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During the winter transfer window of the 2018-2019 season, Paris Saint-Germain and FC Barcelona competed for the signature of Frenkie de Jong. Close to obtaining the signature of the Dutchman, PSG finally bowed to the Blaugranas, who took a little revenge on the transfer market after the XXL departure of Neymar in the summer of 2017. For Free, Éric Abidal, sporting director of Barça at this time returned to this soap opera and confirmed that the Dutchman had an agreement with PSG.
de Jong said yes to PSG after speaking with Tuchel!
A recruitment of which he is particularly proud: “The recruitment I am most proud of is Frenkie de Jong. I know that at the time he had an agreement with quite a few clubs, notably Paris Saint-Germain, and I knew during the Real Madrid-Ajax match, where he was huge, that we really needed to ‘have in our stable. But there you go, I think that in this job, the important thing is information, and his dream was to play for Barça.”
He then revealed the content of his discussions with the Batavian: “He told me: “There you go, I didn’t speak with the Barça coach. That’s why I made the decision to go to Paris Saint-Germain because I had spoken to the ‘time with Tuchel’. And I simply told him: “Barça is the institution that signs you, not the coach”. And the 2nd thing is: “At the price of the transfer amount, know that you will be an indisputable holder”. Because players always have this doubt. It wasn’t easy, but we managed to achieve our goals.” he confided.
To summarize
Éric Abidal, former sporting director of FC Barcelona, has made new revelations about the transfer of Frenkie de Jong. Éric Abidal, former sporting director of FC Barcelona, has made new revelations about the transfer of Frenkie de Jong.
