Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong has given a recent interview to the membership’s media and appears to have gone to conflict with reporter Gerard Romero.
De Jong responded to a declare from Romero that he had refused to play for Barcelona within the Champions League towards Atletico and vowed to name him out on any future stories which are unfaithful.
“For instance, Gerard Romero. He mentioned, and he began all of this, that I refused to play towards Atletico within the Champions League final yr. That’s false. It’s false. It’s merely not true,” he instructed the membership’s media.
“As I mentioned, my dream is to play for Barca, particularly in essential Champions League matches. After all I need to play. I don’t perceive how one can say that I refused to play. And clearly, if individuals get indignant and if that’s the one data they’ve, I perceive. That’s why I’m explaining.
“Then he mentioned that my relationship with the coach may be very unhealthy, which is totally false. I’ve an excellent relationship with the coach. I discuss to him loads. You’ll be able to ask him about all of this. It’s utterly false.
“They’ve additionally mentioned that my relationship with the membership is unhealthy, which can also be not true, as a result of I discuss loads with individuals on the membership, with the administrators and so forth. Then they mentioned I’m being punished. That was Gerard Romero once more, and I need to point out it as a result of I feel he’s already instructed extra lies previously.
“However I’m not going to let it slide anymore, as a result of he wants to know that if he places issues out that aren’t true, I’m going to name him out on it.”
De Jong additionally admitted he needed to “get that anger off his chest” in order that he can give attention to recovering from his present knee damage and that he’s doing all he can to return as shortly as attainable.
