
Barcelona’s “beating heart” stays after last-minute intervention by the boss.
Just as the storm of a shocking foreign offer threatened to rip Frenkie de Jong from Barcelona’s core, Hansi Flick stepped in and shut the door. The German tactician, fresh off a double-winning debut season, personally called De Jong to reaffirm his indispensability to the club’s vision. The urgency spiked after a mysterious club—offering…