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Matthijs De Ligt became the undisputed leader of Juventus defense. Fixed point of the present and the future, in a few years Raiola sees him as Juventus captain but Pirlo was ahead of the times: “He’s already 21.” The band, then, is optional. Because the Dutchman screams and makes himself heard with his teammates, he leads the defense with the experience of a thirty-year-old and the joy of a child. Always safe, almost no intervention is missed. His qualitative leap is the photograph of a generation change that is taking place in the defense of Juve: via Chiellini and Bonucci – yes, sooner or later it will happen – within him and Demiral.
THE DIFFERENCE – The card says that he was born in 99, a player who could remain at high levels at Juve for at least another ten years. Last year he closed the gladiator season playing the last matches due to a shoulder problem, during the summer break he underwent an operation and was forced to miss the first months of 2020/21 to recover from the operation. Pirlo couldn’t wait to hug him to place him in the center of defense, the priority was to put him on the field when he had recovered 100% to avoid unpleasant surprises. Without him, the team has conceded goals in seven of the nine games; He has just returned, at home to Cagliari, 2-0 dry and Buffon’s clean sheet. He was also on the pitch on that magical night at the Camp Nou: he was one of the best on the pitch, managing to block Leo Messi more than once. MARKET – Even before the transfer to Turin, De Ligt has always been on the mind of Barcelona. The Catalans had followed him since the days of Ajax and also asked Paratici during the continuous contacts to close the Arthur-Pjanic exchange. Barça does not lose sight of him and in the summer of 2022 a termination clause will be activated, but the club knows that the player’s will is to stay at Juventus for a long time: in Italy the boy is happy and for Juve he is untouchable. With all due respect to Barcelona.
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