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FC Barcelona: Luuk de Jong, against the condemnation of the Camp Nou

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25/10/2021

17:05

I don’t like the public whistling at a player, you have to help and support the players on your team. ” This is how Ronald Koeman expressed himself at the post-Classic press conference on the whistles a Luke deJong. It was also not the first time that the Dutch international suffered criticism from his fans. His challenge as a culé is not only to score goals.

The attacker, who plays in the Barcelona on loan from the Sevilla, has not gotten off to a good start in the Barça. The demand in the Catalan team is always maximum, but, in addition, this year the team is affected and weighed down by the departure of Messi, pointed injuries (Dembélé, Ansu Fati, el Kun, Martin Braithwaite...) and his poor offensive records, which help explain his irregular, hesitant and uncompetitive start.

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In this murky and threatening context, it has arrived Luke deJong, who, in addition, has characteristics not very well valued by the culé stands. Ronald Koeman He has been the great supporter of his signing because he considers him a good alternative to the rest of the resources available to him: he is a good finisher, necessary for the attack game with centers pumped into the area. “In the centers, Luke de Jong is more dangerous than Neymar“, said the culé coach a few days ago to the chainUS.

But those words of praise for the Dutchman, who last year in the Sevilla He played 48 games between all competitions and scored 9 goals, a good part of the Camp Nou has sentenced him. Against him Dynamo Kiev there were already some recriminating whistles after some missed occasion. But against him Real Madrid, the anger increased. He was whistled when stepping on the grass and also in almost every action that the attacker starred in.

At Barça, the international Orange He has participated in eight games, in which he has started in five, and has achieved a goal, the one he signed against Levante. With the recoveries of Ansu Fati, el Kun and the imminent of Dembele, Luuk de Jong he will have few options to reconcile with the culé stands. But it will. Koeman Believe on him.

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