Barcelona did everything possible to get De Jong to leave this past summer but he had signed a long-term contract and felt wonderfully at home, even though Louis van Gaal judged that he had to play regularly to keep his place in the national team. The muscle injury he suffered in a Nations League game with Poland proved otherwise, with Van Gaal now anxious he would be fit for the World Cup...
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