Art and Design

With Sergio Busquets departing in the summer, Frenkie will inherit the honor of being the quiet dominant force of Barça’s midfield for years to come and has proven he’s absolutely up for the job. Even though the entire Barça midfield was excellent in the 60 minutes the Blaugrana actually took the game seriously, Frenkie was the best of them all. His passing was perfect, his assist to Kounde was otherworldly, and he made timely defensive interceptions to cut potentially dangerous attacks from the opposition at the source. Ronald Araujo called De Jong the best midfielder in the world in his post-match comments, and it’s starting to become hard to disagree. Frenkie is so incredibly complete now, and next season he’ll get to play his favorite position. Look out.