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Frenkie de Jong produces mesmeric piece of play for Barcelona, he'd be the dream for Man United

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Updated 10:20 9 Aug 2022 GMT+1Published 21:36 7 Aug 2022 GMT+1

Frenkie de Jong produces mesmeric piece of play for Barcelona, he'd be the dream for Man United

Frenkie de Jong single-handedly built an attack for Barcelona in the Joan Gamper trophy match with an outrageous run.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

On the day that Fred and Scott McTominay were all over the place for Manchester United against Brighton, Frenkie de Jong produced an utterly outrageous passage of play in midfield for Barcelona.

The Netherlands international is United's top target in the summer transfer and the saga continues to rumble on.

On Sunday night, De Jong turned out for - and scored the final goal - in Barca's 6-0 Joan Gamper trophy thrashing of Pumas UNAM.

He came on as a substitute and returned to his usual midfield position after a slew of displays playing as a centre-back.

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And one piece of play in particular had fans gawking, with De Jong showing he is levels above United's current midfield players.

Image: Alamy
Image: Alamy

He received the ball from Jordi Alba and was immediately put under pressure from Barca legend and former teammate Dani Alves.

But he swivelled his body beautifully to send Alves, 39, back to Sevilla with a deft turn. He then continued driving through midfield, breezing past another opponent before playing a glorious defence-splitting pass that should have brought a goal for the hosts.

Earlier on, Fred and McTominay were well below par as Erik ten Hag's United lost 2-1 at home to Brighton in their first game of the season.

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And if they weren't already, United fans are well aware of the stark contrast in quality:

De Jong rounded off the scoring in the 84th minute, adding to goals from Robert Lewandowski, Pedri, Ousmane Dembele and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

United, meanwhile, finished their first outing of the new campaign with Christian Eriksen and Donny van de Beek in midfield.

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Legendary former midfielder Paul Scholes laid into Fred and McTominay and said the pair give the ball away far too much.

"McTominay was always trying to run with the ball, ridiculous," he said on Premier League productions.

"The quality in the middle of the pitch was really poor.

“I was happy he didn’t get sent off [for a high challenge] but I think he was slightly lucky. Again, he’s running with the ball, absolutely ridiculous. It could easily have been a red card. The quality in the middle of the pitch was nowhere near good enough but we’ve seen that for the last few years with these two players.

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“With Fred and McTominay, he [Ten Hag] is going to have to go with just one of them but even one of them is probably too many.

“Fred gives the ball away all the time and McTominay’s trying to run with the ball constantly and then gives it away. Pass it to your best players! It’s not that difficult. It’s criminal on a day like today.” 

Featured Image Credit: Image: Twitter

Topics: Frenkie De Jong, Manchester United, Barcelona, Premier League, Erik Ten Hag

Josh Lawless
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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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