Ajax have confirmed the signing of SC Heerenveen’s American-born Dutch defender Kik Pierie, who will join the club on July 1.
Pierie was born in Boston, Massachusetts while his father - former Dutch field hockey player Jean-Pierre Pieirie - was a professor at Harvard Medical School.
The centre-back is just 18 but he has already made 67 appearances for Heerenveen's first-team and rumours of a move to a bigger club emerged quickly.
The deal will see the teenage starlet remain at the club until June 2024, but will raise immediate question marks about the future of current centre-back star Matthijs de Ligt.
As is confirmed by ESPN and Sky Sport Italia, De Ligt is set for a move to Barcelona alongside his team-mate De Jong.
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DeepHack
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Barcelona is going to Final if you know what I mean 😂🔥
Ayonava Dey
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Barca B already have a lot of great potential players.. What is club going to do with them?? Cardona, Cucurella & Palencia are on loan & doing great job for their team..
DoggyDog-oDawg
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Sell umtiti but only buy De Ligt if he is cool with rotation. There must be heavy cycling between Pique, Lengelet and De Ligt because they are all natural starters