Monday, May 16, 2022 at 11:54 PM• Jeroen van Poppel • Last update: 00:10

Matthijs de Ligt is about to sign a new contract with Juventus, reported Sky Italy and Fabrizio Romano. The 22-year-old defender was fully associated with a departure, but will extend his contract by two years until June 2026. De Ligt has been groomed in recent years as the successor of Giorgio Chiellini, who said goodbye to Lazio (2-2) on Monday. from Juventus.

Negotiations are currently underway between Juventus and De Ligt’s agent, a deputy for the recently deceased Mino Raiola. A full agreement has not yet been reached, but both sides expect to come to an agreement anyway. De Ligt was already the highest-paid Juventus player after Cristiano Ronaldo left and will of course continue to improve.

With his decision, De Ligt immediately puts an end to the many rumors about his person. The Spanish journalist Oriol Domènech recently assured that the the Dutch international was seriously in the picture with Erik ten Hag, who will start at Manchester Untied on 1 July. In English media, De Ligt was also mentioned as the successor to Antonio Rüdiger, who is leaving Chelsea on a free transfer.

Juventus will certainly speak in negotiations with De Ligt about his escape clause, which was enforced by Raiola three years ago. As a result, the former Ajax player, who raised his youth club 75 million euros, could change clubs for 120 million euros from this summer. De Ligt is now ahead of 116 official duels la Vecchia Signoraone less than he played for Ajax.