Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag clearly thinks very highly of Barcelona star Frenkie de Jong and this was shown yet again by his comments surrounding Fred's performance on Thursday night.
The Red Devils spent the entirety of last summer trying to pry De Jong away from the Camp Nou to no avail, but it was evident how much admiration Ten Hag has for his former Ajax ace when United hosted Barcelona at Old Trafford. The two teams played out a 2-2 thriller in the first leg of their Europa League round-of-32 clash last week and the tie was evenly balanced ahead of the second leg.
United ran out 2-1 winners on their own patch to dump De Jong and Barcelona out of the competition, but Ten Hag's praise for Fred following the full-time whistle proves just what he thinks of the Dutch midfield maestro.
