Juventus star Matthijs de Ligt drops hint on future and responds to Manchester United transfer links

Matthijs de Ligt has responded to reports linking him with a transfer to Manchester United.

De Ligt emerged at Ajax under the tutelage of Erik ten Hag and he played a key role in the Dutch giants reaching the semi final of the 2018/19 Champions League. De Ligt signed for Juventus in the summer of 2019 following that brilliant campaign.

The centre-back's move to Turin, however, has coincided with Juventus' decline. De Ligt won the Scudetto in his first season at Juventus, but the Italian giants have now gone two seasons without winning the league title, finishing fourth for consecutive years.

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That has thrown De Ligt's future at the club into doubt and he was asked whether he could leave Juventus this weekend. Now the Dutchman has responded to a question about a move to United by admitting that he looks at the 'sporting project' of clubs.

“There are ongoing conversations between me and Juventus," De Ligt told NOS.

"Right now I am focused on how I perform on the pitch, once the right moment arrives I will decide to extend or to look further.

“I look at the sporting project. Ending fourth in a row for two years in a row is not good enough, Juventus knows this too. So being Juventus, we have to make steps. I’m a Juventus player so I’m focused on that."

De Ligt's contract at Juventus expires in the summer of 2024.

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