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Why Barcelona vs. Man United is the Frenkie de Jong game

It's a question that's been asked so often since the summer transfer window, but at least this time Frenkie de Jong's girlfriend, Mikky Kiemeney, had an answer.

After a summer of speculation about De Jong possibly moving to Manchester United, she was asked during an Instagram Q&A, "When's Frenkie coming to Manchester?" Her tongue-in-cheek answer -- "23-2, I guess" -- was a reference to Barcelona's Europa League tie with United, which kicks off at Camp Nou on Thursday before the return leg at Old Trafford on Feb. 23.

Despite the best efforts of United and manager Erik ten Hag last summer, De Jong will be playing for Barcelona, although they haven't given up hope of seeing the Dutch midfielder wearing red in the future.