The FC Barcelona closed officially the signing of Frenkie of Jong, but was not easy. Paris Saint-Germain tightened a lot to convince to the midfield player of the Ajax, since it was of the like of Thomas Tuchel. Nevertheless, the petrodólares were not sufficient this time to carry to one of the most promising midfield players of Europe.
In the last seasons, the club chaired by Nasser To the-Khelaïfi is used to to appear always for torpedear the Barcelona operations, but this time has been able to check that sometimes, not even the blank cheques can compete with the dreams and the illusions of the people. The Parisians remained near, but remained without Of Jong.
During the last weeks, the FC Barcelona treated to put on of the table all his best arguments to treat to convince to the international Dutch. With the clear-cut economic conditions in the offer of the culés from did months, the arms of the Catalan entity in the last summit by Of Jong were the sportive reasons.
The FC Barcelona tried that Of Jong saw that play in the Camp Nou was a much more attractive option for the future of the player that do it in Paris Saint-Germain. "In the PSG, every year can have a distinct team and in the Barça the club is above the team", would have said the directors culés to Of Jong according to Sportive World, with regard to the constant changes of trainer and of project of the French.
"We are not a team and yes a club, with a tradition and recognizable philosophy as have the Bayern, the Madrid, the Manchester United, the Juventus and the Ajax", also would have commented him according to the quoted half, ensuring him to the player that the style of Barcelona game has some signals of identity that benefit him and that will not change.
Hit of effect on Paris Saint-Germain
The FC Barcelona asestó a hard hit to Paris Saint-Germain with the strategic signing of Of Jong. With the imborrable memory of it sucedido with Neymar in 2017, in which the French club convinced to the Brazilian to hit of talonario, feared by an alike situation with the Dutch. Fortunately, for Of Jong the illusion weighed more than the money, doing see in Paris that the money is not it everything. Hard hit for the PSG.