Flick is clear about Araujo and De Jong

Barça is clear on Ronald Araujo (25 years) and Frenkie de Jong (27). The Barça club does not want to hear about selling them this summer and even less for values ​​that are not truly broken. Basically because the coach is not Hansi Flick nor the sports director decoration They want to decapitalize their squad because selling them would mean losing two high-level and adapted players and signing others depending on what exorbitant prices. It is already known that Barça tend to ask more and more when other clubs know they have fresh money.

In that sense, according to reliable sources, Hansi Flick absolutely have Ronald Araujo and with Frenkie de Jong. The German coach considers that they are very important players for his project and that they are part of a squad that he thinks can perform more than last season, but is not weakened by the loss of some of the best its player.

For fliplike a player Araujo This is very important because their teams usually play in the opposite field, putting a lot of pressure on the opponent’s ball and looking for mistakes from the opposing defenders to steal very close to the area and, with few combinations, clearly reach the enemy. the opposing goalkeeper. But of course, there is a risk with that: that sometimes the opposing team catches you on the counter, looking for a quick run from their forwards with a long movement or a quick wall. And it’s no secret that the fastest defender with the greatest ability to hit space is Ronald Araujobesides being a strong defender from above and below, both in his own area and in the area of ​​the rival.

while, De Jong He is a footballer who succeeded at Ajax and catapulted to Barça playing in a double pivot for the Dutch team, where he shone in the 2018-19 Champions League, even eliminating Real Madrid. now, flip He is also betting on a double pivot for Barça where Frenkie can have a lot of popularity, along with another high-level midfielder but more intelligent in breaking the rival’s game.

For these reasons, flip and decoration hope Araujo and De Jong. And although the Uruguayan is the object of desire of powerful clubs like Bayern and Chelsea (they also made him a good advanced offer for MD), Barça is clear that the reference is his termination clause of one billion euros. And if the proposal of 70 or 80 million comes, we don’t want to think about it. The example given is that, for example, Chelsea recently paid 133 million for Moisés Caicedo and 121 for Enzo Fernandeztwo less accomplished and appreciated players than Araujo now and what Frankie.

The Uruguayan and Dutchman (400 million clause) are out of contract in 2026 and the club wants to extend the relationship with them, but it is understood that they both want to wait to see how the transfer project develops. flip or waiting for offers. But Barça is clear that it wants to keep the best people and more if the option is to undersell and end up going to the market to be fleeced.