Despite the temptation that may come from outside, Frenkie De Jong is clear: he wants to play many more seasons at Barça. In an interview with Aleix Parisé in RAC1’s Tu Diràs, Frenkie said “to be very calm and very happy” in a season in which he has praised the physical and defensive improvement of the team. “It seems that everyone runs more, but the point is that we are better organized.”
On the stylistic debate that hangs over Barça, De Jong says that you don’t have to choose between possession or defense, but rather that you have to master all aspects of the game. In this sense, he explained that the system of four midfielders benefits him because he is more at the base of the play, and that Sergio Busquets helps him a lot. He is clear about the future of the Badia midfielder: “he is the captain, I would really like him to continue next year, but it is his decision”.
“The system of 4 midfielders benefited me, but beyond that this year (unlike the previous one) I am playing more in the base of the midfield, where I feel more comfortable. And then I have more freedom to move, to drive and overcome lines. Busquets helps me a lot, because he transmits a lot of calm. He is very safe on the ball and defensively he is much better than people think,” he noted.
And as for the titles, the Dutchman has defined the League as “the main objective”, and has recognized that if they win on Sunday in San Mamés and then in the classic, they will take a big step “but without being definitive, because they never It is until the Liga2 is over.
The Dutchman said he continued with the same conviction of succeeding at Barça. “I was calm, because I knew I wanted to continue at Barça and I have not changed my mind. I had always dreamed of playing for Barça and I want to succeed as a Barça player. Right now I am calm and I want to continue at Barça ”, he reaffirmed.
De Jong said he was excited to be able to win the League, something he hasn’t done yet as a Barça player. “I have never won the league, it is my fourth year and it is the time I have been closest. But there is still a lot left. I want to win this league, it is the main objective we have and we will give everything to achieve it ”, he pointed out.
At this point, the midfielder knows that they have not yet achieved anything in the League, although he assures that if they win the next two games they will take a “big step”. “Each game is very important, but the one in Bilbao is one of the most complicated and the one before the clásico must be won. We are focused on San Mamés, but everyone knows that Madrid is coming next week. If we win both games, we will take a very big step but it is never final until the League ends, ”he explained.
Finally, he valued winning the three national titles this season as a success. “If we win the three titles in Spain it will be an extraordinary season because we will have beaten great teams like Madrid or Atlético among others… but in Europe we have to do much better and we know it. I expected to go much further in the Champions League and the last two years have been even worse because we didn’t get past the group stage and we lost in the Europa League. We must do much better because we have the squad to do it, especially this year. It has been our fault, we know it and we hope that next year it will be better ”, he concluded.
