Luuk de Jong, from Barça's 'saviour' in the second half to current scorer

Published:4/02/2024 - 21:48h

Updated:4/02/2024 - 21:48h

Luuk de Jong's time at Can Barça was short but intense. He became the 'savior' of many games that became more complicated than necessary with his goals and now, at PSV, he is having one of the best seasons of his career, being one of the top scorers in Europe

Unexpectedly, there is a player with past culé that has turned into one of the feelings of the European football, this footballer is Luuk of Jong. The Dutch has erigido like one of the goleadores more lethal of the season and his tarpaulin of face to goal is being one of the big reasons by which the PSV is leader in the Eredivise and follows alive in the Champions League.

In fact, his good relation with the goal has done that the exjugador blaugrana was to day of today the second player with more participations of goal of the 5 big leagues, with 25, above players like Mbappé or Haaland. Only it surpasses it Harry Kane, the forward of the Bayern of Munich that has signed 29 participations in what it goes of course.

The international with the Dutch selection has seen goal 18 times in league this season and 26 in all the competitions, some figures of authentic 'killer' that justify the nickname that put him the bloated Barcelona in his day: 'Luuk the goat'. In fact, his big registers in the appearance goleador put in evidence the ones of players like Lewandowski, with 9 targets in the competition liguera and 14 in all the competitions.

Luuk Always appeared in important moments

His go through the city condal was brief, but intense. Ronald Koeman bet by him like alternative for the forward of the Barça after the exit of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann in 2021. It arrived yielded from Seville in the last instant of the market of signings estival and finished being a decisive player, especially to the arrival of Xavi Hernández when it produced a crisis of injuries at the beginning of 2022. This season closed it with seven goals and an assistance in 937 minutes, delivered in 29 parties. It participated in a goal/assistance each 117'.

It was an authentic 'salvavidas' for the team and appeared always in the important moments for desatascar the parties, an appearance that is happening invoices this season and that perhaps with the ariete Dutch in the staff would not occur. To his 33 years and in one of the clubs of his life, has been when the forward has found one of his best versions and has showed why a day became player blaugrana.