3 FC Barcelona Players Who Will Be Benefited From De Jong's arrival

#3: Lionel Messi

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It's been so many years since Barcelona have been having their game played around the magician, Lionel Messi. This has come with a lot of responsibilities for Argentinian maestro. With the likes of Xavi, Iniesta, and Neymar not with the Catalan giants, Messi has further been burdened with more responsibilities.

Nowadays, not only is he responsible for scoring the team's majority of the goals, but he has also become the chief creator of the goals. While he has been brilliant as usual with top goals and assists in the league, he is not getting younger anymore and his burden should be shared with more quality players around him.

Although he doesn't have to play on the right flank to create chances thanks to Dembele's sensational performances this season, he still has to drop really deep in the midfield to create goal scoring chances with players like Rakitic not contributing much to the attack. Due to this, at times, Suarez gets isolated up front.

De Jong, being a creative midfielder, can certainly ease off the responsibility of creating chances from Messi's shoulders and even link-up with him and forming an incredibly creative duo on the pitch. His statistics like 1.2 key passes per game, 1.7 dribbles per game and 1.1 shots per game also back him up.

Therefore, De Jong is a player who definitely has what it takes to ease the burden of the legendary Argentinian maestro.