Frenkie de Jong made his long-anticipated debut with FC Barcelona in a friendly in Japan against Chelsea.
“It was not a good match, we lost, but they have been my first minutes with Barça, and I’m happy and satisfied. I felt good,” the midfielder said of his side’s 2-1 defeat to the blues.
He says manager Ernesto Valverde did not give him comments during the game. “He commented on the team as a whole, tactical questions such as pressing.
“The football is the same, it’s not very different.”
De Jong was also asked about playing the pivot role in midfield.