Frenkie de Jong is not available to play this Saturday (9:00 pm) against Real society. The Dutch midfielder did not train with the group and was left out of the squad list, as he still has discomfort in his right ankle due to distal tibiofibular syndesmosis that he suffered in the league match against Celta.
Xavi was asked at a press conference for the absence of De Jong facing conflict against Real society and the Barça coach insisted that the ’21’ culé is still not one hundred percent ready to play: “It depends on his feelings. Pedri has good feelings, but Frenkie is not there yet. He tried, I’ve been training but it hurts. . He’s still sick,” he said Xavithat after being asked if they pushed too hard for the recovery of De Jong With a view to the Classic he reaffirmed himself with a firm “Si Frenkie has bad feelings, it hurts.”
The decrease of Frenkie de Jong This was noticed in the last games of Barça and we will have to watch his evolution in the coming days to know if he will be able to play in the two games before the break of the national team, against Shakhtar Donetsk and the Alavés.
Source: La Verdad
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