The competition to sign Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt grows by the minute. Barcelona will not have it easy as they attempt to bring in the young Ajax centre-back. Real Madrid have now joined the list of hopefuls, according to the show 'El Larguero' on la SER.
De Ligt will be one of the stars of the knockout tie in the Champions League round of 16 between Ajax and Madrid next year. Half of Europe's big clubs want to sign the Dutch international, who will have a big shop window to show off his quality.
Barça have made him their No.1 centre-back target for the summer. They also want his teammate, midfielder Frenkie de Jong.
Madrid, according to the reports, will not give up easily and are ready to battle for De Ligt. They have good reports on the Ajax man.
De Ligt has numerous offers on the table already, although Juventus are thought to be the favourites to land him as things stand.
Cooper5
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Matthijs de Ligt: 🔴89 games & 9 goals for Ajax 🇳🇱13 caps for Dutch NT ©️Ajax' captain ✅youngest debutant for Holland since 1945 ✅youngest player to ever start a European Final ✅second-youngest goalscorer in Ajax’ history 🥇Golden Boy Generational talen
Lorenlous
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real madrid needs to stop buying “promising youngsters” and need to fix this shitty team. building for the future is good, but with the bunch of morons we have right now we won’t make it past the end of the week.
balcony
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🇳🇱 Matthijs De Ligt’s career so far aged 19: 👶 AFCAjax debut aged 17. ⚽️ First professional goal aged 17. 💪 Eredivisie debut aged 17. 👨✈️ Youngest ever captain in Dutch football aged 17. 🔴 AFCAjax captain aged 18. 🏆 2018 Golden Boy winner aged 19. 👏 What a talent.