Ajax: Juve want De Ligt

By Football Italia staff

Ajax have confirmed that Juventus are interested in signing teenage defender Matthijs de Ligt.

De Ligt has been heavily linked with Juve for some time and Edwin van der Sar, a former Bianconeri goalkeeper who now works as Ajax’s general manager, confessed his old club were after the 19-year-old.

“Will De Ligt go to Juventus? I can say that there’s only one team in Italy who want him, but I don’t know if he’ll go to Juventus…” he told Rai Sport.

The Dutchman became the youngest-ever player to captain a team in the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday evening against Real Madrid.

Juve sporting director Fabio Paratici was also reportedly in the stands at the Johan Cruyff Arena to watch De Ligt, who has also been linked with Barcelona.

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