I'm sure he's already brilliant, as is Maguire. But De Ligt is at that stage of his career, as has been proven in the match against England recently and at some stage In the CL, he has a mistake in him. He won't be as reliable as people think.
Matthijs de Ligt / signs for Juventus, lowering their average age to 56
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I don't think you can argue that he's top 3.
I’d laugh if he failed his test
Though again I see no Juventus stuff there
Though again I see no Juventus stuff there
Except for the big J's on the wall
Obviously at Juan Mata’s house. Weird that we do our medicals there now.
Apt as it may be, have you asked almighty Google?
I thought it was Jessie’s place
Football fans, what a bunch of morons with gold fish memory. He took away Pobga from them with still unknown how much money went to Juve exactly. Now he got them MDL with clause of 150mil. in 3 years, basically he already is set to move on from them before even kicking a ball and they chanting his name, you couldnt make this shit up.
Nah, I'd expect Jessie's place to have huge posters of him and Rashford on the walls. Maybe a few logos of JLingz celebration and some shady lighting
Absolutely embarrassing from those fans.
150m in 3 years... so double the buying price... count me in! 150m for a defender -- sure, thank you much.
Weren't you guys enjoying his antics when he was throwing chairs in Dortmund's meeting room?
Gold fish memory right? and when he got you Pogba and Zlatan?It totally would. A huge painting of him shirtless, JLingz pants, chains riding a tiger...
At this rate 150mil for defender will be like paying now 80, hope i am wrong offc. Dunno who those guys were, i wasnt one of them, said from first moment that it might be funny at the time but our time will come when we gonna call him a cnut.150m in 3 years... so double the buying price... count me in! 150m for a defender -- sure, thank you much.
Weren't you guys enjoying his antics when he was throwing chairs in Dortmund's meeting room?
So you can drop being offended act, i said football fans are dumb sobs and i am one of them.
Edit: Oh and cheering name of agent is next level of moronic for few reasons.
I totally agree on this. It looks so stupid.
So, aged just 19, Del Ligt has given up on his career and moved to a 5th tier league full of relics from the past.
At least he will have those 3 Serie A titles to hold closely.
At least he will have those 3 Serie A titles to hold closely.
You dont believe Juve is one of the favourites for CL next season?
I wasn't being serious but to answer your question no.
An outside bet, sure, but Juve seem to have a curse on them when it comes to the Champions League. Maybe it's the severe lack on domestic competition, something which hampers a number of sides in Europe? I'm not sure.
Heard rumors that a few years ago Manchester United scouts mistook De Ligt's agent for his father.Absolutely embarrassing from those fans.
I know, isn't it? What kind of a fanbase cheers on an agent? What are they going to be saying a couple of years from now when he's leaving for Barsa or Real for a better payday? Have they forgotten that this is the man that helped Pogba leave Juventus for us?Absolutely embarrassing from those fans.
Baffling priorities. I haven't seen that happen in neither England or Spain. I cannot imagine it happening in Germany either. If I'm wrong, someone please enlighten me.
Van Dijk, Koulibaly and Varane are all better than him at this stage. Of course, he's only 19 so there's no doubt that he has the potential to be better than them.
Varane??
You haven't watched him play football in the slightest since the World Cup have you?Sergio Ramos is twice the player.
Overall player, yes. Not defender.Varane??
Sergio Ramos is twice the player.
There no hard feelings against the man who brokered the deals of Nedved, Zlatan and Pogba to Juve. The latter two were sold for a profit since they personally wanted to leave whereas Nedved is still at the club as director. Why should Juve fans hate him after also bringing De Ligt? United’s current problems with Pogba are due to the club’s underwhelming results since he joined, not Raiola.
When your thing as a club is to develop players and move them on (not willingly but no option) there is a benefit to being reasonable with your demands when it is time for them to leave because a key point of your model is being able to attract talent in the first place that can be developed. A talent is less likely to tie themselves to a (mid to lower tier) club if that club has a reputation of making it difficult to leave.
Why cheer an agent? Do you get it? I don't? I cannot imagine United fans ever cheering on an agent like that.
Relax. They are having spontaneous fun, not making him a club legend.
Players come and go but the big man has always deals for Juventus. He always brings WC players to Turin. Plus it is not his fault that his clients wanna change clubs it is their choice. We love him since Nedved days.
Yeah, and a few others. He won't even be the best CB at Juve. I have no doubt that if he avoids injury, he'll be the best of the lot, but I don't think he's currently better than Maguire.
If you don't think he's better than Maguire then you haven't seen enough of one or both of them, it's not even close. And I rate Maguire.
These are actually United fans that snuck in. They're chanting 'meano' - basically saying he's really mean for not making de ligt come to old Trafford.
It certainly is. These teams aren't really tested week in week out
Most would have De Ligt in their top 5 defender list, and most wouldn’t even have Maguire in their top 10 list. For most, there are some distance apart from the two players. Anyway, you are entitled to your own opinion.
Then most top 5 lists would be wrong.
Right everyone is clueless and you know your stuffs. As I’ve said, you are entitled to your own opinion. De Ligt has won Dutch player of the year, Squad of season in CL, team of the tournament in national league, Squad of season in Europa league and Golden Boy within the last 2 years. He is more highly regarded and rated by majority, that’s all I am saying.
In the premier league there are at least 2 better than him currently, same with La Liga and Serie A. That's a minimum of 6 ahead of him. I still think he's too rash and prone to mistakes to be considered a truly world class CB. Still think he will go on to be one of, if not THE best in the world, but he's a while off yet.
You can say he is young and hence not totally proven. But fact is he has been among the best in every competitions he has involved so far in his career, at all levels. You can’t really fault him just because he is young, unless he failed.
Not sure if serious. There's a chance he will bench Bonucci. Maguire is not close to being at that level.
It's not the lack of domestic competition. This "curse" is from way back, when serie a was the best league in the world
Serie A being “weak” is such a tired moniker, maybe 6-8 years ago, but it surely doesn’t apply now.
Juventus winning 8 scudetto in a row speaks more to their quality than the leagues. They’d easily compete for the PL title year in year out, Napoli would be a consistent CL team if they played in the PL, and Inter would be top 6.
Great move for both parties.
Juventus winning 8 scudetto in a row speaks more to their quality than the leagues. They’d easily compete for the PL title year in year out, Napoli would be a consistent CL team if they played in the PL, and Inter would be top 6.
Great move for both parties.
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