On Thursday evening, the perfect Pep Guardiola midfielder put on a masterclass to inspire his side to victory in a crucial European fixture.
Of course, he wasn't actually playing for Manchester City. Yet if history had taken a different turn, he quite easily could have been.
City and Guardiola were keen admirers of Frenkie de Jong in the teenager's breakout 2018/19 season, when he played a starring role in a remarkable young Ajax side reaching the Champions League semi-finals.
