Barca Interested in Young defender Ajax Amsterdam

DBasia.news – Currently, in the defensive line, Barcelona have Thomas Vermaelen, Samuel Umtiti, and Clement Lenglet. But none of them could replace Gerard Pique.

Hence, Barca are eyeing the young defender of Ajax Amsterdam, Matthijs de Ligt, who has similar characteristics as Pique.

No wonder if Barca put De Ligt as Pique’s successor candidate due to his ideal profile to play at Camp Nou.

Especially he was still 19 and already becomes the captain of Ajax with 9 caps for the Netherlands national team.

Just like Pique, De Light also has a tall posture with 1,88 meter and really strong in air duel, also reliable to score the goal from a dead ball. He also can read the game well and combines it with his physical strength to duel with the opponents.

 

Gerard Pique

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In his 19, he is experienced and already played in Ajax main squad since he was 17. The player who was born in Leiderdorp, August 12, 1999, is worth 50 million euro.

Juventus, Tottenham Hotspur, and Manchester United are three other European clubs who want to recruit De Ligt. Barca need to work extra miles to recruit him, considering how difficult it was to get his teammate in Ajax, Frenkie de Jong.

“It’s good to see your name linked to this type of club but, I insist, at the moment I have not heard anything about this,” De Ligt said responding to the interest from European clubs.