Ajax prodigy Matthijs de Ligt entered the football record books this week, after captaining his side in the last 16 first-leg knockout stage against Real Madrid.
De Ligt took the armband in March 2018 following injury to previous skipper Joel Veltman, and in doing so became the youngest ever captain in Ajax history.
As the Dutch giants made the elimination stage of European football's biggest competition, De Ligt walked out at the Johan Cruyff area and surpassed a record set by Cesc Fabregas to become the youngest ever to captain a side in the knockout round.
Fabregas initially set the new record back in 2009, when he was handed the reins at Arsenal and took the armband to face Roma.
De Ligt has now clocked a new record, at 19 years and 186 days old, in what is likely to be his final season as an Ajax player.
The Holland international has quickly become one of the most in-demand players in world football, despite his tender years, and will have a host of clubs queuing up to sign him in the summer.
Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea have all been linked with the 19-year-old, along with Juventus and Barcelona.
Barca have already swooped in Amsterdam to acquire the services of Frenkie de Jong for next season, though are not averse to going back in for De Ligt.
Speaking candidly in a recent interview, Barca president Josep Bartomeu admitted the versatile centre-half is very much on club radar.
'We have followed De Ligt for a while,' Bartomeu said. 'It's true he's a player we like, but Barca also have other important players in the squad.
'We will look at more things from March or April. We're delighted to watch him play and admire him, but there's nothing more at the moment.'
Despite a strong performance, De Ligt's leadership was not enough to take Ajax to victory against Madrid in the Dutch capital.
Goals from Karim Benzema and Marco Asensio wrapped up a slender victory for the visitors, as Hakim Ziyech's return strike kept Ajax hopes alive heading into the second leg with the score poised at 2-1.
JamesKwoffie
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I don't know if Ajax really have a future! it may be like, they train young ones for the market not their team...they are use to selling out their youngsters catching public attention... well as a juventus die hard fan, I wish to see him in juventus.
Longlife2000
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If de ligt happens to join De jong in barca those two guys will be explosives i enjoyed watching the game yesterday despite the loss they impressed me so much the match wasn't boring like some of the match we have been playing recently