In January, we covered a report from Mundo Deportivo, who claimed that Manchester City are ‘betting very hard’ on Matthijs de Ligt of Ajax.
Last month, another Catalan newspaper Sport reported that City interest in the Netherlands international causes the ‘price to skyrocket’.
Journalist Oriol Domènech spoke about the defender on TV3 and his comments have been relayed in today’s edition of AS.
It’s claimed the 19-year-old could make a switch to Barcelona in the summer, but competition from other clubs could be an issue. Ajax have set the asking price at €70m for the centre-back.
The report does not provide an update on the possibility of the aforementioned clubs making a bid for De Ligt.
Should any or all of these clubs look to make an approach for the Dutchman, then Domènech claims Barcelona will not be able to handle an auction.
