Barcelona’s New Recruit Frenkie de Jong is Already Frustrated With His Teammates And This Video is Proof
Lionel Messi’s Barcelona fished out Ajax’s Frenkie de Jong for a reported sum of 75m Euros and 11 million of further add ons. But looks like the youngster is already unhappy with his teammates. At least with the video which surfaced online during a series of matches.
Lionel Messi’s Barcelona fished out Ajax’s Frenkie de Jong for a reported sum of 75m Euros and 11 million of further add ons. But looks like the youngster is already unhappy with his teammates. At least with the video which surfaced online during a series of matches. The former Ajax found to have his teammates not playing at the same wavelength. Barcelona Transfer News: Frenkie De Jong Joins the Nou Camp, Here’s Three Players Who Are Rumoured to Join Soon.
During one of the games, the players failed to pass ones and twos to de Jong. But the new recruit of Barcelona does not get the ball back. The video exhibits De Jong creating space off only for his teammate to use a safer option to pick. Needless to say that this frustrated Frankie de Jong. Check out the video of the incident.
Since Frenkie de Jong is relatively new, so it is obvious that he and his teammates might take a little time to get accustomed to each other. With the passage of time, things will be back on track and especially after Lionel Messi makes a comeback. Ahead of joining Barcelona, de Jong had said, "I'm happy to be able to play with Messi, who I have always followed,” De Jong said after his unveiling this summer. “Now my idol will be my teammate." De Jong has not yet gotten an opportunity to rub shoulder with Messi who was away from the action for a month after Copra America 2019. Talking about the club’s first La Liga 2019 match, the team will play against Athletic Bilbao at the San Mamés Stadium in Spain.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Aug 09, 2019 06:11 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).