Matthijs de Ligt

Zidane82

Well-known member
de Ligt is the type of personality that we currently lack in our defence, he is a true born leader and shows actions instead of crying.
I still remember the video Puyol is putting Pique on his place at the Bernabeu when Pique found a lighter on the pitch.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_hN-HkoBf0[/youtube]

This kind of spirit we are truly missing in all the players like Pique, Busquets, Messi, Suarez & Rakitic who should be our leaders.
Am convinced with Puyol on the pitch last week, we would not have conceived at least 2 of the 4 goals.
He would keep his head up high, and fighting spirit up, which we are lacking for the last 5 years (except 2015).

I believe de Ligt can be the true successor of Puyol in terms of leadership, that's the reason we need him.

Can’t view the links but I saw De Ligt screaming and waving wildly at his teammates against Spurs ...
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
I think De Ligt could genuinely be considering his options, particularly if he has received better offers from other clubs. Unlike De Jong who is a Barca fan and has wanted to join for a while, De Ligt is not, so playing time and money will matter more to him when weighing which club to join than they were to De Jong.
 

Andresito

Senior Member
Staff member
If de Ligt somehow becomes the new Puyol it'll take years. You can't come in as a 19 year old in a WC club and become a leader everyone looks up to.
What we might lack today is not going to be fixed by signing de Ligt.

It took a while even for ter Stegen to get the respect he deserves. Not only is a great personality needed, but also great performances on the pitch.
 

BBZ8800

Senior Member
https://www.sport-english.com/en/news/barca/barca-digging-in-over-de-ligt-contract-offer-7457324

Oh-oh, not looking good if true. Too bad De Ligt lets the Fat Rat run his life and is getting so greedy. I like what the club is doing, being firm and not offering more than the terms that we offered to De Jong. De Ligt is a fool if he thinks he deserves to be paid more than De Jong.

A random thought: when Rabiot has asked for similar things, everyone here talked bad about him and his cancerous mother.
And: we don't want him anywhere near our club.

When De Light is doing the same, replies are: let's hope that we will sign him in the end.

Btw. this guy is asking higher wages than Rabiot and De Jong.
Plus, Rabiot was coming for free.

De Ligt asked for a promised playing time.
When Rabiot did the same, he was a spoiled brat.

Fun times.
 
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khaled_a_d

Senior Member
https://www.sport-english.com/en/news/barca/barca-digging-in-over-de-ligt-contract-offer-7457324

Oh-oh, not looking good if true. Too bad De Ligt lets the Fat Rat run his life and is getting so greedy. I like what the club is doing, being firm and not offering more than the terms that we offered to De Jong. De Ligt is a fool if he thinks he deserves to be paid more than De Jong.

It looks absolutely great.
He shouldn't be paid more than FDJ by any mean, if he has the nerves to ask that then move on. He is a luxury signing anyway
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
A random thought: when Rabiot has asked for similar things, everyone here talked bad about him and his cancerous mother.
And: we don't want him anywhere near our club.

When De Light is doing the same, replies are: let's hope that we will sign him in the end.

Btw. this guy is asking higher wages than Rabiot and De Jong.
Plus, Rabiot was coming for free.

De Ligt asked for a promised playing time.
When Rabiot did the same, he was a spoiled brat.

Fun times.

Sure the double standard and hypocrisy exist, because most people here value De Ligt but not Rabiot. Also because Rabiot has a bad track record, De Ligt does not.

Like I said De Ligt will be a fool if he think he deserves to be paid more than De Jong and if we miss out on him because he chooses more money, there is nothing we can do and I am not too upset about it.
 
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Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
It looks absolutely great.
He shouldn't be paid more than FDJ by any mean, if he has the nerves to ask that then move on. He is a luxury signing anyway

I think our agreed transfer fee with Ajax is around 80m, perhaps we should start approaching Leipzig over Konate and Upamecano soon.
 

Campos

New member
He speaks like an almost retired veteran.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="nl"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Captain's speech! ♥️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nummer34?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nummer34</a> <a href="https://t.co/Iw1URL3I49">pic.twitter.com/Iw1URL3I49</a></p>— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) <a href="https://twitter.com/AFCAjax/status/1129047714984091648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">16 mei 2019</a></blockquote>
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19 years old folks

Imagine him yelling at Messi. Will Messi even listen ? :messi:
 
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jairzinho

Senior Member
Won't be surprised if he chooses Liverpool over us.

klopp has a good project there right now, they are easily one of the best clubs in the world atm.

If they can get Deligt and other players they could be favourites for both EPL and CL next season.

Meanwhile we're stuck in reverse with Valgreen.

Everything depends on Messi, as usual.
 

FC433

New member
^LFC would not be able to afford his wages. His fee should not be a problem but a 19 CB getting paid more than almost all of their players would not be a wise decision just yet. All that said, I think he may really end up there, hopefully, I am wrong though.
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
The clubs that are interested in him, and have reportedly given better offers was one of Bayern, PSG or Juventus, according to both MD and Sport. However, Van Der Sar did mention England being one of the potential destinations for De Ligt so it could very well be Liverpool. Also you can never rule out City, with their money and Guardiola allure.
 

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