They can though. They can spin the story and say EV and Co. travelled all the way to Amsterdam last minute and convinced him of the exciting sports project at Barca and because of them, de Ligt made his final decision and will join Barca. Sounds familiar? Exact same thing happened with De Jong.
Exactly.
And then we heard, funny story about Neymar crying to go back to Barcelona on Whatsapp and how it changed his decision. Or that PSG offered him and his girlfriend 3 buildings (things they have not even offered to Neymar or Mbappé according to Football Leaks).