When Matthijs de Ligt arrived at Bayern Munich in the summertime of 2022, there was an important exception positioned upon the Dutch defender.
Regardless of having didn’t make an enduring impression in Serie A with Juventus, there was undoubtedly nonetheless a major quantity of expertise and potential within the former Ajax centre-back, and rapidly, he made a reputation for himself on the Allianz Enviornment.
Whereas accidents would maintain de Ligt again for brief lengths, for almost all of his time in Bavaria, when he was match, he began each week, turning into the one common and dependable characteristic in Bayern’s backline.
Nonetheless, regardless of this, in the summertime, when it got here to offloading one in every of their key defenders, Der Rekordmeister elected to push de Ligt out of the door in a €45 million transfer to the Premier League.
In a call that annoyed many Bayern followers, talking upon why he’s pleased at Previous Trafford after the Netherlands’s victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina, it grew to become clear that it was additionally a call that upset de Ligt, as he fired a shot in the direction of the Bundesliga:
“As a result of I keep within the highlight… the Premier League has extra spectators, the Bundesliga much less.”
However, it seems as if this transfer was the best choice for all events, as Bayern had been in a position to offload one in every of their sellable belongings, whereas de Ligt can proceed to play common soccer at one in every of European soccer’s most recognisable golf equipment.
However whether or not the document champions will reside to remorse promoting arguably their finest defender is but to be seen.
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