Frenkie de Jong, a 27-year-old midfielder of Barça, will not finally play in the European Championship in Germany. Although it entered the final list of the Netherlands and Ronald Koeman He always said he was waiting for him to debut against Poland on June 16, although later, the Dutch Federation announced his departure on Monday night. He did not report if he suffered from his ankle injury or if it was simply common sense that prevailed. He did not play on Monday against Iceland (4-0) and was not on the bench, but it was planned that he would not.
The Blaugrana arrived at the Dutch team’s training camp a week ago without being discharged from the squad. Barçastill recovering from his third ankle injury on the course.
They fell to San Mamés in the League match Athletic on March 3 (sprain of the external lateral ligament of the right ankle in the 25th minute) and played again in the Champions League against PSG in Paris on April 10 (75′). Also after playing the return leg in the 16th (82′), the Clásico came on April 21, when his ankle was unable to withstand the wrist with Valverde who split the ball in added time of the first half.
De Jong He already injured his right ankle on September 23 in the 36th minute of Barça-Celta. He then suffered a distal tibioperoneal syndesmosis that kept him out for a month and a half. It did not reappear until November 25 in Vallecas.
The news is surprising because not even two days ago, in statements on a TV in his country, De Jong He is optimistic: “My ankle is fine. I hope I will be there for the first game, but it looks good. My goal is to play in the first game of the group stage.”
Upon his arrival at the camp, he said that “I am ready to take some risks to play in the Euro Cup with the Dutch team, but the most important thing for me is that it does not become a chronic ankle injury. That is still not and that’s why I didn’t have surgery on my ankle too early in the game and my head injury is still there.” Finally, he won’t take advantage anymore.
Source: La Verdad
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