Frenkie de Jong is happy in the Barça. The Dutch midfielder confesses in an interview with the British newspaper ‘The Guardian’, and, despite the rumors about his future, changing teams at the end of this season is not in his plans. “I am very happy to be in the Barcelona: I’ve wanted to be here since I was little, so it’s been a dream come true”, he details. In the two and a half seasons he has spent in the Barça, Frenkie only been able to win one Copa del Rey, but he aspires to win more titles as a Barça player. “Of course, I would have liked to win more trophies than in my first two years. I expected more in that sense, let’s put it that way. But apart from that, I am very happy here and I hope to be here for many more years.”
After confessing that so much Koeman What Xavi have “things in common”, the Dutchman is delighted to work under the coach of Terrace. “We are both midfielders, more or less in the same position, so in that sense he can teach me a lot. Sometimes we meet in his office and he shows me videos of my games, where he explains how he sees it and what I can do to improve. We see clips of how you position yourself and what you can do better in certain situations,” he details. Frenkie.
One of the virtues of Frenkie de Jong It is his versatility, since he can act both as an interior, pivot or even as a central defender. In this way De Jong confesses that “I don’t necessarily have a position where I really want to play, but I think I’m at my best if I’m in a role where I can often touch the ball,” he says. A good example of what he explains It was the match against Athletic at Camp Nou two weeks ago, where De Jong started in midfield but dropped deep to help build up and to cover the full-back Jordi Alba while the lateral also participated in attack.
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