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Frenkie de Jong is one of Joan Laporta ‘s hot potatoes in Hansi Flick’s next project. The Dutchman maintains the abusive contract he signed, until the end of 2026, with Josep Martía Bartomeu, which places him as the highest paid footballer in the squad. Despite the obvious difficulties the Catalan entity is going through, the player, far from following the example of other colleagues, is reluctant to lower his salary to facilitate the arrival of new faces and help the club.
However, and despite being one of the big names in the team, and having more players, De Jong does not want to leave Barça , and for the new German coach, his figure will be a fundamental pillar in the game idea that he has in mind and what he wants to implement. A fact that causes the anger of a large part of the Barcelona board, as well as the president Joan Laporta. Frenkie, not content with posing a serious problem in the economy of his club, has now added more fuel to the fire and has ignited even more the exasperating enthusiasm of Barcelonians.
Ronald Koeman, coach of the Netherlands, has included the FC Barcelona midfielder in the pre-list for the Eurocopa that will be played in Germany and that will kick off on June 15. The national teams are already concentrating on preparing the continental appointment and waiting to confirm the official lists to travel to the Teutonic country. In the aforementioned rally, Frenkie de Jong made statements that did not please Joan Laporta at all.
We remember that the Dutchman has been away from the pitch since his injury on April 21 in the Clásico. In statements to NOS , Frenkie de Jong has shown himself willing to take risks to be available for the Eurocopa, even if this entails a recurrence of his injury, which would leave FC Barcelona very damaged, both in the sporting aspect, since it could not count on the footballer, as economic, because it would be paying a player an exorbitant salary without being able to contribute to the field of play.
De Jong, willing to “take risks” to play in the European Championship
“I am ready to take some risks in order to play the Euro with the Dutch national team, but the most important thing for me is that it does not turn into a chronic ankle injury. That is not the case yet, and that is why I ‘They’ve had ankle surgery,’ started Frenkie de Jong. ” It’s my third ankle injury this season, also on the same ankle, but there’s no instability. It’s just that the second time maybe I started playing too early and the injury was still in my head ,” added the Barça midfielder .
Some words that have upset the Blaugrana sports management, where they fear that the footballer will be injured to force himself with the selection of the Netherlands, when they are the ones who pay. De Jong is willing to run the risk of falling injured again, a situation that would anger the club, who call him irresponsible, because, in the end, it is Barça who would pay the price.
Source: El Nacional
