{"id":780455,"date":"2026-07-23T19:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/780455\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:57:10","slug":"no-need-for-surgery-frenkie-de-jong-hits-back-as-barcelona-star-reveals-truth-about-his-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/780455\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No need for surgery\u2019 &#8211; Frenkie de Jong hits back as Barcelona star reveals truth about his knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">De Jong returned from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barcablaugranes.com\/barcelona-team-news\/126575\/barcelona-fear-the-worst-after-frenkie-de-jong-suffers-knee-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup with the issue<\/a> which has led to plenty of talk and criticism from the media about how he played through the pain barrier for the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The midfielder has now hit back and shared his side of the story, making it clear he does not require surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cNormally, I don\u2019t pay much attention to what is being written about me, the team or the club. But recently, there\u2019s been a lot of speculation about my injury and my situation at Barca,\u201d he posted on Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIt\u2019s difficult for me to see people questioning my relationship and commitment to the club because of false reports. Football is everything to me, and I have always given everything I have for FC Barcelona and my country. That is why I want to share what happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201dDuring the World Cup, I got injured on my knee. After the first assessments, the doctors told me it was a small injury and that it wouldn\u2019t get worse if I continued playing. The only challenge was playing with some pain, but throughout my career I have done that whenever I could contribute to the team, both for my club and my country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201dIn my holiday, I returned to Barcelona for further examinations. These showed that the injury was more serious than initially determined. Thankfully, at this stage there is no need for surgery, an I am now fully focused on my recovery and returning to the pitch as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201dEvery day, I work to be in the best possible shape. I take my profession, my body and my responsibility to the team extremely seriously. But somtimes there are things you cannot control, and this injury is one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201dPlaying for Barca and Oranje is something I feel incredibly proud of, and my commitment to both will never change. I will continue to give everything for this badge, for my team-mates and our fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201dThere are still many moments to create and goals we want to achieve together. Thank you all for your support. I can\u2019t wait to be back. Visca Barca Sempre.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"De Jong returned from the World Cup with the issue which has led to plenty of talk and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":780456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[1480,1481,403,99],"class_list":["post-780455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-barcelona-la-liga","tag-barcelona-team-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/780456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=780455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=780455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}