‘Of course, it crossed my mind’: Frenkie de Jong on refusing to leave Barcelona and his World Cup pain
Midfielder broke a Barça Dutch record last week and is potentially one win from a third league title with team he visited as a teenager for fun A warm sun bathes the Barcelona training ground as Frenk
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