De Jong reveals something you didn't knew [Special Interview with SPORT]
The new FC Barcelona signing opened up about everything in an exclusive interview with SPORT
Were the first training sessions at FC Barcelona as you expected?
De Jong : "๐ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐."
When you arrived at Barcelona, did you feel shy or timid?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐."
And when you're on the ball, you don't feel shy?
De Jong : "๐๐จ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฒ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก."
How would you define Frankie de Jong?
De Jong : "๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ."
Have you had the chance to talk with Ernesto Valverde? What's your (early) impression of him?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐, ๐ก๐'๐ฌ '๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ' (๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐๐). ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ."
Has he told you which position he'd like you to play in?
De Jong : "๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ."
Valverde said you were a player for the future, but I suppose you see yourself very much in the present too...
De Jong : "๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ! ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซรง๐, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ."
Which player has especially helped you in these days?
De Jong : "๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐'๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐."
Why were you so keen to wear the number 21 shirt?
De Jong : "๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐."
Why is it special?
De Jong : "๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐จ. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ '๐๐'."
What do you think of the signing of Griezmann?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐'๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ."
Is the dressing room still affected by the loss at Anfield or the Copa final defeat?
De Jong : "๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ'๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฑ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ข-๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐, ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ)."
Is the Champions League a special trophy for you and the team?
De Jong : "๐ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง."
Nowadays at Barcelona they say it's a disaster if the team doesn't win the Champions League...
De Jong : "๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฑ, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ (๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ) ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง."
You said you came here to be a starter but do you think it will be difficult to play ahead of experienced players such as Arturo Vidal and Rakitic?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก, ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐."
You seem very confident. Are you not worried?
De Jong : "๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ."
A lot of Barรงa fans are enthusiastic because they feel with you, the team will recover its essence, its style. Is that added pressure?
De Jong : "๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐ซรง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ."
#theballman
Were the first training sessions at FC Barcelona as you expected?
De Jong : "๐ ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ๐๐."
When you arrived at Barcelona, did you feel shy or timid?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐."
And when you're on the ball, you don't feel shy?
De Jong : "๐๐จ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฒ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก."
How would you define Frankie de Jong?
De Jong : "๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก, ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ."
Have you had the chance to talk with Ernesto Valverde? What's your (early) impression of him?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐, ๐ก๐'๐ฌ '๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐จ' (๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐๐). ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ."
Has he told you which position he'd like you to play in?
De Jong : "๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐๐ก ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ."
Valverde said you were a player for the future, but I suppose you see yourself very much in the present too...
De Jong : "๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ! ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซรง๐, ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ."
Which player has especially helped you in these days?
De Jong : "๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐'๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐."
Why were you so keen to wear the number 21 shirt?
De Jong : "๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐."
Why is it special?
De Jong : "๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐จ. ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ '๐๐'."
What do you think of the signing of Griezmann?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ค๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ. ๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐'๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ."
Is the dressing room still affected by the loss at Anfield or the Copa final defeat?
De Jong : "๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ'๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฑ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ข-๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐, ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ (๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ)."
Is the Champions League a special trophy for you and the team?
De Jong : "๐ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐๐ค๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง."
Nowadays at Barcelona they say it's a disaster if the team doesn't win the Champions League...
De Jong : "๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐'๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฑ, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ (๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ) ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ค๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง."
You said you came here to be a starter but do you think it will be difficult to play ahead of experienced players such as Arturo Vidal and Rakitic?
De Jong : "๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก, ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐."
You seem very confident. Are you not worried?
De Jong : "๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ."
A lot of Barรงa fans are enthusiastic because they feel with you, the team will recover its essence, its style. Is that added pressure?
De Jong : "๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐. ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐ซรง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐๐ง๐, ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ."
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