Frenkie de Jong made a public plea to Xavi for extra recreation time at Barcelona forward of Sunday’s conflict with Actual Madrid.
- De Jong has made simply three La Liga begins
- Dutch midfielder might have left in the summertime
- He now needs extra recreation time
WHAT HAPPENED? The midfielder needed to accept a cameo off the bench throughout Barcelona’s thrilling 3-3 Champions League draw towards Inter Milan. In 10 outings throughout all competitions this time period, De Jong has began simply 4 video games (three in La Liga) and clearly is not blissful about it.
WHAT THEY SAID: Talking forward of this weekend’s conflict with Actual Madrid, he stated: “We don’t discuss a lot with Xavi, however we solely discuss soccer. I knew I’d play fewer minutes originally of the season.
“I need to be a starter once more. Towards Bayern, I wasn’t a starter and I hope to be towards Actual Madrid. Possibly he already determined, however normally we don’t know till the day of the sport.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Barcelona appeared determined to promote De Jong in the summertime to boost switch funds however he opted to remain put amid sturdy curiosity from the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea. Now, although, it appears as if he has fallen out of favour on the Spanish membership.
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WHAT NEXT FOR DE JONG? It will likely be attention-grabbing to see if the Dutchman begins towards Actual Madrid, but when his state of affairs would not change quickly he could properly rethink his future at Camp Nou.