Frenkie de Jong praised Noussair Mazraoui at the Barcelona press conference in the run-up to the Conference League match with Galatasaray. The Barça midfielder calls the Ajax player ‘a great player’. Fabrizio Romano reported on Tuesday that Barcelona has made Mazraoui a first offer. The transfer market expert claims that the Catalans currently have the best papers to pick up the 24-year-old full-back next summer on a free transfer.
“Mazraoui has a lot of quality. I can’t say anything about whether he will come or not, but he is a great player,” said De Jong at the press conference. According to the 38-time international of the Dutch, it is still a good time for newcomers to transfer to Barcelona. “It always is. It’s one of the biggest clubs in the world. Here you can enjoy the way football is played. If we strengthen well next season, we can fight for all the trophies.”
Romano calls it a ‘serious possibility’ that Mazraoui will leave for Barcelona on a free transfer. In addition to Barcelona, AC Milan and Borussia Dortmund are also expressly interested in Mazraoui, according to transfer market expert Romano. The name of Mazraoui has long been associated with Barcelona. Joan Laporta, the president of the Catalans, had a meeting with Mino Raiola, Mazraoui’s agent, around the presentation of the Golden Boy award in Turin in December. In those conversations, the name of the wing defender of Ajax was already mentioned and Barcelona is now trying to continue. The name
Ronald Koeman was also mentioned during the press conference for the Europa League match with Galatasaray. The 58-year-old trainer looked at the General Newspaper back on his last months and resigned from the Spanish top club. Under his successor Xavi, the results have been excellent in recent weeks after a rough start. “I have a lot of respect for him,” says Xavi. “He’s a legend to me, I admired him when I was a kid. He was my assistant coach. I can tell you that I am very grateful to him as a culé (member of Barcelona, ed.). He left the Netherlands to come to Barça and that is to be admired. And also that he gave young players the chance when he was a trainer here”.
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