I bet he really regrets not joining Barca, hey Patrick Kluivert?
He has to stay with us for years and become our captain. An absolute colossus defensively and our backline looks so much more assured when he’s there owning motherfuckers left and right. Monster.
Sergio Ramos was very good very young, but he didn't have the maturity of De Ligt, and he moved around from central defender to right back in those early years. But we are talking about an elite category of central defenders.
I can just about remember Alessandro Nesta as a young defender, and he was exceptional. Captain of Lazio very young, led a great team in big domestic and European games. Again, absolute elite level company here.
Alessandro Nesta first come to mind when talk about early bloomer in CB position. Same things goes to Maldini and Ciro Ferrara but that thing happened before i was born so...