie de Jong as one of the big names of the club. That high performance on the course has had consequences and Ronald Koeman also had to deal with them.

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Ronald Koeman has reviewed the actuality of the FC Barcelona, something that accustoms to do each pair of months from his exit of the Barcelona bench. In this opportunity the technician has taken advantage of the presentation of the Koeman Cup of golf, a charitable tournament, to leave his impressions on the team where was champion of Europe like player does already 30 years.

Likewise Koeman also spoke of his compatriot Frenkie of Jong whereby regretted that it could not play in the last stop of selections with Low Countries by physical problems in the biceps femoral of the right thigh. This same annoyance still has not allowed him go back to the terrains of game and has forced him to lose the duels against the Elche, the Real Madrid and the Girona.

A drop that notices a lot in both teams

"We were concentrated after the Barça-Madrid when Frenkie had the injury in the last minute. It travelled to Holland, did proofs, but was not well. Surely shortly it will be able to play. It is necessary to think in the club and can not carry to somebody that was not to 100%", said the míster of Low Countries on the injury of Of Jong, that still is still in the infirmary.

The ex footballer Ajax is still in plans to return this next weekend in the duel of LaLiga in front of the Getafe, although his high doctor follows without being ensured. The Barcelona team has followed expanding his advantage with the Real Madrid and understands that it does not need to force to any footballer. Still they subtract 10 days and the Dutch will have sufficient time to go back to be in the lawn.

A 'holy cow' very very considered by Koeman

Another of the proper names culés that Koeman wanted to analyse was the one of Jordi Alba, that in spite of not having so much leadership in the present season keeps on being very very valued by the exfutbolista and described it like "the best side of Spain". Alba always had a lot of participations of goal with Koeman, although in the present has lost the place with the big apparition of Alejandro Balde.

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