Matthijs de Ligt

[SPL]

Now confirmed we wanted 75m up front but Juve tried to make it up with add ons but Ajax stayed firm and said 75m guaranteed up front and Juve gave in.

[Orange14]

de Ligt landed in Turin for his physical tomorrow. Various Juventus websites have pictures. Apparently, de LIgt insisted on a buy out clause that can be triggered after two seasons and goes up by €10M/season after that. I have not seen what the buy out clause is.

Anyway, he did some great work at Ajax and got the team to within five seconds of a Champions League final. We will always have that to remember.

[Amol]

Genuinely sad to see him leave. Will be more difficult to replace him IMO than with Eiting replacing Frenkie.

[Manneken Pis]

Interesting article on why (apart from the money) he chose Juventus here:

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foo ... 09486.html

[Ayman]

Genuinely sad to see him leave. Will be more difficult to replace him IMO than with Eiting replacing Frenkie.

Apparently, Schuurs is taking a leaf out of Tadic's book, he has bulked up a bit, working extra hard, in other words, seizing the moment to get up in the pecking order for de Ligt's position, despite the imminent arrival of Alvares

[SPL]

Officially gone for 75m euros. A sad day having seen him develop and enjoyed him so much.A great talent and have we ever produced a better CD from our fantastic academy.

All the best Matthijs and thanks especially for 2018/19 when the whole football world suddenly was talking and falling in love with this special and magical club.

[boro'ajax34]

not a great start for matthijs at juve, own goal ten mins into debut!, juve did run out winners on penalties thou.

[WP_Legend]

meh... its a friendly and it wasnt a major blunder...

[Amol]

Think about the positives - if he does horribly at Juve, we can buy him for a cut-price deal of 35 million