De Jong on Nouri's signal: When I asked if I should join Barcelona, he raised his eyebrow Barcelona A touching story

Ajax suffered a real scare and blow when on July 8, 2017, Abdelhak Nouri - one of their most promising young players - collapsed during a friendly against Werder Bremen.

Days later it was revealed that he had suffered serious and permanent brain damage.

A year on he started to improve and had come out of his coma, though his progress was and still is gradual.

One of the more heart-warming stories of Nouri's progress has come from Frenkie de Jong, his former teammate.

"I sat down with him and his mother came in," De Jong said, recounting the story of them reaching a decision of who he should leave Ajax for.

"Then she asked, 'Appie, where should Frenkie go? To Barcelona?'

"As soon as she said that, his eyebrow shot up. It was a special moment."