Griezmann and De Jong’s Performances at the Praseason Amazed Ernesto Valverde

DBasia.news –  A good assessment was given by Ernesto Valverde, Barcelona coach, to two new players, Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie de Jong. According to him, the two players have presented great performance during preseason.

Barcelona had the chance to lower the new players against Vissel Kobe on Saturday (27/7). In the match that ended in Barcelona’s 2-0 victory, Antoine Griezmann and Frenkie De Jong stole the attention.

Both players gave new elements to the Blaugrana. Moreover, until now Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez have not returned after competing in the 2019 Copa America.

“Good players tend to understand each other faster on the field. We will wait and see, but I have great hopes,” Valverde said as quoted by Football Espana.

Regarding De Jong, Valverde tried to put the player in a different position than the previous match. As a result, the experiment has made Valverde give praise to the Dutch national team player.

“Today, he plays in a different position (against Chelsea). He played forward with Sergi Roberto as a defensive midfielder,” he added.

“Now, we can play it in various positions. He is good at mastering the ball and also plays well when appearing on the front lines. We are lucky he can play in both positions. We can rotate him. De Jong provides many solutions.”

Barcelona is reportedly still trying to repatriate Neymar to Camp Nou. Unfortunately, El Barca reportedly had difficulty meeting with Paris Saint-Germain’s demand of 300 million