The future of Frenkie De Jong continues to dominate headlines in the Barcelona Universe. The Dutch midfielder has been put on the club’s transfer list and now he has been asked to take a paycut to stay at Camp Nou.
Xavi Hernández was naturally asked about Frenkie’s future after Barça’s win over New York Red Bulls in the final game of the United States tour, where De Jong played in midfield for the first time in preseason after playing the first three matches as a center-back.
Many have taken Xavi’s team selection as some sort of message, but the boss was very quick to refute that theory and made it clear that while he doesn’t know what will happen with De Jong, his decisions are for pure footballing reasons.