Barcelona are pulling out all the stops as they try to convince Matthijs de Ligt to join them this summer.
The Ajax defender is thought to be on his way to Juventus, with the Nou Camp club priced out of a potential move by the wages on offer from them and Paris Saint-Germain.
But, according to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona have not given up on De Ligt and have sent Gerard Pique to speak to him.
De Ligt is on holiday with his girlfriend in the Bahamas ahead of a final decision on which club he will join.
Pique, who is also in the area with girlfriend Shakira, has been asked to speak to the Holland international.
De Ligt could partner up with Pique in central defence if he does make the move to the Spanish giants.
However, there have also been suggestions that Cristiano Ronaldo has been talking to the 19-year-old about moving to Turin.
The forward supposedly told him he would be welcome at the Italian champions when Portugal faced Holland in the Nations League final.
Italian outlet Tuttosport also suggested on their front page that his switch to the Allianz Stadium was a done deal on Wednesday.
It is not thought that De Ligt has penned a contract with any club as of yet.
Voecenprtu
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the last tym pique talk to a player we ended up losing the player
Aritra©Best
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Top 4 Transfer rumors of 2018 ; 1. De Ligt is closer to joining Barcelona. 2. De Ligt is closer to joining Manchester United. 3. De Ligt is closer to joing PSG. 4. De Ligt is closer to joing Juventus.
Kingsoccer31
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De ligt a young man who is being bossed around by his agent he needs actual defenders to orientate him and tell him the pros and cons of de ligt manages to listen to other expirienced defenders he will be the greatest defender in football history which is why he should move to a club who offers him more growth so he should move to Fcb barcelona and let pique be his teacher
SwapnanilR
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Once Pique said that, after his retirement he wants to be the President of FC Barcelona. He also admitted that he's business minded. I hope he can successfully do this business !!
Just_E
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Yeah send Piqué. I heard he’s a great part time agent [Crylaugh]
jonbdkosy
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I think Barcelona president and his team have totally destroyed La masia I can't imagine for 4 years Academy can't produce any prolific striker and now they are having sleepless night on signing De ligt
fiycdopuyz
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de light shouldn't go to barca.As a young player especially he needs a team where the coach is the boss and not where a player is the boss.Messi choses who to play with and killing somany young talents. in the leadership era of puyol xavi and iniesta barca hasn't lost young talents like now under messi as captain