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&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Matthijs de Ligt&lt;/strong&gt; has come full circle at Juventus. From being of a fan of the Old Lady as a youngster, to scoring an important Champions League goal against the Bianconeri, to now, finally, signing for the club. For him, it’s a dream come true to join the Italian Champions, while it’s also a dream realised for the fans, who have rejoiced in having one of Europe’s best centre-backs join the fray of top-class defenders at the club.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#34;The photo of me in a Juventus shirt was taken when I was about six or seven, at that time Fabio Cannavaro was a defender that I admired“, &lt;/em&gt;he revealed when asked about the image he posted of him as a youngster in the black and white jersey. &lt;em&gt;“I always had a good feeling about Juventus and I&amp;#39;ve always been a fan&#34;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#34;I&amp;#39;m 19, I can still improve and I want to do that. It&amp;#39;s important to work hard every day and to learn and I hope to become a better player,&#34;&lt;/em&gt; he added. &lt;em&gt;&#34;We want to win them all: this is the mentality of Juventus.&#34;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JOINING JUVENTUS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;em&gt;“I&amp;#39;m still young but I feel like I&amp;#39;ve got a lot of experience for a 19-year-old, that&amp;#39;s why I made this move to gain more experience and to learn from the players here. It&amp;#39;s a big step, my first outside of my home country. I was really honoured with how the Juventus fans welcomed me and I hope that I can give a lot back. I have to get used to a new sporting culture here and a new sporting environment and I hope that I can give my best&#34;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEFENCE STYLE OF THE GAME&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;em&gt;“I came here because Italy is one of the most traditional countries for defenders. Juventus is a great forwards step for me. In Holland there is a lot of building from the back and defending high up the pitch. Italy is more about zonal marking and defending together, I think that Juve can help me and I can help them. Ajax was a younger environment and here I hope that I can learn from great champions like Chiellini, Gianluigi Buffon, Cristiano and many others.&#34;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RONALDO’S INFLUENCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;em&gt;“After the Nations League final I was already sure that I wanted to join Juventus, but it was still a big compliment to have Cristiano Ronaldo ask me to join here but it didn&amp;#39;t make the difference.” &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A CHAT WITH MR SARRI&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;em&gt;&#34;I spoke to Sarri on the phone before coming just to get to know each other. He was one of the reasons that I wanted to join here, I&amp;#39;ve heard a lot of good things about him and I like his footballing philosophy and how he prepares his defence.&#34;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHOOSING HIS JERSEY NUMBER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;em&gt;“The number 4 for me has always been special, I wore it since the youth teams of Ajax. It has an important legacy here too at Juventus, so I hope to live up to this number&#34;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Photo Getty Images)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.juventus.com&#34;&gt;www.juventus.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Matthijs de Ligt has come full circle at Juventus. From being of a fan of the Old Lady as a youngster, to scoring an important Champions League goal against the Bianconeri, to now, finally, signing for the club. For him, it’s a dream come true to join the Italian Champions, while it’s also a dream realised for the fans, who have rejoiced in having one of Europe’s best centre-backs join the fray of top-class defenders at the club.

"The photo of me in a Juventus shirt was taken when I was about six or seven, at that time Fabio Cannavaro was a defender that I admired“, he revealed when asked about the image he posted of him as a youngster in the black and white jersey. “I always had a good feeling about Juventus and I&#39;ve always been a fan".

"I&#39;m 19, I can still improve and I want to do that. It&#39;s important to work hard every day and to learn and I hope to become a better player," he added. "We want to win them all: this is the mentality of Juventus."

JOINING JUVENTUS 
“I&#39;m still young but I feel like I&#39;ve got a lot of experience for a 19-year-old, that&#39;s why I made this move to gain more experience and to learn from the players here. It&#39;s a big step, my first outside of my home country. I was really honoured with how the Juventus fans welcomed me and I hope that I can give a lot back. I have to get used to a new sporting culture here and a new sporting environment and I hope that I can give my best".

DEFENCE STYLE OF THE GAME 
“I came here because Italy is one of the most traditional countries for defenders. Juventus is a great forwards step for me. In Holland there is a lot of building from the back and defending high up the pitch. Italy is more about zonal marking and defending together, I think that Juve can help me and I can help them. Ajax was a younger environment and here I hope that I can learn from great champions like Chiellini, Gianluigi Buffon, Cristiano and many others."

RONALDO’S INFLUENCE 
“After the Nations League final I was already sure that I wanted to join Juventus, but it was still a big compliment to have Cristiano Ronaldo ask me to join here but it didn&#39;t make the difference.” 

A CHAT WITH MR SARRI 
"I spoke to Sarri on the phone before coming just to get to know each other. He was one of the reasons that I wanted to join here, I&#39;ve heard a lot of good things about him and I like his footballing philosophy and how he prepares his defence."

CHOOSING HIS JERSEY NUMBER 
“The number 4 for me has always been special, I wore it since the youth teams of Ajax. It has an important legacy here too at Juventus, so I hope to live up to this number".

(Photo Getty Images)

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