Matthijs de Ligt Gives Indication of Joining Barcelona

DBasia.news –  Matthijs de Ligt’s future looks even brighter. The Ajax Amsterdam defender and captain gave an indication of his desire to play again with Frenkie de Jong.

Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie De Jong are the mainstays of Ajax Amsterdam this season. Both players were the key behind Ajax’s success in reaching the Eredivisie title and a surprise through the Champions League semifinals.

At present, Frenkie De Jong is already a Barcelona player. The Dutch national team midfielder came with a dowry of 75 million euros in the winter of 2018. De Jong will join Lionel Messi and mates at the start of next season.

Besides De Jong, Barcelona is rumored to be bringing in Matthijs de Ligt. Barcelona consideres De Ligt to be a successor to Gerard Pique who has begun to age.

In the midst of an increasingly large transfer issue, De Ligt opened the opportunity to play with De Jong again next season. According to De Ligt, De Jong deserves to be a Barcelona player.

“I think he has a friendly season. He deserves to join Barcelona,” De Ligt said about De Jong’s move to Barcelona.

“Playing with him there? It would be really nice playing with De Jong at the same club. However, at the moment I don’t know what will happen,” continued the captain.

Besides Barcelona, ​​Matthijs de Ligt is also the target of Manchester City, Manchester United and Juventus. According to the agent, Matthijs de Ligt is more likely to go to LaLiga or the Premier League.