MADRID AND BAYERN WERE ALSO ABLE TO SIGN HIM
The reason why Barça could not 'steal' the 'new De Ligt' from Juventus
Published:23/10/2023 - 22:35h
Updated:24/10/2023 - 18:24h
FC Barcelona showed interest in signing Dean Donny Huijsen, a great Juventus promise of Dutch and Spanish nationality. However, the defender decided to extend his contract with the 'Vecchia Signora', thus rejecting the interest of Barça, as well as teams such as Madrid and Bayern
The defender of 18 years, Dean Donny Huijsen, lived a special day with the Juventus of Turín the past Sunday. After going through the inferior divisions of the 'Vecchia Signora', where arrived in 2021 pertinent of the Málaga, had the opportunity to debut with the first team 'bianconeri' in the clash against the AC Milan, contesting a total of 12 minutes.
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Dean Huijsen ce l'aveva scritto in fronte 🧠🤍🖤 pic.twitter.com/3xi26qxhfq
The trainer of the cast turinés, Massimiliano Allegri, the one who gave him the opportunity to debut, andlogió the special skills of the Dutch and stood out his potential to turn into a big player. This was a favourable definition to explain why the defender also called the attention of clubs like the FC Barcelona, the Bayern Munich and the Real Madrid, those who, according to reports of 'Calcium Mercato', tried ficharlo. However, the Juventus kept firm and attained to extend the agreement of the player.
The Juventus has a big project of central defender in Huijsen
Huijsen, the one who already is an usual in the juvenile selections of the Low Countries, with more than 16 parties contested (11 in the Sub-17, four in the Sub-18 and one in the Sub-19) has been compared with his compatriot Matthijs of Ligt. It stands out by his imponente physical, with a height of 1.95 metres, what allows him be a threat in the aerial game and mark goals. Besides, it is skillful with both profiles and has a good exit of balloon from the defence.
The defender has attained to stand out in the inferior categories of the Juventus, contesting more than 65 parties in which it has annotated 18 goals and offered two assistances. In spite of having debuted recently with the first team of the 'Vecchia Signora', from the beginning of the season 2023/2024 has kept like one of the usual players in the team, being summoned in all the days, except in the third and fourth, in which it was in the bench of acting.
