Frenkie de Jong played one hundred matchs with the Barcelona, but did not serve of at all

Frenkie Of Jong contested his hundredth party dressing the Barcelona T-shirt in the party of the culés with the Benfica in the stadium Gives Light situated in Lisbon. The Dutch midfield player, that postponed his split number 100 product of his expulsion in Cádiz, finally will mark this milestone of his career like Barcelona and in little more than two years since it was fichado by the Camp Nou.

Nevertheless, the milestone for the ex player of the Ajax was extremely bitter, since the Barcelona again was defeated 3-0 by the Benfica in Lisbon this Wednesday of the same form in that they went it in his debut in front of the Bayern Munich. It was a doublet of Darwin Núñez and another so much of Rafa Silva those that sealed the result.

The first party of the Dutch footballer dressing the T-shirt of the Barcelona took place on 16 August 2019 in the first party of LaLiga corresponding to the season 2019-20. This took place in Saint Mamés and went against the Athletic Bilbao (1-0) and, from his first commitment, Of Jong was to title when Ernesto Valverde still was the technician. In the 99 parties that has played annotated 9 goals and made 14 assistances.

Indisputable headline

Likewise, this attained to go in without any problem in the plans of Quique Setién and, afterwards, in the ones of Ronald Koeman, that trusted he like titling in 48 of the 51 parties that has contested the club under his orders in the previous season. And in the current course already accumulates six parties that contests like titling.

Of Jong, since it arrived to the Barça, has lost three parties by sanction (Granada, Celtic and Raise), in two occasions was not summoned (Cornellà and Seville), in one remained in the bench (Leganés) and left to play seven parties by a muscular injury between 19 June and on 11 July 2020.

The Dutch, that debuted with 22 years, has played 88,3% of the official parties that has had in his diary the Catalan square from his arrival (99 of 112 appointments), enciphers that it is an unambiguous proof of the weight that has in the team, as well as of his polivalencia since, in addition to interior by both bands. Likewise, when the technician has required it also has fungido like pivote or central defender.

A signing of value

The Barcelona visited a long and complex way to be able to bring to the midfield player to the Camp Nou, by which credited 75 million euros more other 11 in variables. Of Jong, as they ensured the authorities of the club barcelonista in his moment, went "a strategic signing".

The Barcelona announced his signing on 23 January 2019 and the footballer, that arrived to the Catalan square from the Ajax, engaged by five seasons (until June of 2024). His clause of rescission agreed in 400 million euros. It was on 5 July 2019 when Of Jong was presented in the Camp Nou in front of 19.850 fans.

Likewise, and knowing the importance that has the Dutch in the Barcelona, on 20 October 2020 closed a new agreement with the Barcelona after several weeks of negotiation. In the same, and that will finish in summer of the 2026 and with the same clause of recisión, included an adecuación salarial because of the sanitary crisis of the coronavirus that has repercutido in the finances of the club.