Tom Sanderson is a Barcelona-based writer who covers Spanish football. FC Barcelona star Frenkie de Jong has been cut from the Netherlands' UEFA Nations League squad for "medical reasons", as ...

Tom Sanderson is a Barcelona-based writer who covers Spanish football. Frenkie de Jong has two reasons not to leave FC Barcelona according to MARCA, with one of them economically motivated.

Frenkie de Jong was waiting on the sidelines at Montjuic, ready to replace Gavi. But when the Spaniard left the field, and De Jong stepped forward to take his place, the applause stopped.

Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong “needs to be managed” according to head coach Hansi Flick. The 27-year-old, who returned from an ankle injury that kept him sidelined for six months in ...