Matthijs de Ligt and his girlfriend AnneKee “have fallen in love with Turin and Italy” and would gladly stay at Juventus for “five or ten years”, according to AnneKee’s father Keye.
Much was expected of the young Netherlands defender when Juve beat the likes of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain to his €75 million (£68m/$84m) signing from Ajax last summer.
However, things haven’t always gone to plan for the 20-year-old, who even found himself on the bench at times during a difficult debut campaign for the Bianconeri.