Frenkie De Jong

It was a clearance lol


I have not seen one name mentioned who could be >Frenkie, says it all

Tonali?

Lyon had a whole trio of fantastic U23 midfielders in action this CL, all of them performing better than Frenkie, Betancur, or Fifi Valverde for that matter.
Caqueret, Guimaraes and of course, Aouar.

But I think before long Bellingham will make a strong case, kid looks absolutely incredible.

danyjr wrote:Tonali?

The man relegated in anonymity in Serie B ? Not even close at this moment

Hapless_Hans wrote:Lyon had a whole trio of fantastic U23 midfielders in action this CL, all of them performing better than Frenkie, Betancur, or Fifi Valverde for that matter.
Caqueret, Guimaraes and of course, Aouar.

But I think before long Bellingham will make a strong case, kid looks absolutely incredible.

That's true. But I'm not saying Frenkie is necessarily *the best*, i'm just saying he's clearly above average, with great potential. I will not accept hyperboles like "he's only good at shielding the ball and running with it"

If that's the case, then maybe the standard in general has lowered. Because I don't see a Xavi-level talent in this generation of players. The bar may have lowered a tad bit

Myesyats wrote:

Hapless_Hans wrote:Lyon had a whole trio of fantastic U23 midfielders in action this CL, all of them performing better than Frenkie, Betancur, or Fifi Valverde for that matter.
Caqueret, Guimaraes and of course, Aouar.

But I think before long Bellingham will make a strong case, kid looks absolutely incredible.

That's true. But I'm not saying Frenkie is necessarily *the best*, i'm just saying he's clearly above average, with great potential. I will not accept hyperboles like "he's only good at shielding the ball and running with it"

If that's the case, then maybe the standard in general has lowered. Because I don't see a Xavi-level talent in this generation of players. The bar may have lowered a tad bit

Sure. And also Barca have been a mess, difficult for young players to develop when there's turbulence surrounding the team, and hard to judge them on what happened in the last season.

futbol wrote:Getting signed for Barca in a matter of hours.

Everyone raves about him.

Everything I see of him looks nothing special.

Hapless_Hans wrote:Poor man's Weigl. Will turn out average without a doubt.

Casciavit wrote:He has the Casc seal of approval. Generational talent.

If Kroos and Modric are the top CM's of this era, like Xavi and Iniesta were before them, Frenkie will be the top CM of the upcoming generation.

The Mbappe of CM's.

@futbol and Hans 1 - @Casciavit 0

another L for the Nostradamus of this forum

that last sentence especially

Cmon hes playing with another 18 year old kid and totally finished Busquets

this is a project in development, as a team Barca this season is completely unprepared to compete in CL knockout stages. The mentality, the physical and tactical preparation are all on EL level this year.

Nevertheless, he's been our standout player in copa/liga so far and even scored some great goals as a B2B.

Top 3 by rating in team, messi is naturally always #1

Awful bump. It would make more sense if Frenkie wasn't one of Barca's stand out players this season and if he hasn't developed this season, but he has. He's added end product to his game, scoring more goals this season and he's the one who won the penalty for Barca. The guy plays for a disfunctional team and is one of the few bright spots.

Clear and obvious baiting/trolling.

Casciavit wrote:Awful bump. It would make more sense if Frenkie wasn't one of Barca's stand out players this season and if he hasn't developed this season, but he has. He's added end product to his game, scoring more goals this season and he's the one who won the penalty for Barca. The guy plays for a disfunctional team and is one of the few bright spots.

Clear and obvious baiting/trolling.

In my defense, the "the Mbappé of CMs" bit was too good an opportunity to pass on

No regrets.

Mbappe of CMs just means he's a giant Fraud Hans, makes sense when you consider that imo

The Twitterline was comparing this lad to Yohan Cryuff back in the days, like some football genius that changes football just by being on the pitch lol, I had some good laughs.

Good player, he can reach Paulinho’s level if he continues at this pace.

Standout player? Let's not go overboard now. He played whack up until December or so then showed a bit of form from then on against La Liga minnows and that's that.

He is a player like any other. Mostly average with a good spell here and there, nothing to write home about.

Not gonna argue about how good he is, but just to point out who hes playing with in midfield - old man slow motion Busquets, 18 yo Pedri, Puig whos like even younger? Or looks like he needs more milk still, and who else, old man slow motion Pjanic, and the other day a youngster from B team I believe it was, so I wouldnt judge him too much atm Still far and away our best midfielder, who is actually athletic and can run. Time will just show how good he is when Barca actually starts to form a proper team next season hopefully.

He is a very good player though I doubt he will ever be world-class. But in the worst Barca team of the decade, he is one of the few contributing regularly.

There will always be haters but he is bossing it for both club & country and your negativity won't change that. Also important to add that in this current Barca it's even harder to shine cause you gotta put in 2x more effort since others are useless.

I'm surprised this thread is so quiet. He's a legend, another L for futbol

He's carrying this absolute shitfest of a midfield, top CM

He is only 24, and is frankly better than Modric was at that age (and I really rated Modric before he even went to Spurs). Still to reach the absolute highs of being a "generational talent", but he is clearly on the way.

Who?

Harmonica wrote:Who?

Bro you so plastic

Are the only players your rate Messi and pukki? who are you

Fairly sure who is closer to the truth than legend...

Great contribution to the thread, thank you, substantial as always

Why do you even bother to comment about barca anymore.? Go suck on messis tits in the capital of love

Tbh this was my limit this week.

Already proving hes our best player now by a distance week in week out, and will probably continue to be so for a while to come

Pogba's replacement apparently

can see it tbh