Juventus director Maurizio Arrivabene admits Matthijs de Ligt wants to leave but warns Chelsea that all three parties must be satisfied.
The Dutch defender has a contract until June 2024 and the Old Lady has been in talks to extend his stay for several months. However, De Ligt wants to leave the club and Chelsea are now negotiating for his signature.
“We go back to talking about players who follow the advice of agents or colleagues instead of the club,” Arrivabene told Tuttosport newspaper when asked about the Dutch defender.
“Today, keeping a player who wants to leave is impossible. It’s not always about the money and if one wants to go, you don’t just tell him: ok, go ahead.
“It’s hard to keep a player, but all those sitting at the table of negotiations must be satisfied. Who has the money wins.”
De Ligt joined Juventus from Ajax in an €85.5m deal in 2019. He has scored eight goals in 117 appearances with the Bianconeri, winning the Serie A title in 2019-20, his first season at the club.
A few weeks ago, the Dutch defender admitted that he hadn’t reached an agreement to extend his contract at the Allianz Stadium and that his only target was to develop: “For now, I do at Juventus,” he said while on international duty with the Netherlands.
Chelsea’s latest offer for De Ligt is €40m plus Timo Werner or Christian Pulisic, but Juventus want a higher offer to sell their star defender.