Frenkie de Jong's ankle puts his presence in the FC Barcelona preseason in serious doubt

Already it is official! The pre-season 2024/25 of the FC Barcelona has given beginning this Wednesday in the Sportive City Joan Gamper with the usual medical proofs and physical. Between the evaluations stood out, as it informed the club culé, find analysis of blood and urine, proofs cardiológicas, podiatry, corporal composition and dentist. Besides, as they reflect it the official sources, a total of 28 players have attended to this first working time.

One of the members of the first team that has showed his disposal to be present from the first day under the orders of Hansi Flick is Frenkie of Jong. In fact, could see to the Dutch in a previous image to the start of the medical evaluations embracing afectuosamente to Pablo Gavi and greeting to Julián Araujo.

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It will see action with regularity Frenkie of Jong in the pre-season culé?

However, in spite of having participated in this first day of pre-season, seems little likely that the one of Arkel participate fully in the first trainings that will carry out in the Sportive City. In this point, as it informed the journalist Santi Ovalle, Frenkie of Jong was scanned and determined that although his ankle is improving, still is not entirely recovered, by what there is not security that it can assimilate with regularity to the group of work.

Even, between the a lot of images published by the club culé in his social networks to relate the first day of pre-season, can see to the Dutch making one of the medical evaluations. Nevertheless, although the video has the title "Review OK!", it is striking to see that his right ankle is visibly inflamed in comparison with the left, what backs the fact that Frenkie could not being to 100% of his physical capacities.

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The FC Barcelona no apurará the return of the Dutch midfield player

It is necessary to remember that Of Jong suffered a sprain of degree II in his right ankle after a hard dispute of balloon with Fede Valverde in the Classical of 21 April against the Real Madrid. This injury no only did him lose the last six meetings of the campaign 2023/24 with the FC Barcelona, but also it left it out of the announcement of the Eurocopa 2024 with the Low Countries, tournament in which it appeared like one of the 26 'warriors' of Ronald Koeman and had the hope to recover to time to face it. No only this, the player considered the option to force his participation, but did not finish having sufficient time to recover properly and enfundarse the elastic of the 'Oranje'.

To his time, is important to take into account that during this season, added to this physical mishap, the exjugador of the Ajax suffered other two injuries in this zone of the body: a sindesmosis tibioperoneal distal that did it lose 10 commitments and a torcedura that left it out of other four duels. Therefore, with the aim to avoid that this injury turn into a chronic ailment for Of Jong, would not be surprising that the club treat with caution his recovery and avoid to force his fast integration in the dynamics of the first team until it was to 100% of his conditions.