Enric Masip clarifies what happened with the 'De Jong case'

After the designations made by Frenkie of Jong to part of the directive of the FC Barcelona, supposedly for wanting his exit in the past window of the market of signings, in which the Dutch would have been near to leave to teams like Chelsea or the Manchester United. However, as it indicated the press for then, the pact was not possible in front of the férrea posture of the player, that insisted in remaining in the club in spite of that it already existed an agreement in the figures.

In front of the posture adopted by the footballer, Enric Masip, the adviser of the president, Joan Laporta, has explained in his social networks that the jerarca Barcelona had been the first in defending the interests of the midfield player and has ensured that the Barça in any moment had the intention to put him in the shop window. Not even the economic problems that faced for then the institution did to the executive train pose this movement.

Like this it has expressed it Masip through his user in Twitter, signalling that this operation never was on the table during the summer: "I Can say based on facts that the person of the club that more has defended the continuity and of course the no sale of Frenkie of Jong has been one, has name and surname: Joan Laporta. Never it posed sell it,NEVER neither with the delicate situation of the club. Visca The Barça".

The words of Of Jong

The reaction of Masip has had his origin in the statements of the Dutch on his situation in an interview for 'The European Lad', in which it denies any type of relation with the directive: "I blame to these people (the fraction of the directive that supposedly wanted his exit), but do not have at all that see with them. Yes, for my sound the Barça because they direct it. I do not see them when I am in the club during my daily routine".

On the other hand, it does not signal to the trainer by the occurred. In fact, the míster expressed in several occasions his confidence in him. Besides, it ratified his wish to keep on being culé: "Xavi is true that left the open door to the possibility of my exit because it never said 'Frenkie remains '. But I do not throw him the fault to Xavi. Never I had the feeling that Xavi was in my against and think that was difficult for him speak of all this".