Barcelona sporting director Jordi Cruyff blames soccer “moments” and the monetary state of affairs on the membership for makes an attempt to promote Frenkie de Jong to Man Utd.
The Netherlands worldwide was the topic of intense hypothesis over the summer time switch window with the Pink Devils excited about bolstering their midfield by signing De Jong.
Stories on the time claimed Man Utd and Barcelona had agreed a deal in precept at one level with the Catalan giants eager to get De Jong off their wage invoice.
Barcelona have had all types of economic issues over the previous 12 months or so and have struggled to register gamers.
And Cruyff insists that De Jong ought to see curiosity from Man Utd as a “praise” with Barcelona and supervisor Xavi happy to nonetheless have him on the membership.
When requested whether or not Barcelona had been ‘very aggressive’ of their method to get De Jong off their books, Cruyff advised Mundo Deportivo (through Sport Witness): “Typically it’s not a soccer concern, it’s a set of issues. First, to say that solely good gamers obtain vital presents.
“That additionally means that he’s a valued participant available in the market. Additionally it is a praise to him as a result of not everybody can say that everybody loves him.
“Second, it was all previous to the options that had been achieved, to the ‘levers’, and within the membership the monetary state of affairs and ‘truthful play’ usually forces you to assume in a method that isn’t all the time preferable to soccer.
“In the long run there are numerous issues. Additionally it is true that soccer is moments. There’s a time when it was one factor and now you take a look at Frenkie and, earlier than the World Cup, he ended up being a participant in superb form and being vital to the workforce and with the arrogance of the coach, who has made him a starter. Soccer all the time has moments.”
De Jong all the time maintained that he needed to remain at Barcelona and his loyalty has been rewarded with 21 appearances in all competitions.
On whether or not Barcelona would now look to tie De Jong right down to a brand new deal, Cruyff added: “These are very private points. Additionally, it’s not that we now assume he’s higher than six months or a yr in the past, he’s all the time been an excellent participant and solely good gamers have presents and curiosity from massive groups.
“What generally occurs is that with the ‘truthful play’ state of affairs there’s a massive downside. And one of many issues now we have is that, since folks don’t perceive ‘truthful play’ rules very effectively, let’s say we shortly dream of signing this one and the opposite leaves, nevertheless it doesn’t work like that.
“Right here you must match the numbers, stability issues and generally you must make selections that you just don’t need to make. And I’m not speaking about Frenkie anymore however normally. It’s important to attempt to adjust to the ‘truthful play’ that’s harder than in another league in Europe.”
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