Frenkie de Jong, the skilled Dutch midfielder for FC Barcelona, has been talking about his ongoing fight with an ankle injury that’s been bothering him. In a recent chat, de Jong talked about how frustrated he is, wondering when he’ll finally be better. Even with all these problems he’s staying positive, and getting back to the Dutch national team is a big deal for him.
- Frenkie de Jong’s been stuck dealing with an ankle injury that won’t go away.
- Him getting back to the Dutch national team is really important.
- FC Barcelona really wants to keep de Jong around for the future.
Frenkie de Jong’s Injury and Recovery
Frenkie de Jong has been pretty open about his ankle injury problems expressing his frustration and not knowing exactly when he’ll be fully recovered. In a tweet de Jong talked about how hard things have been but he’s still really wanting to get back to playing like he used to.
🔵🔴⚠️ Frenkie de Jong on his injury: “Sometimes I thought: when is this going to end?”.
“I always had belief that I would play football again, but the uncertainty regarding recovery was very difficult. Whether I would return the same as I was, I thought about that”, told NOS. https://t.co/LpxjkZdBTQ
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)
November 13, 2024
Getting back on the Dutch national team is like a huge step forward after all these injury problems. There’s a report that talks all about how he made it back to playing for his country.
FC Barcelona’s Strategic Maneuvers
FC Barcelona has been making some big moves lately, and they know how important players like Frenkie de Jong and new guys like Raphinha are. Raphinha’s really been making things happen at the club doing things his own way. Barcelona’s trying to keep up in La Liga and they’re thinking about getting players like Wojciech Szczesny to make their defense better.
All this is part of their bigger plan to do well, which you can read about in an article about how the new players are changing things at FC Barcelona.
Contract Negotiations and Future Prospects
While de Jong’s getting better and the team is planning stuff, FC Barcelona is really trying to keep him around. Deco who’s the sporting director, is really important in trying to work out de Jong’s new contract. They’re talking about contracts that work for both the team’s future plans and showing how important de Jong is even though he’s been hurt.
His contract goes until 2025, and Barcelona says they’ll pay de Jong money they owe him if he agrees to leave in summer 2025. You can read more about all this contract stuff in an article about how they’re handling de Jong’s contract.
Frenkie de Jong’s story about getting hurt and getting better plus what FC Barcelona is doing shows how tough and smart people can be in football.
