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Juventus centre-back Matthijs De Ligt has been compared to a Rembrandt painting by his agent Mino Raiola.
The Dutchman is in his debut season at Juve after his summer move from Ajax for £67.5 million.
Still only 20, De Ligt took a few months to settle in Turin, but he has been excellent recently and was on the scoresheet in Juve's 3-0 win over Fiorentina on Sunday that kept them at the top of Serie A:
As far as Raiola is concerned, De Ligt is worthy of comparison to a masterpiece by his compatriot Rembrandt, while the Italian-born agent also provided an artistic equivalent for one of his other clients, Paul Pogba, per Belgian outlet Sport Voetbal Magazine (h/t Football Italia):
"Paul Pogba is like a Basquiat painting.