Frenkie de Jong

[Raketa10]

i dont see nothing special on this kid. normal first touch, dribling, passing, agility (quite slow i will say for barca). only pro is his intelligent on the pitch but this in eredivisie. i rated alena higher than him... put him in ajax squad and he will be a star in eredivisie. van de beek is similar to fdj maybe a little bit better all round midfield/box-to-box but again not barca material

Alena and De Jong are totally different players. It's like comparing Busquets to Iniesta.

And what do you mean by slow? Was Xavi fast? Is Busi fast? Is Rakitic fast? He is for sure faster than all 3 of them. And since you are mentioning Alena he is also not The Flash!

 

[stk93]

Alena and De Jong are totally different players. It's like comparing Busquets to Iniesta.

agree but then what is exactly his position in barca system and why we want him that bad?? barca dont need this type of player, all round but nothing special, my opinion.

 

[Raketa10]

agree but then what is exactly his position in barca system and why we want him that bad?? barca dont need this type of player, all round but nothing special, my opinion.

Replacement for Busi or Rakitic. If he continues to develop he could become a perfect pivot in 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2 or even in 4-3-3.

 

[GOAT_SUAREZ]

agree but then what is exactly his position in barca system and why we want him that bad?? barca dont need this type of player, all round but nothing special, my opinion.

de Jong more defensively than Alena. deJong and Oriol would be great at DM. CM Arthur/Alena

 

[soul24rage]

I guess de Jong makes sense if we are going with the 4-2-3-1/4-4-2 as I think he can play in a double pivot. I think Thiago is more suited as an interior in a 4-3-3 and I don't know if he can play in a double pivot.

 

[BigBarcaBoy]

Starting tonight for ajax in cl qualifier

 

[FC433]

^ As a CB too.

 

[Raketa10]

Guys he is again playing as a CB. One more year there and he’ll be ruined. WTF is wrong with Ajax manager?

 

[Jombi]

He played CB in their last friendly a few days ago as well.

 

[Messi983]

Austrian GK doing his best Karius impression.


I think De Jong will move to midfield when Blind will be integrated back into the team.

 

[Joan]

Roma's eying Ziyech as Malcom replacement from what I've heard.

How can you concede that?

 

[Messi983]

Ziyech and David Neres.

Ziyech is more AMC (can play on the wings too though) so he could cover for Pastore for them as well.

 

[xXKonan]

Don't think Roma can get Neres.

Dortmund tried a couple of times but they held firm.

 

[Joan]

Ajax playing some beautiful football.

 

[Raketa10]

I am also watching the game Sturm is just pathetic. I like De Jong a lot but ONLY as a MIDFIELDER! He is definitely not a CB and they really need to be move him to midfield ASAP. This false CB nonsense can be used only against weak oponents like Sturm.

De Jong is basically playing as hybrid CB/DM and as a result De Ligt has to cover acres of spaces. This might work against Sturm, but imagine playing like that against atronger opponents. Neverthless De Jong really has potential to become a world class DM player, that’s visible from space.