Matthijs de Ligt (95 Viewers)

[Dominic]

Take it with a grain of salt. Theres been a dutch De Ligt does not fit in italy narrative from day one.

 

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[Mark]

and too think Romagnoli will probably be his replacement.

 

[U Picciriddu]

We should do everything to keep him in the team. I don’t expect us to give up on him so easy, although he weighs heavy in the books. This guy is something else and will be one of the best defenders of the ‘20s

 

[Jäger]

Take it with a grain of salt. Theres been a dutch De Ligt does not fit in italy narrative from day one.

This is the first of such explicit rhetoric coming from his own agent's mouth. I think this time he's defo a goner

 

[duranfj]

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Time to extend Rugani

 

[Turk_Bianconero]

i posted this a few weeks ago. it already became reality.

we should not delay rebuilding of squad anymore. a few years ago we had de ligt, demiral and romero. next year, there is a possibility of starting the new season with bonucci, chiellini, rugani and romagnoli. something went wrong here.

 

[Ronn]

I was worried he sees out his contract. At least we can get some money for him.

 

[Fellas]

Would happen sooner or later, was expected since day 1.

Now lets see how much we get paid, and who we get instead. This is the big question mark.

 

[Cerval]

If we were good he maybe might have stayed. But the club isn't even ashamed to be the opposite of ambitious. Covid hit hard, mismanagement hit harder.

 

[Akshen]

It's probably the best time to sell in the next summer. We won't be able to sign new contract with him since he will demand 15m+ probably. Get around 100 m now and we are okay. We have to rebuild for this money, with good transfers it's possible.

 

[Luca]

It's probably the best time to sell in the next summer. We won't be able to sign new contract with him since he will demand 15m+ probably. Get around 100 m now and we are okay. We have to rebuild for this money, with good transfers it's possible.

It is a shame though, since it is another position to fill in a summer that already looks make or break for the club’s immediate future. Even if we do get a premium for him, it isn’t going to make filling positions any easier as clubs will simply raise their own asking price. As someone said earlier, it sucks badly to have gone from him and Romero to this situation.

I really like De Ligt both as a player and for his temperament in personality. Though he’ll clearly be one of the best defenders for most of the 20’s, I do often ask myself whether it was wise that we went all out for him considering he was always likely to move on. And to be honest, looking at the way we play and our squad- I can’t blame him for wanting to jump ship now rather than living though a rebuild.

 

[MikeM]

Should have been given the armband a year ago. Oh well, at least we will get some money I guess.

We still have Bonucci and Chiellini so we should be fine.

 

[Turk_Bianconero]

we can send him to U23 now. since he declared his intention to leave and season is already lost, we have no reason to play him anymore.

 

[Espectro]

I just really hope management don’t accept less than what the contract says just to “help” Raiola

 

[Bianco2nero]

For 150 million he can leave yes.

Get back Romero and Demiral.. And buy another extra cb with some experience.

 

[IlCapitano]

He was always bound to leave.

Get at least the price we paid for him back, I don't think we're getting 100m, let alone his release clause.

Get Bremer, Hickey, Svanberg, and Zaniolo for that money. Fill out the squad with young hungry players.

 

[DAiDEViL]

For 150 million he can leave yes.

Get back Romero and Demiral.. And buy another extra cb with some experience.

Wouldn't want back Demiral.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

He was always bound to leave.

Get at least the price we paid for him back, I don't think we're getting 100m, let alone his release clause.

Get Bremer, Hickey, Svanberg, and Zaniolo for that money. Fill out the squad with young hungry players.

We would have been able to keep him if we built a competitive team imo

 

[IlCapitano]

We would have been able to keep him if we built a competitive team imo

No chance imo. We had a super competitive team with Pogba and he left. We had maybe the best team in the world back in the day and only Nedved's loyalty stopped him from leaving.

I don't blame Raiola like a lot of people, I think it's mutual between the agent and player. Players are not idiots, you don't hire Raiola if you don't want to move around a lot. De Ligt strikes me as a Ronaldo type - want to experience multiple leagues and multiple teams. He will move from us to Chelsea IMO and then to Barca a few years from then.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

No chance imo. We had a super competitive team with Pogba and he left. We had maybe the best team in the world back in the day and only Nedved's loyalty stopped him from leaving.

I don't blame Raiola like a lot of people, I think it's mutual between the agent and player. Players are not idiots, you don't hire Raiola if you don't want to move around a lot. De Ligt strikes me as a Ronaldo type - want to experience multiple leagues and multiple teams. He will move from us to Chelsea IMO and then to Barca a few years from then.

MDL and Pogba are different people. Pogba is into glamour and off the pitch stuff. MDL is all about the football and will probably want to play where he can have the most success.

Yeah maybe he would've left eventually anyway even if we were a top tier team but being in the crap state we are now is probably accelerating that.

I blame our management. Now lets see what they can do with the funds from his sale.