Fight for Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt down to two teams – report

Matthijs de Ligt

The Netherlands international, who scored in his country's 3-1 Nations League semi-final win over England on Thursday, has attracted the interest of Manchester United and Liverpool in the Premier League.

However, according to Radio Montecarlo, the champions of Spain and France are the only viable candidates who could sign the 19-year-old.

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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.