Matthijs de Ligt Refuses to Join Barcelona

Matthijs de Ligt

DBasia.news –  The rejuvenation of Barcelona’s squad will be done this summer despite winning the LaLiga title. The Blaugrana failed to present the Champions League and Copa del Rey titles. At least 10 players will be sold by the club.

Not only will sell players, but Barca is also called to bring in some new names, after successfully winning the hunt for Frenkie De Jong, the Blaugrana also wants to bring in his teammate, Matthijs de Ligt.

Barca also seemed to take seriously to bring De Ligt to the Camp Nou, even the club president, Josep Maria Bartomeu also had time to visit Amsterdam to convince the player about this transfer.

Although he had several times signaled that he was interested in joining Barcelona, ​​now according to Football Espana’s report, De Ligt was reported to have rejected an offer that had been submitted by the club which was now being trained by Ernesto Valverde.

De Ligt’s performance in the 2018/19 season is indeed consistent, he has always been the first choice in defense and appeared in 55 matches with a collection of seven goals and four assists. He also successfully led Ajax to win the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup as well as qualifying for the Champions League semifinals.

If he failed to join Barcelona, De Ligt did not seem to have any trouble finding a new club, because Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Manchester United were ready to fight for his signature.

Finally, Juve, represented by Pavel Nedved, is also reported to have held a meeting with Mino Raiola as De Ligt’s agent to discuss the 19-year-old’s move to Turin.