5 GIFs to know Frenkie de Jong

There is a pic that started to circulate in the last hours that portrays Frenkie de Jong with his girlfriend on a trip to the Camp Nou in 2015 and that explains a lot of his transfer to Barcelona. For the young Dutch midfielder who will be blaugrana from next season, the signing on the contract is only part of a dream that had been hatching for some time, becoming more concrete when he began to realize that thanks to his technical skills he could play for a prestigious club like the Catalan one. At just 21 de Jong already has the right level to be desired by the top European teams, and that's why we had already included in the 2018/19 Champions League best youngsters shortlist: between PSG, Manchester City and Barcelona, ​​however Catalans prevailed, strong of the will of the player but above all of his entourage in which there's a former player as Marc Overmars, just the man who discovered him when he was at Willem II during the scouting operations. Frenkie (yes, it seems to be named in honor of the band Frankie goes to Hollywood) will be the last Dutch talent to play for Barça, becoming part of a real champions' elite passed from Camp Nou: Cruijff, Koeman, Overmars but also De Boer twins, Cocu, Kluivert, Van Bronckhorst and Van Bommel in more recent times. But instead of blindly trusting the Ajax academy and the flair of Barcelona board, many are asking themselves whether spending 86 million euros (75 + 11 in variable bonuses) was really a smart bargain: five gifs explain why de Jong is the right man for the new blaugrana midfield, who with Arthur, Rabiot (does he arrives?) and the local players Carlos Aleñá and Riqui Puig will renew itself totally in the coming years, focusing strongly on quality.

Ball glued to the foot

Great mastery of his potential and a lot of courage: de Jong is not afraid to set the action from a backward position even when opponents go against him with the intent to stop him but without success.

Verticality

One of the key words of de Jong's style is verticality: his skills allow him to move forward with confidence, immediately giving a clear impression to his friends' attitude.

Atypical position

Here we watch him even better, his position at Ajax was often that of 'false centre-back' alongside his friend de Ligt, with clear tasks to bring the ball and move the game from the bottom.

Sometimes he also scores

When he goes forward de Jong can also became dangerous: he does not scores so much (5 goals in 44 Eredivisie appearances) but when he does it are beautiful goals because they are well built thanks to the technique and the body movements that make it 'float' in the middle of the field.

Adult

He has already debuted with the National major team and in the Champions League, where he will soon face Real Madrid in the round of 16: here he shows his dribbling skills in the group stage match against Benfica.