Reported Liverpool target Matthijs de Ligt has decided his future, if rumours are believed.
Matthijs de Ligt got Liverpool fans very excited on Saturday.
The Ajax defender was quizzed on Liverpool’s reported interest and admitted to Omnisport that a move to Anfield ‘could happen’.
But 72 hours later, it seems like De Ligt has chosen somebody else, according to a report.
Spanish outlet Sport has reported that the 19-year-old – valued at around £70 million – has decided to join Barcelona this summer.
It goes on to claim that the Blaugrana are ‘increasingly convinced’ that he will wind up at Camp Nou.
The Sun reported last month that Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp would be in the market for a new central defender and could look at the Netherlands centre-back, who plays alongside Virgil van Dijk at international level.
The prospect of Reds fans seeing him and Van Dijk in the same defence was a delicious one, but it looks like it won’t happen.
Then again, nothing is ever for definite and if Klopp’s side go far in the Champions League, as well as win the Premier League, then maybe De Ligt wouldn’t be so quick to join the Catalans.
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