Juventus were busy in the latest transfer window as they considered new men to add to their squad.
Matthijs de Ligt surprised them by asking them to leave, and they wanted to download it almost immediately.
The Dutchman eventually joined Bayern Munich in a big-money deal, but the Germans weren’t the only club wanting to sign him.
Most of Europe’s elite teams have been looking for him for some time, and he had the luxury of choosing one of them.
The defender was also the subject of serious transfer interest from Chelsea.
A new report on Calciomercato reveals that they were so interested in signing him that they offered the Bianconeri a swap deal involving N’Golo Kante going the other way.
However, Juve rejected the offer as they did not believe the offer made sense considering Kante is not as valuable as the defender.
Juve FC says
It was a smart move to turn down the offer because Kante has become injury prone.
The decision to sell De Ligt to Bayern was better. At least it helped us make more money from its sale.
His departure covered up the signing of Gleison Bremer and others.
Hopefully, Bremer would be as good or even better than De Ligt in the long run.
