Barcelona are desperate for the return of Frenkie de Jong. Marc Bernal’s ACL injury means that Hansi Flick only has three defensive midfield options for the coming months, those being Marc Casado, Pedri and Eric Garcia. With a hectic fixture list to come, the Dutchman will be a valuable re-addition to the line-up.
De Jong has been out since April with a problematic ankle injury. He was supposed to return within 4-5 weeks, but discomfort has meant that he is still yet to make his comeback almost five months later.
However, it is coming soon. According to Relevo, sources close to de Jong say that his return is “close”, with it being entirely possible that he is back in training inside the next couple of weeks.
Barcelona are concerned about de Jong, and they have considered surgery to rectify the injury for good. However, this is something that the player himself has rejected, as he targets a return to action in the very near future.
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midfield mestro coming back 💪💪 I wonder how he will good he will be under Hansi flick💙❤️
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no matter what we say about this guy he is a flop for Barca a very big protected flop ....when he plays he drags the ball too much and aside from that we don't even know his position at Barca he was playing double pivot at Ajax now at Barca he was paired with Romue and still flopped and always injured now it's almost 6 months .The worst case is that he doesn't want to leave