Frenkie De Jong Reveals the Reasons for Choosing Barcelona instead of Pep Guardiola

DBasia.news – The young Dutch midfielder, Frenkie de Jong revealed his reasons for choosing Barcelona and rejecting Pep Guardiola’s proposal with Manchester City when he left Ajax Amsterdam last season. He claimed Barcelona was his dream club since childhood

De Jong officially moved to Barcelona on July 1, 2019. Before joining Barcelona, the 23-year-old player was also targeted by Manchester City by Pep Guardiola. But De Jong claimed there was only one club in his mind, Barca.

“My dream is to play for Barcelona. They are my favorite club outside the Netherlands,” De Jong told Tribal Football, Monday (06/08).

“When they came and showed that they were truly interested, they made the choice easier,”

De Jong admitted that he had doubts about the seriousness of Barcelona. Moreover, he also received an offer from Guardiola to join ManCity. But De Jong finally chose Barcelona after speaking with Josep Maria Bartomeu.

“At first I felt that Barcelona did not really want me. But they said I had a good chance of starting. Because of this, it was very easy for me (to make a choice).”

“He (Josep Maria Bartomeu) talked about other clubs and Guardiola. He said Guardiola was the greatest manager but he also told me, ‘if you want to enjoy life, you have to play in Barcelona,’ he concluded.