Sorry guys, I mixed up the De Ligt and De Jong regarding Arie Haan's quote, my bad.
De Jong is not a Mourinho player, but Mourinho won't last forever. He is a Pochettino player, who some fans crave for, but I don't know what the management wants.
The thing about De Jong's hype is, it's different from the normal kind of hype about a young player, where the young player shows promising talent, but you don't know how it will mature. De Jong reminds me a bit about Nouri, as a player who breaks through relatively late at Ajax, because they are romantics, which made them and their inherent quality, but also means they need to make the step into the real top game. Unfortunately we won't see Nouri making that step, but we are seeing De Jong's. He was already brilliant, but the current hype is all about that he is making that step, as most recently been epitomised by his CL and international games, and that's why Barca, Real, PSG, Man City, Spurs (!) and Man Utd (allegedly, like all of them) are after him. It's about how he is maturing. Normally he's destined for Barca, but hey they're dreaming of De Jong and Pogba on midfield (a director and an enforcer), why would't Manchester United when they already got half of it. Some may question that combo, but the ceiling when it's complementary and it works...
