Barcelona to trigger €120 million release clause of Manchester United target, Cristiano Ronaldo makes Juventus bid €85 million for top Barcelona target and more: Transfer Roundup, 4 June 2019

By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Jul 22, 2022 23:40 GMT

Barcelona are closer than ever to securing their biggest deal of the summer

Cristiano Ronaldo wants Matthijs De Ligt at Juventus

De Ligt shakes hands with Cristiano Ronaldo

Matthijs De Ligt's transfer saga could go on to be the biggest and the most outstretched one of this summer's transfer window. The sensational youngster has already been heavily linked with Barcelona and Manchester United and if the latest reports are anything to go by, Cristiano Ronaldo has urged Juventus to sign him up.

Mino Raiola is working behind the scenes trying to make sure his client gets the best deal in terms of money and his demands have put Barcelona off and put Manchester United in the driving seat as the Red Devils are willing to break the bank to get the deal over the line.

However, Juventus have the added advantage of UEFA Champions League football. The report further adds that the Old Lady has paid heed to Ronaldo's suggestion and tabled a whopping €85 million bid for the 19-year-old and this is the biggest sum that Ajax have been offered as yet.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

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