Barcelona are no closer to signing Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt than they were a month ago, according to a report.
De Ligt is a rumoured target for a number of European football's biggest clubs, including the likes of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Manchester United and Barca.
The Spanish champions are widely considered to be the leading candidates to sign the 19-year-old, but Mundo Deportivo suggests that the transfer no longer looks a near certainty, as it did just a few weeks ago.
Instead, De Ligt is now said to be seriously considering all the other options on the table and is in no rush to make a decision over his next career move.
Barca officials, led by general manager Eric Abidal, are rumoured to have met with the centre-back's representatives in Amsterdam last week, but the Catalan giants now fear a rival club hijacking the deal.
De Ligt has started 48 matches for Ajax in all competitions this season.
gamemasterutd
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Seens like De Ligt and Barca are running around the football pitch.
fredostar
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this Barcelona of late is becoming something else , failure in everything, not being able to sign right players . in fact they didn't know what they really want , Suarez is obese now , we need a new striker , in defense a back up for Alba , a replacement for pique , in the middle of the pitch we have young talented players like Alena, Puig, Oriol Busquets, Alex collado , Arthur , De Jong so now now need to sign another midfielder, the last thing is a coach who can blend this talented players to get the beat out of then and valverde is not that type of coach . if the board don't address this issue before next season , trust me next season too another humiliation in UCL await us .
Cube
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I'd prefer SACKING VALVERDE THAN SIGNING DE LEGIT ANYDAY.
UP_287
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It is the same story like De Jong. All are thinking that De jong will join PSG and he ended up in Barcelona now it's De Ligt time I'm sure that he'll ended up in Barcelona too. The main reason is that because his best friend De Jong is at barca and that thing may be lead De Ligt to Barcelona