The European football competition has come to an end for the time being, and the national team match day will be entered next. After the start of the new season, many teams such as Real Madrid , Arsenal , Manchester City and other teams have performed convincingly. Chelsea , Liverpool , Inter Milan, Juventus and other giants are in very unstable state. Whether these teams can readjust and return to the track of victory is one of the focus of fans' attention. In addition, the down-and-out giants Barcelona finally rebounded in the new season. They won 5 wins and 1 draw in the league, tightly grasping the leading Real Madrid.
Barca can make such a big reversal within one year, and the new players brought by Laporte played a big role, and Xavi's coaching and reform intentions are also very obvious. After obtaining a series of new players, Xavi directly dismissed many heroes and enabled younger and more powerful players to become the starters. Whether it is Lewandowski, Rafinia, or Gavi , Pedri , etc., these young players did not disappoint.
One of them also plays a very important key, he is the Dutch midfielder who was almost sold in the summer window: Frankie De Jong . As an outstanding representative of Ajax youth training, after winning the best midfielder of UEFA in 2019, he joined Barcelona for 86 million euros and has firmly occupied the main position of the midfield in the past three years. However, the relationship between Barcelona and De Jong was very stiff during the summer window. De Jong once had a long scandal with , Manchester United and Chelsea. Although the offer issued by Manchester United has met Barcelona's expectations, De Jong's attitude clearly refused to leave the team, even if there is no ball to play.
After the start of the new season, De Jong has indeed become a substitute. Busquets, Gavey and Pedri are even more trusted by Xavi. However, due to the intensive schedule, De Jong also has the opportunity to play and rotate, and De Jong has used these opportunities to win Xavi's trust again. In the game against Elche , De Jong started, he handed over 124 touches, 5 steals, 5 interceptions, and had a 90% pass success rate. He also made the best score on the spot, surpassing Lewandowski, who scored twice.
According to the Daily Sports News, the four Barcelona captains are likely to leave the team next summer, even Busquets, who is still reused by Xavi this season. Busquets is already 34 years old. His physical function, coverage area, state stability, running and confrontation have all declined significantly. Faced with a intensive schedule, it is difficult to ensure stability. For this reason, De Jong, who has also achieved great success in this regard, was naturally entrusted with important tasks again. World Sports News also revealed that Harvey believes that De Jong can play the role of Busquets. It is worth mentioning that in the three games of Busquets' rest, De Jong started, which shows that in Xavi's eyes, De Jong's pick is far ahead of Casey, Roberto and others.
I have to say that De Jong is really not easy. Barcelona desperately wanted to send De Jong away in the summer window. After all, they wanted to fill the transfer fee of 80 million euros and lose De Jong's annual salary of 20 million euros. But one month after the new season started, De Jong won the trust of Xavi again, and leaped from a person who was about to "leave" to the "core of reserves". Next summer, Busquets left the team after the end of his period. It was at its peak. De Jong, who is worth 70 million euros, is expected to get back to the main position again. Once Busquets leaves, he is the only player who can shoot, organize, defend and get rid of the midfielder.
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