DBasia.news – The former Juventus coach, Marcello Lippi, gave praise to Ajax Amsterdam defender who was becoming a hot commodity in the player’s transfer market, Matthijs de Ligt.
Not talking about the possibility of De Ligt’s transfer to Juventus, Lippi only described the reasons why the Dutch central defender was selling well for European clubs. The Ajax Amsterdam player has always been the talk of Europe.
A mature game, even though he is only 19 years old, reading skill, being able to score goals from dead ball situations, tough in aerial duels, as well as discipline in maintaining his zone, was the best power of De Ligt.
All the advantages are not perfect as he can still continue to develop. In fact, Lippi believes De Ligt at his age, has the ability to exceed legendary Italian defenders such as: Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Fabio Cannavaro, and Franco Baresi
“From Nesta to Baresi, from Maldini to (Ciro) Ferrara, from Cannavaro to (Marco) Materazzi, I have seen so many great defenders, but have never seen this (De Ligt) at that age,” said Lippi to Tuttosport.
Lippi also praised De Ligt as a type of defender who can be a differentiator for the club he reinforced, “Yes, he (De Ligt) can be a differentiator,” he continued. Not many defenders can do so.
At present, the type of defender that can be a differentiator for his team are very few, such as: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), and Thiago Silva (PSG).
Some time ago, another famous Italian coach, Fabio Capello, also praised the quality of De Ligt. According to him, Juventus are almost certain to win the Serie A again if they succeed in recruiting De Ligt from Ajax this summer.