The Dutch centre-back will star in the Champions League semi-finals with Bayern Munich
Despite the complicated season experienced together with Bayern Monaco in a Bundesliga dominated and won by Leverkusen, Matthijs de Ligt he dreams big in view of the double European event. The Bavarian team, in fact, will face the Champions League semi-final Real Madrid: a unique opportunity to save and make memorable a so far unsuccessful season.
Among the great protagonists of the double match against real Madridthe ex will be on the field Juventus. The Dutch centre-back is one of the starters in Thomas’ team Tuchel and tomorrow evening they will have to defend to the best of their ability in the first leg at the Allianz Arena. The defender will return to play in a semi-final five years later, when withAjax he touched the enterprise ruined by the Tottenham.
Right on the Dutch club’s website, de Ligt recalled that incredible ride: “I always miss Ajax! I grew up with those guys who were on the team. In total I played 10 years here, so it’s normal that I miss all those people I met. Obviously I still follow Ajax. They’re not going through their best moment and it’s not nice, but I always follow them and I’m happy when they win. We had beaten Bayern, Real Madrid, Juve… Nobody could stop us. On April 16th De Jong and Blind sent me videos of that European season 5 years ago and it gave me shivers“.
Transfer market, de Ligt promises return to Ajax
Raised in the youth sector ofAjax, before landing permanently in the first team, on the club’s official channels de Ligt he announced that he wants to return to wearing those colors one day.
This is the ex’s admission Juventus: “Every now and then I think about it and I believe it will happen. I played for three years in the first team, a relatively short period, I thought it could last longer. But the situation turned out to be different than we thought. If I had the opportunity to return to Ajax, I would like to do it. There’s no way to know, but anything can happen. If I had to decide today, I would like it. Does this also apply to De Jong? I guess so.”
