Former Barcelona star Ronald de Boer insists Frenkie de Jong can be happy with his first season in Spain.

De Jong arrived at Barca last summer from Ajax.

De Boer told Barcablog: "I think De Jong has adapted well to Barça, look (Matthijs) De Ligt at Juventus…

"Playing so much for a young player in his first year is something exceptional. People say that he has not reached the level he reached at Ajax and the Netherlands, but there are not many who can play in a team as strong as Barcelona and I think he worked well."

De Boer then went onto De Jong's former Ajax teammate De Ligt.

"He had more problems at Juventus. I had hoped that De Ligt would adapt much more easily and start immediately. Instead the opposite happened. That's why I think De Jong did well in his first season at Barcelona."