Dutch Players Before Matthijs de Ligt at Juventus

  DBasia.news –  Juventus have managed to secure Dutch defender, Matthijs de Ligt, from Ajax Amsterdam. Reportedly, Juventus recruited him for 75 million euros.

Juventus believes that Matthijs de Ligt has the potential to become one of the best defenders in the world. As at this time, De Ligt had appeared promising at Ajax Amsterdam and the Dutch national team.

Juventus won competition with Manchester United, Barcelona, ​​Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City. Reportedly, the Bianconeri were superior as they wanted to enter the release clause in the contract.

Previously, in fact Juventus rarely recruited players from the Netherlands. La Vecchia Signora often chose players from Italy, especially in the position as a defender.

However, there are some Dutch players who have worn the Juventus uniforms. How was their career? Here are three of them:

Eljero Elijah

Eljero Elia came to Juventus at the end of August 2011. At that time, La Vecchia Signora spent 9 million euros to give to Hamburger Sv.

However, in his inaugural season, Elijah did not get the chance to appear as he hoped. The 32-year-old player has only appeared in five matches throughout the season.

Not surprisingly, Juventus only retained the player for one season. As the following year, Elijah headed for Werder Bremen with a 5.5 million euro dowry. Nevertheless, Elijah won the 2011-2012 Serie A title.

Edwin van der Sar

Juventus did not need to spend a dime when bringing Edwin van der Sar from Ajax Amsterdam in the 1999-2000 season. At that time, Van der Sar was predicted as one of the goalkeeper with the best talent.

In his debut season, Van der Sar gained enough minutes to play. He appeared in 46 matches by carving 22 clean sheets.

In the following season, Van der Sar was again believed to be the main goalkeeper. The goalkeeper played 34 matches in Serie A by recording 17 clean sheets.

Van der Sar’s story with Juventus was stopped after Fulham submitted a bid of 10.3 million euros in early August 2001. Unfortunately, the man who is now a top Ajax Amsterdam official has never won any titles with the Bianconeri.

Edgar Davids

Edgar Davids has been in and out of Juventus. The famous player who likes to wear glasses first defended La Vecchia Signora in the 1997-1998 season after leaving AC Milan.

Edgar Davids lasted a while at Juventus and left six seasons later. At that time, Davids headed for Barcelona on loan.

In the end, Edgar Davids’s career at Juventus was over when he headed for Inter Milan, beginning in July 2004. During his defense for Juventus, the man who is now the Dutch U-20 national team coach appeared in 235 matches with a collection of 10 goals plus six assists.

From the side of the title, the player who has an above average physical abilities won two Serie A titles in the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 seasons.