messi football kit kids That is because De Ligt, who is being linked with sides across Europe, is considered to be a ready-made leader with the potential to get even better at just 19 years of age.
Former City midfielder Hamann told the Racing Post: “It’s incredible to think that City spent more than ￡150m on Nicolas Otamendi, John Stones and Aymeric Laporte and not one of them has been the player Vincent Kompany is – and he cost around ￡8m.
“City have got a huge hole to fill after Kompany’s exit and to my mind there’s only one candidate – Matthijs de Ligt.
“There are those who say he is too young but I don’t buy into that. Sometimes you just come across a freak and that’s what De Ligt is – a 19-year-old who is built like a 25-year-old and plays like a 30-year-old.
“He has led Ajax into some of football’s cauldrons messi junior football shirts this season and is an absolute born leader. He is the man who can carry Kompany’s baton forward.”