Matthijs Of Ligt is one of the signings that the FC Barcelona studies of face to the next season, since it embodies the virtues that has to have a defence in the Barcelona club: exit of the balloon, tactical perception, physical power... It is accustomed to play in the Ajax of Ámsterdam, a team with an idea of football resembled the one who practises in the Camp Nou, what would facilitate his adaptation.
The problem arrives in economic terms, since the Ajax will ask a lot of money by his traspaso -speaks of 75 million euros- and the wage offered to the player also will have to be important. All this puts him the things complicated to the FC Barcelona, and more if it takes like reference the economic capacity of other clubs interested.
One of them is the Bayern of Munich that is planning a total renewal of the central axis of his defence. The idea of the Bavarian group, according to informations of international press, would be to sell to Jerome Boateng and to Mats Hummels to bring to two new reinforcements. One of them would be Of Ligt and the another Lucas Hernández, of the Athletic of Madrid.
In total, the Bayern would spend some 170 millions in the operation, of which between 75 and 80 would go allocated to the purchase of Of Ligt. The FC Barcelona would have it very complicated to equalise the offer, since the cost in the last seasons has been big and the aims prioritarios in the market are in the left side and the forward.
The Barcelona does not lose of sight to Of Ligt
The fact that the Bayern of Munich can pay a lot of money by Matthijs of Ligt can frustrate the interest of the FC Barcelona by him. Anyway, in the Camp Nou will follow attentive to the young head office of the Ajax. Recently, Josep Maria Bartomeu, president of the Catalan entity, ensured that there is a follow-up.
"To Of Ligt follow it from does time. It is true that it is a player that likes a lot, but the Barça also has other important footballers in the staff", ensured the maximum mandator of the Barcelona club, recognising that the Barcelona follows closely to Of Ligt, but that for now there are not open negotiations neither with the player neither with the Ajax.