Ronald de Boer has advised in-demand Ajax wonderkid Matthijs de Ligt to join Manchester City, Liverpool or Tottenham this summer.
The Ajax captain, 19, has been linked with a £75million summer move to Europe’s top clubs, including Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.
He has starred throughout Ajax’s unexpected charge to the Champions League semi-finals and is expected to leave the Dutch champions at the end of the season.
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Remarkably, De Ligt is already Ajax captain despite his youth
De Boer, assistant manager of Ajax A1, insists De Ligt could ‘easily’ play in the Premier League.
He told talkSPORT: “For me, a 19-year-old boy, captain of Ajax, he’s the guy who is next to [Virgil] van Dijk in the [Dutch] national team.
“He’s so strong, determined to be a winner, unbelievable. You can see it in front of the camera, his interviews, I’ve never seen it from a 19-year-old boy.
“For me, he can play in every team, if he goes to a defending or attacking team. He’s so good.
“He can easily come to the Premier League – he can choose any team in the world.â€
De Ligt’s Ajax and Netherlands team-mate Frenkie de Jong will officially complete a £65million move to Barcelona on July 1.
But De Boer believes De Ligt is currently better than De Jong and will adapt to a higher level of football much more easily.
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He added: “Frenkie de Jong went for €75million and that can go up to €85million at Barcelona.
“But in my opinion, De Ligt is further in his qualities and is more ready to make that step than Frenkie de Jong.
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“For De Ligt, it’s up to him what he wants to do. He has to look for a team that plays attacking football and has time on the ball.
“For me [he can go to] Barcelona, Manchester City, Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, these teams I would advise him to go there.
“But I mean all the other teams, even Tottenham, they’re great teams to play for.”
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