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Matthijs De Ligt 'still interested' in another club despite Barcelona link


Matthijs De Ligt is ‘still interested’ in another club amid talk of a summer switch from Ajax to Barcelona .

Ajax’s 19-year-old captain De Ligt has attracted the attention of clubs all over Europe during Ajax’s impressive run to within 90 minutes of the Champions League final.

And the centre-half has been linked with Manchester United , Liverpool and Arsenal as well as Barcelona and Juventus .

Reports have claimed Barcelona are in advanced talks over De Ligt, and that he will follow Ajax team-mate Frenkie de Jong to the Nou Camp.

But the defender is also keen on a move to Bayern Munich .

Matthijs de Ligt evades Danny Rose during Ajax’s 1-0 win at Tottenham

Sport Bild journalist Christian Falk, on his personal blog , says De Ligt is an admire of Bundesliga front runners Bayern Munich.

He claims Bayern are the only club De Ligt is interested in other than Barcelona – which is bad news for Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal as they look to strengthen their defences for next season.

However, Manchester United is the preferred destination for De Ligt’s agent Mino Raiola .

De Ligt has been one of the stars of Ajax’s Champions League campaign

That is because his agent has been made aware that he is likely to get paid much more in the Premier League than at Barcelona .

It appears Manchester United are prepared to pay whatever it takes to win the race for the defender, claim The Sun .

Meanwhile, he has been urged to join Liverpool by Ajax coach Ronald de Boer .

Mino Raiola is De Ligt’s agent

Speaking to TalkSport , the Ajax U19s assistant coach said: “For me, a 19-year-old, captain of Ajax, he is the guy who is also next to Virgil Van Dijk with the national team, I mean he is so strong. So determined to be a winner. Unbelievable.

“You see him in front of the cameras and his interviews, for me, a 19-year-old boy, I have never seen this before.

“He can play in every team. If he goes to an attacking team or a defending team he can play in every team because he is so good.

Frenkie de Jong is to join Barcelona this summer – will he be joined by De Ligt?

“He can easily come to the Premier League and play for every team in the world. Frenkie De Jong went for €75m and that can go up to €85m with Barcelona but in my opinion De Ligt is further in his qualities and more ready to make that step than Frenkie De Jong.”

Ajax lead Tottenham 1-0 in their Champions League semi-final ahead of the return leg in Amsterdam next Wednesday.

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