Eh, I’ll take him if he wants to come. Otherwise it’s just another player who doesn’t care about the club and will underperform.
Matthijs de Ligt / signs for Juventus, lowering their average age to 56
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Agreed. Unfortunately I can see him going to Barcelona or even Juventus.
Expect he wants more than sick pay.
Ya I already highlighted he probably has no interest regardless. Can’t even blame him.
Barca bound, don't even bother.
At a minimum we should be forcing Barca to overpay for him. You can't let them get him for 60-70m. Bid 90m and Ajax will tell Barca to match that offer or do one.
Looks basically nailed on to be the best CB in the world for the next 10 to 15 years. Whoever gets him is getting a bargain.
He's out of our league. Deserves to be at Madrid or Barcelona.
This. De Ligt and De Jong are both very special talents that don't come around very often. De Jong has already gone but for De Ligt you have to try absolutely everything you can.
Both will be worth double their value the following season, and it's probably the biggest need we have this summer as well.
Sadly, this is true. He's having a great game.
We should tell him that no one will really believe that he's going to be the best defender in the world unless he does well alongside Jones and young
He will move to Barcelona with Frenkie de Jong this summer. It makes too much sense due to the Cruff DNA of these 2 clubs.
Yeah go for him. Koulibaly will soon be another expensive mistake.
He’s signed for Barca hasn’t he?
No, not yet.
As if a club of our position could buy a guy like this.
Get real.
Get real.
Why would he go from being CL semi finalist to a team that is most likely going to play EL football next season, especially when Barca and Real also want him?!
Him and his fellow goal scorer, Van De Beek would be a dream come true for me.
Like feck he'd want to come to us if Barca are interested 
Barca have bought quite a few CBs lately and will have Umtiti back next season, so maybe won't be willing to spend 100m on him.
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Sulk or get beat. Show ambition to improve this mess
Because Manchester looks beautiful in Autumn.
If barca get him i think they will sell umtiti and the likes of arsenal will pounce on him.
A week or so an Ajax insider said pretty officially he was going to either Barca or City, didn't he?
They would sell Umtiti because of Lenglet not De Ligt.
Whatever, I mean he will replace him.
That's not how United does business. We have let guys like KdB, Sane etc. go without showing any ambition.
Barcelona won't be selling anyone if De Ligt joins us. Pique, Lenglet, Umtiti and De Ligt would all get playing time. Obviously Pique is getting older and would be getting less minutes, so until he retires all other CB's should stay
We havent a hope of signing him.
Its a downward spiral. And only right transfers can change things. Look at Liverpool.
Hell be banging down the door to get to united.
Make him an offer he cannot refuse.
there is a significant chance, bordering on certainty, that we will not be in the champions league next season. The idea he wants to play for a club in re-build mode, and europa league, is fanciful.
He will want to step up for medals, not play for a project.
He will want to step up for medals, not play for a project.
I think we can forget the likes of De Ligt and Sancho.
he plays like a KING.
The dutch are in love with Barcelona, I'm not holding my breath.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/apr/16/ajax-de-ligt-ajax-giantkillers-juventus
The Barca director here seems pretty confident this is already a done dealio.
The Barca director here seems pretty confident this is already a done dealio.
Might as well close the thread. Just depressing to read now... would be a perfect player for us, instead he's going to the team that just beat us 3-0.
You are thinking like a for-profit club whose main goal is to maximize shareholder value (United).
Barca are an elite sporting institution with the only goal of being the best on the pitch. Look at how they are gobbling up the world's best kids.
Need to go all out for him (and others). Sell Pogba put money towards a proper team player
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