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Messi, De Jong & De Ligt all together: Barcelona will be scary next season

At the end of Willem II's Eredivisie loss to Ajax earlier this month, Pol Llonch asked Matthijs de Ligt if the defender would be joining Barcelona at the end of the season.

According to the midfielder, the teenage centre-half replied, "I hope so."

The rest of Europe will be hoping De Ligt does not end up at Camp Nou, though, as the idea of Barcelona being bolstered by not one but two Ajax stars is positively terrifying for all of their opponents.

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The Blaugrana, of course, have already snapped up Frenkie de Jong for €75 million (£65m/$84m), with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu admitting that they had been forced to move fast in order to secure the services of one of the most promising and versatile young midfielders in Europe.