Frenkie de Jong has gone from having a foot and a half outside of Bara to becoming a luxury resource for the team Xavi Hernandez. Before the Cádiz, the Dutch started, completed a great game and opened the scoring to facilitate the win. He is the leader of the second Barça unit… and may end up being part of the first.
In fact, it is difficult to classify the midfielder in a specific ladder. Because, a priori, Busquets, Gavi and Pedri seem to be the starting trio of the creation zone. However, at this point in the season Frenkie alternates substitutions with starts and has had minutes in all the games since the beginning of the course.
Against Cdiz he chained his second presence in the starting team after also being a starter in the Champions League debut against Victoria Pilsen. Fact that he repeated in the difficult visit to the Royal Arena. In the rest of the matches, before Lightning, Valladolid and Sevillehas always had about half an hour of play.
second unit leader
In that second unit where the Alba, Piqu, Sergio Robert, Ferran Torres, Ansu Fati and company, no one plays or has more prominence than Frenkie de Jong. His performance is optimal, the footballer improves every day and Xavi has full confidence in his qualities.
If the Barça coach has shown anything, it is that he intends to make exhaustive use of all his squad and resources. Frenkie is one of them, one of the good ones. and only the hierarchy of Busquets and the very high level of Pedri and Gavi separate him from ownership.
The roles seem fairly established today and gives the feeling that, in addition, they are accepted by the players willingly. This management by Xavi allows Bara to continue enjoying Frenkie and he to enjoy his Barça stage again.
