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Virgil van Dijk comments a blow for Tottenham’s Matthijs de Ligt hopes

Mathew Nash

Thu 15 November 2018 8:45, UK

Tot🌜tenham Hotspur are believed to be conducting a hunt for a new central defender. With doubts growing over the future of Toby Alderw🐟eireld and Jan Vertonghen, a long-term replacement is being sought.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Spurs have been linked with a swoop on Ajax as a result. 🐠The club have done good business with the Dutch giants befor꧅e, including with current centre-backs Vertonghen and Davinson Sanchez.

Ajax have a supreme yo൩ung defensive option in Matthijs de Ligt. The 19-year-old is playing way beyond his young age. The teenager already has 11 caps for the Netherlands, over 50 games for the Ajax first-team and is already the Dutch side’s captain.

When playing for Holland he tends to play alongside Virgil van Dijk. Liverpool’s is forming a strong bon🍎d with the teenager and this week suggꦉested Liverpool will undoubtedly be interested in the player.

“A good defender, good boy, calm, k🥃nows what he wants and hopefully he makes the rꦫight choice in his next step.”

“He will be on th♊e list because they have enough scouts at the club.

“If th🌊ey need my opinion 🦹at Liverpool, I’ll give it.”

Tottenham already knew that signing the Ajax man would be hard. De Ligt has been valued at €50 mill𓆉ion (♊£43.6 million) by Barcelona,♕whilst Juventus and M😼anchester City have also been linked.

But if💎 Liverpool come knocking, then Van Dijk will undoubtedly be a major help in an attempt to secure a permanent transfer. The chance to form a club and country defensive unit would be hard to reject and difficult for Tottenham to better.