Juventus released the expensive defender they had in the transfer market this summer. Mathijs de Ligt moves to Bayern Munich. The Dutch defender moved to the Bundesliga champions for 67 million euros with various additional clauses. It was quite surprising that Juve actually released De Ligt. When he recruited him, Mathijs de Ligt was only 19 years old when he was signed from Ajax for 75 million euros. A very fantastic price for the size of a young player, especially as a defender.
It seems that Juventus are looking to invest, buying young players who are expected to be their main backbone in the next few years. Moreover, the two champions of the back line, Giorgio Chelini and Leonardo Bonucci who are very old. Real Madrid did the same thing when they bought Vinicius Jr at an exorbitant price. Vini Jr did not immediately become the main squad at Madrid. Recently, as his maturity has increased, Vini Jr has started more and more often at Madrid and even in the Champions League final yesterday he scored the only goal against Liverpool which gave Madrid their fourteenth Champions League title.
Three seasons De Ligt played at Juventus with a total of 117 appearances and scored 8 goals. It’s not special, but it’s good enough. As a young player who is only 22 years old, his potential for development is still very large. It’s a bit surprising that while in the process of maturity, de Ligt was even released to another team. The transfer process itself is not easy because Juve want a price of 100 million euros. But with various efforts Bayern finally managed to bring de Ligt. That said, de Ligt himself expressed his desire to play at Bayern Munich.
Yes, if the player himself has stated that he wants to move, it seems that Juve should let him go, the only problem is the price. After all, it seems that Juve still need money because, as we all know, Serie A teams are not in a very good financial position. Whatever it is, it is clear that Juventus have finally lost Matthijs de Ligt. But Juve certainly did not stay silent, De Ligt left, there were still other defenders who could be recruited to fill the position of center back for the Old Lady.
And it didn’t take long for Juventus to announce their new recruits at the back. He is Gleison Bremer, a 25-year-old Brazilian player who plays for their neighboring club, Torino. Gleison Bremer Silva Nascimento is the full name of this new Juventus defender. It is said that his father gave the name Bremer because he was inspired by Andreas Brehme, a German defender from the 80’s and 90’s who successfully brought Germany to the 1990 World Cup champion, who is also a former Inter Milan player.
Bremer last season played very well in Serie A. No kidding, Bremer is the player who won the award as the best defender in Serie A last season. Many clubs want his services. The Milan duo who last year won first and second in Serie A also want it. Inter Milan is said to be one step away from getting Bremer, but Juve poked around the corner and finally got Bremer.
And, here we go, a deal of 41 million euros and Bremer was officially wearing the white and black Juventus costume. The advantage for Juve of course, Bremer does not need much to adapt to Serie A. Bremer has been playing in Serie A with Torino since 2018 and has made rapid progress in the past year.
If what is used as a benchmark is the award for the best defender given by Serie A to Bremer, it can be concluded that Bremer is not inferior in class to De Ligt. Even if the benchmark is Bremer’s assessment, it’s better, wong De Ligt last season also played in Serie A.
In fact, he no longer needs to adapt to the city of Turin because he has been in Turin with Juve’s city rivals, Torino. Yes, the difference is that Torino is a mediocre club in Italy, let alone Europe, in contrast to Juventus as the highest collector of Serie A titles of all time and one of the big teams in Europe, although they often fail in the Champions League. But at least they have won the Champions League twice.
This year also Juve will compete in the Champions League. This may be what Bremer has to prepare because with Torinio he has been stuck playing in Serie A and the Coppa Italia. For Bremer, playing at Juventus will definitely make him more calculated and if he regularly gets playing minutes and performs well, he may later get a chance to be included in the Brazil national team squad at this year’s World Cup.
At the center of the Brazilian national team, there are currently three big names: Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Marquinhos (PSG) and Eder Militao (Real Madrid). It is still very possible for Bremer to enter the main squad.
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