Few had religion in Luuk de Jong when he arrived at Barcelona. Even fewer believed within the player after the club decided to sack his first manager, Ronald Koeman, and changed him with Xavi Hernandez.
However, the striker has received the agree with of his supervisor and Xavi even circled him in advance of Memphis Depay in Barca's remaining fit in opposition to Real Sociedad.
"With Ronald Koeman, I had to reveal my pleasant everyday in schooling. In my opinion, when you don't perform nicely in education, you don't need to play in the fits. Not a good deal has changed for me individually seeing that Koeman left. I have to keep doing the identical. He knows who I am and how I play", stated De Jong on 'NOS'.
The forward confessed that he needed to "display him that I should assist this superb club". "I had to reveal my satisfactory to him from the primary moment and what I ought to offer to the team, what I can do on this extraordinary membership. In brief, that I am able to assist the team", he added.
"When I arrived here, I knew that I had come to certainly one of the largest clubs inside the international. Despite this, I turned into surprised with the aid of the best of the players and the way without problems things grew to become out. With this exceptional and tough work, we will form a strong organization", he highlighted.
De Jong turned into questioned on how he nearly left to Cadiz in January, and he replied: "Personally, I always knew that I could stop my first season at Barca. I moved to Barca, so I didn't want to go anywhere else after just a few months".
