Gulllit: “I’ve been critical of her, but now Jong is great”

Ruud Gullit. Arrigo SacchiHe appreciates the step that in his opinion gives his countrymen Frenkie de Jong In it FC Barcelona This season. The work -made 62 -Year -old footballer admitted that the Barca’s midfielder development in recent times has changed his understanding of him, a few days after he was seen acting with the ‘Oranje’ team in the Nations League’s quarterfinal match with the Spanish team. “I became critical of him, a few months ago we thought: ‘Wow, you became a second choice in Midfield’, but Frenkie was unlucky in that area,” Gulllit praised the rondo of Ziggo sport.

The opinion of a legend as a gullit about Jong is important for having dyed positive. “De Jong was again a fixed Barça, moved forward and made it decisive for this group,” he said.

Credit in football is something that wins one day -to -day basis and Gulllit believes that Jong, now, has accumulated it. “An incredible praise for De Jong, who succeeded and played well, because it was good for the Dutch group. A great compliment for him. He was playing well and I was very happy for it. I think it was great.”

However, the player with Marco Van Basten and Frank Rijkaard Among the other cracks he was part of a Milan who still remembered as one of the teams who ever played football, warned that his standard was immovable and from Jong, at 27, he should continue to win every positive assessment. “If he doesn’t play well, he’ll hear him too. But if he plays well, he should receive praise too,” he concluded.

Hard in the past

Really, in the past Gullit She didn’t bite her tongue about Of Jong. In June 2024 he remembered a personal anecdote to put in the middle of the Barca debate. “I have something to say to Frenkie. Johan Cruyff He told me: ‘You have to improve your classmates’ … Because when you improve your classmates, you always play well! But Frenkie doesn’t do that, she plays badly. It’s not up to the level it has. This is a ghost in the World Cup, “he said.

In September 2021, Gullit taught in Of Jong for “too protected.” “He’s a good player, but I want to see more about him. He’s too protected, he should always give more,” he said more than three years ago. “It has no depth, it will take the ball from behind, some feints and play again,” he described at that time. Also your former partner Marco Van Basten.

Generally, his country’s published opinion now has a high hopes of Frenkie’s time for his influence on choice. For Voetbal“

After being low due to an indisposition to the recent Atlético-Barça de Liga, the Dutch team believes in Of Jong To do the quality jump afterwards, due to previous physical problems, you almost never played one of the last 20 ‘orange’ bills. After not working on Monday, Jong appeared on Tuesday in the field of Zeist training with a smile.