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Is Frenkie de Jong a defensive midfielder?
What kind of player is frenkie de Jong? Is Frenkie de Jong a defensive midfielder?
Manchester United dream new signing Frenkie de Jong is not a natural defensive midfielder or CDM. He is best played as a versatile playmaker, although De Jong can sometimes function as a defensive midfielder, central midfielder, holding midfielder, box-to-box midfielder and a centre back like Harry Maguire. Barcelona’s star de Jong has been lauded for his combination of defensive stability and playmaking ability. Around 2018/2019, he often partnered Matthijs de Ligt at centre-back position, at Ajax.
Frenkie de Jong has been linked to a move to Manchester United this summer. With Erik ten Hag now the manager at Old Trafford would a move away from Barcelona tempt the former Ajax midfielder? Is Frenkie de Jong an ideal defensive midfielder for the Red Devils, following Paul Pogba exit?
What position does frenkie de Jong play in?
Answer: frenkie de Jong normally plays in midfield position. man united need to sign new players this summer with two quality central midfielders. they haven’t had anyone it that position that performs at a high level consistently since Carrick retired. Quality central midfielders relieve pressure on the center backs , dominate possession, act as a line of supply for the attacking players, and set a tempo for the rest of the team. All things United have been crap at for long long time.
How Does Frenkie De Jong Fit At Manchester United Midfield?
Currently the third-most valuable midfielder in the world after Pedri and Jude Bellingham according to the Football Observatory, Frenkie de Jong’s potential move to Manchester United has understandably turned more than a few heads. Were it not for the financial problems faced by Barcelona, it’s unlikely any move would be even remotely considered by the La Liga giants, but as it stands the prospect of the Netherlands international linking back up with Erik ten Hag, the man who made him a star at Ajax, is a real possibility.
But how would the 25 year-old impact this United side? Is he the answer to their midfield problems? And how would Ten Hag use him at Old Trafford? On today’s FD Explained, we’re going to take a look de jong profile.
What kind of player is frenkie de Jong?
Well, the BBC says he is Xavi-type of player.
“frenkie is much more understated, he is more of a Xavi-type player, kind of makes the team tick. He is not exceptionally quick or strong, he doesn’t really have a repertoire of making line-breaking passes, but when it comes to regulating the game, de jong is superb.
He controls games from the back. Been watching all his games for Netherland he Is very good. if ten hag did land him and timber, they would be a very good start, except that Frenkie said in an interview on international duty that he was already at the biggest club in the world. He obviously doesn’t want to leave.
Since frenkie is not a world-class defensive midfielder, Man United need to think how they would accommodate him. If you are going to play someone like Frenkie and an attacking midfielder like Bruno fernandes, they may do well. When Bruno drifts forward, he can move in to the opening on the left and de Jong can do the defensive work with a great CDM; you would expect a left sided player in a 3 man midfield. They also need TO SIGN Douglas Luiz or Konrad Laimer to play as more of an anchor in that midfield who’s simply there to sit back and break up play.
Frenkie de Jong is not a main defensive midfielder for Man Utd
Manchester United need a proper DM like Casemiro or Kante to be paired with FDJ and attacking midfielder Bruno Ferandes.
De jong’s ability to glide across the midfield is insane being; it will be sad for him to leave Barca because the amount of times he comes on from the bench, he just changes everything, he is always on the ball and he’s very intelligent. if Manchester United manage to get him, he will surely be one of the best players in their squad regardless.
Frenkie De Jong is the best addition for Man Utd this summer. He’ll improve their build up and by keeping possession, there are less transitions which is good for Ronaldo. Just put Bruno as a playmaker on the wing and Donny as the one making runs off the ball and lead the press from the no 10 position.
F. De Jong solves a lot of midfield issues. And I wonder if Ten Haag is prioritising deep playmakers over ball winners as he wants to see if he can put Fred or Mctominay in those roles. The lack of ability to press from the front will still be an issue if he plans to play Ronaldo, Sancho, Bruno + a RW. Difficult to solve without replacing a big name.
What is frenkie de Jong style of Play? is he a defensive midfielder?
Frenkie de jong has described himself as a player “who likes to have the ball a lot, and play with more possession.” A versatile player, De Jong can function as a holding midfielder like Nemanja Matic, central midfielder like pogba, as well as a box-to-box midfielder and a centre back. He has been lauded for his combination of defensive stability and playmaking ability.
As a centre back, de jong abstains from committing many fouls, shows great positional sense, and wins possession frequently. In this more defensive role, Frenkie’s performances led to comparison with former German sweeper Franz Beckenbauer and likened his tendency to progress forward in possession, and ability to play-make, from defense to the German legend,
Frenkie de jong chances created stats
His chances created stats are a bit skewed. He hasn’t been particularly prolific at opening up deep defences and doesn’t really take on the responsibility for the final ball, which is why his number of assists are a bit low. . He has nine assists across the last three La Liga seasons, having created 117 chances.
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- Frenkie de jong transfermarkt value: 60m euros.
- Youri de jong is Frenkie’s brother.
- Frenkie de jong salary: he will earn a basic weekly wage of £250,000, plus bonuses at United.
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Will Frenkie de Jong Flop Manchester United?
Erik ten Hag’s pressure literally forces FDJ to leave Barca. Will Frenkie de Jong Flop Manchester United?
In one sense, he wouldn’t flop at all. Frenkie de Jong is certainly a better option in deeper midfield positions than the midfielders Man Utd already have like McFred.
Lads relax. FdJ can be saviour of Man United, not another Harry Maguire. If he will fail, Man U have ton of failures already, his will not be the first one, if he will succeed that is something to look forward to. Be excited and enjoy this news, he is fabulous player, we should be excited to watch him play for United. Every transfer is a risk, enjoy the occasion and don’t get frustrated about future. Whatever happens we will see.
65 million Euros plus 20 mil add-ons seems reasonable price by man utd standards.
Barca selling FDJ right now would only allow them to spend one third of any money saved in wages and any proceeds from the sale because they don’t yet comply with FFP rules.
De jong has like 4 goals and 5 assists across 47 games for Barcelona..He’s a talented player but Man UTD need a lot more than that from him if Frenkie is not to flop at Old Trafford.
The amount of time it took for the deal to go through has already reignited and further the toxicity that existed at Manchester. That is intangible and hard to quantify but the damage is already been done. Money isn’t everything, in short.
Here is why Frenkie de Jong will not flop Man Utd like Pogba
There’s no similarity between Pogba and De Jong joining United and not fitting in. Frenkie already knows Ten Hag’s system inside out and was specifically sought after by the manager while bad boy Pogba was bought because he’s a good player among other reasons.
De jong is a good player and chance creator. He is more of an attacking cm. But to miss out on quality strikers until they get De Jong signed, hmm, perhaps Ten Hag’s reign is not off to a stellar start, at least transfer wise.
De jong position at Man United
He would probably be a deep Lying Midfielder that can pass and play defense positionally, De Jong wants the ball deep from the back. Just like Carrick did. De Jong will play more of 6 OR 8 further up the pitch.
Saying FDJ can’t play CDM is just stupid. He has played great when he played 6 but struggled more when he played at 10.
FDJ would be a massive improvement in United’s midfield but he’s better as an 8, not a 6, so United will still need a 6 to play along side him. My hope is that ETH can coach McTominay into becoming that player but I’m a skeptical.
If Frenkie wants to play deeper and receive the ball deeper – there will be absolutely no conflict/competition. Fred doesn’t typically come deep, McTominay hides from receiving the ball from defenders – so there is no issue as there was with Busquests at Barcelona. The only point which was (kind of) legitimate was FdJ’s defensive capabilities, but I’m relatively confident that one of Fred/McTominay can pick up the physical slack.
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Tyrell Malacia Stats and Highlights: Manchester United New Star
Manchester United New Left-Back Star: See Tyrell Malacia Stats and Highlights Below for 2021/2022 season.
Tyrell Malacia scored 1 goal and registered 4 league assists for Feyenoord last season. He received 5 yellow cards and zero red cards.
Chances created per 90 minutes
Tyrell Malacia – 1.1
Luke Shaw – 2.2
Alex Telles – 1.4
Brandon Williams – 0.9
Malacia defends like Aaron Wan Bissaka but far better in moving forward than Spiderman.
Tyrell Malacia’s agents and Manchester United reach an agreement on transfer. Feelings are positive as Man Utd got the deal done soon. 🔴 #MUFC
Feyenoord would receive €15m plus €2m in add-ons, more than OL’s proposal.
Tyrell Malacia is 22 years old (16/08/1999) and he is 173 cm tall. Tyrell Malacia prefers to play with his left foot. His jersey number is 5.
Tyrell Malacia statistics and career statistics, live SofaScore ratings, Heatmap and goal video highlights may be available on SofaScore for some of Tyrell Malacia and Man utd matches. Tyrell Malacia previous match for Feyenoord was against Roma in UEFA Europa Conference League, and the match ended with result 1 – 0. (Roma won the match and Tyrell Malacia received a 7.7 SofaScore rating).
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Catch him if you can 💨
Tyrell Malacia scores his first senior goal for Feyenoord! 👏 pic.twitter.com/TFJH4rkON1
— GOAL (@goal) August 26, 2018
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Manchester United look to be closing in on their first signing of the summer after agreeing on a deal for Feyenoord left-back Tyrell Malacia.
Netherlands young defender Malacia came through the Feyenoord academy and has made another 135 appearances for the club since being handed his first-team debut in December 2017.
Sensational left-back Tyrell helped Feyenoord reach the UEFA Europa Conference League final in 2021-22 and was later named in the competition’s Team of the Season.
YouTube Video: Tyrell Malacia Defensive Skills, Passes & Dribbles highlights
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Tyrell Malacia’s style of play
What are Tyrell Malacia’s strengths?
Man Utd left-back Tyrell Malacia is a top-end athlete that is capable of covering the entire left flank, end-to-end, with high speed and intensity. He’s a strong one-v-one defensive star like Frenkie de Jong as well, and he also has the potential to become a very good attacking full-back.
Malacia has good vision to switch play and play box to box, and he is not afraid to go for goal; his aggression is something lacking from most of Man Utd current crop of left-backs)
What are Tyrell Malacia’s weaknesses?
Malacia’s main weakness is his positioning in transition, which has a lot of room to improve. Similarly, Tyrell Malacia;s positioning in attacking phases is frustrating as he seems to lack extra creativity in the positions he takes up.
Tyrell Malacia vs luke Shaw Stats: 2021/2022 season
SportsFila compares Tyrell Malacia’s Eredivisie stats from 2021-22 to the corresponding Premier League stats for Shaw, Telles and Williams
Goals
Tyrell Malacia – 1
Luke Shaw – 0
Alex Telles – 0
Brandon Williams – 0
Assists
Alex Telles – 4
Tyrell Malacia – 4
Luke Shaw – 3
Brandon Williams – 1
Shots per 90 minutes
Tyrell Malacia – 1.6
Alex Telles – 0.5
Luke Shaw – 0.3
Brandon Williams – 0.2
Club career of Man Utd star Tyrell Malacia
- Tyrell malacia fifa 22 rating: 85 PAC 56 SHO 66 PAS 78 DRI 76
- Tyrell malacia sofascore rating” 6.8
- Tyrell malacia transfer news: he is heading to Manchester United
- Tyrell malacia whoscored: https://www.whoscored.com/Players/345303/Show/Tyrell-Malacia
- Tyrell malacia style of play: he is an attacking full-back
- Tyrell malacia transfermarkt value: 17m euros ( https://www.transfermarkt.com/tyrell-malacia/leistungsdaten/spieler/339340
- Tyrell malacia man utd postion: left-back
- Tyrell malacia fbref info: Position: DF (FB, left) ▫ Footed: 90% Left*. 175cm, 69kg (5-8½, 152lb). Born: August 17, 1999 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Why Erik ten Hag is too Focused on Dutch Players to Rebuild Manchester United
Head coach Erik ten Hag is too focused on mainly Dutch players to Rebuild Manchester United. English Premier League club Man Utd are trying to sign Netherlands left-back Tyrell Malacia, Christian Eriksen, Frenkie De Jong, and Jurrien Timber.
Ten Hag is eager to sign players who will fit for his strategy, so it doesn’t matter if they’re Dutch, Brazilians, or maybe Africans as long as they are not overated English players namely Harry maguire, Jack Grealish, or Declan Rice,
Give ETH his respect to achieve what he intends to. Football was invented long before the premier league, and truly is a global game.
It’s actually pretty smart to buy some top players from the eredivisie or french league for instance, rather then overpriced englishmen from the premier league or la Liga. I think that was the whole problem the past few years. 15 million euros is an absolute bargain and no brainer for a 22 year old dutch international Malacia.
Manchester United managers love dutch players
Many Dutch managers have always signed dutch players. LVG and Cruyff did it at every club they were at. If the dutch players are good, they will perform. It’s true that it’s not a Strong League, but sometimes when a player struggles, it doesn’t always translate to the notion that it’s because they came from an Inferior league or that the Players are bad Players. Sometimes it’s about the system. According to ESPN’s Mark Ogden’s logic, Premier League Clubs should only sign players from La Liga because it’s on par with the Premier.
I don’t think Ogden has ever played football before.
Arsène Wenger had a lot of success with Dutch players over the years. It’s all about the system, Wenger’s Arsenal were soft, but they were a joy to watch, that was during a time when the prem was even more physical than it’s today. A lot of so called weak players have thrived under Pep’s system in recent years, David Silva as a perfect example.
Erik is interested in DUTCH league players like Antony and Malacia who are going to be receptive to his ideas, they are coachable .
More reasons why Ten Hag is concentrating on Dutch (league) players
Frenkie de Jong is a no brainer, he is the most important player in the Dutch team and he has the athleticism and engine to cope with the PL. I think the dynamics and spaces of the PL might actually suit him better than the more static game in Spain and at Barca in particular. He is nothing like Donny, I never understood that they paid so much for him.
Malacia is a talented player and he has the tenacity that a lot of players from Holland lack. At the price that is quoted, I can understand them going for that.
Timber is a great talent, but he needs one or two years to be ready for the absolute top tier that ManU aspire.. Martinez is a good player, but he is short and not lightning fast. how he would cope with the intensity and power of PL strikers? He had a good last season, but the season before, Ten Hag hardly played him at Ajax. Anthony Matheus is a fun player to watch but i am not sure about his overall effectiveness. I guess you could compare him to Raphinha, but at least Raphinha has been in the PL already.
Mr. Bombaz disagrees with Mark Ogden very much especially on players coming from Dutch League. They’ve struggled with the physicality in the beginning. Nevermind the Van Persie’s and many more Dutch greats that graced the PL, Ji Sung Park like Donny is, was getting knocked off the ball all the time, but then transformed after over a year struggling in the League , he became a player trusted in the hardest games. Every Manager taps into their expertise and that’s one of their own, they would have better Intel and understanding of players from their home countries or former leagues where they saw these players more.
Summary of Why Erik ten Hag is too Focused on Dutch Players to Rebuild Manchester United
In fact, top ballers come from all the Leagues in Europe and the World to showcase their credentials on the World Stage through the PL. Let’s wait and see. LUKE Shaw will be a back up to Malacia in 18 months.
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