After underwhelming spells at Juventus and Bayern Munich, can former Ajax wonderkid Matthijs de Ligt finally click at Manchester United?
At the age of 25, the Netherlands defender is with his fourth major European club havingTwo and a half years in the Ajax team after coming through the academy, three years at Juventus and two at Bayern - with each transfer fee smaller than the last.
He went on to win one Serie A title and one Coppa Italia in 117 appearances but the move was mixed for him and, just three years into a five-year deal, heHe played 73 games for the German club and won one Bundesliga title, but again failed to make the impact he was expected to and was left on the Netherlands bench at Euro 2024.
The Frenchman is out for three months with a broken foot suffered during the pre-season tour of the United States. Veteran Jonny Evans is the other centre-back option, with Swede Victor Lindelof likely to leave the club.De Ligt was a man in huge demand when he left Ajax in 2019 - but now Bayern were happy to let him go even though summer signing Hiroki Ito has broken his foot.
"Chiellini did get injured quite early but flaws in De Ligt’s game around his positional sense with the ball at his feet, and also tracking opponents, were exposed in what is a technical league. Stone continued: "He played a lot of games for Bayern but at a time when they went on the same kind of slide as Juventus, almost losing the title in 2023 to Borussia Dortmund and then actually doing it last season.
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