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By Shambhu Ajith

Modified Dec 13, 2018 13:23 GMT

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Barcelona and Juventus to battle it out for Matthijs De Ligt and Adrien Rabiot

Barcelona and Juventus seem to be eyeing the same prospects. Calcio Mercato (via Rai Sport) claims that Barca will have to fight off competition from the Bianconeri if they're looking to sign Ajax youngster Matthijs De Ligt and Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Adrien Rabiot.

Ajax will not let go of De Ligt for cheap and are reportedly asking for €50 million. Rabiot, meanwhile, is reportedly open to joining Barcelona on a free transfer at the end of the season as his current contract at the Parisian club runs out next year.

The report adds that Juve are leading the race to sign De Ligt and underscores it by claiming that the youngster had travelled to Turin with his agent Mino Raiola in the summer.

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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.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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