New Barcelona player, Frenkie de Jong is looking to get his inspiration from popular heroes like the late Johan Cruyff during his time at Barcelona.
De Jong, 22, completed his move to Barcelona after an agreement between Ajax and the Spanish giant earlier this year.
He disclosed that he likes ex Barca stars, Johan Neeskens, Ronald Koeman, Frank and Ronald de Boer, Patrick Kluivert and Marc Overmars and he is looking to emulate them.
His words, “We have always had a great connection due to Cruyff’s philosophy, Ajax and Barcelona want to play in a similar way and this is fantastic,”
“This has always been a dream for me since I was small and when I saw it was happening for real it was an easy decisions for me.”
He told fans he was “very happy and proud to be here, I can’t wait to get started.”
“There were a lot of clubs interested in me and it is a normal process when making a decision, you think of all the options and which is best,” he added.
“Barcelona convinced me with a great plan, the other clubs had good plans too but the decision was not easy because a lot of clubs were telling me things and there were moments where I was unclear.
“But when the president came to Netherlands I was convinced, my arrival is down to him.”
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