After Blatant Change in Opinion on Cristiano Ronaldo, Bayern’s Matthijs de Ligt Mistakes Lionel Messi as Retired Despite Inter Miami Exploits

Matthijs de Ligt was signed by Juventus in 2019 after a spectacular season with Ajax. The former Juventus star played alongside Cristiano Ronaldo for two years before Ronaldo left to join Manchester United. De Ligt also left the Turin club last summer to join Bayern Munich. Known to be a big admirer of CR7, De Ligt switched his alliance and picked Lionel Messi while confusing him to have retired in a video that has gone viral. This comes as a shock as the Argentinean is having a great run with his new team Inter Miami.

Bayern Munich are in a good form under the managerial ship of Thomas Tuchel. Although De Ligt finds himself behind the likes of Kim Min-Jae and Dayot Upamecano in the starting order, the Dutch player, had a great run in Bayern’s last fixture against Bochum. Now, the player has banged with not-so-normal confusion.

De Ligt takes his pick as he chooses Lionel Messi

Bayern’s X (formerly known as Twitter) handle recently posted a video asking their players to choose a retired player they would have loved to play with. In the video, De Ligt is seen naming Lionel Messi as the player he wanted to play with. This comes as a shock since being a big fan of Messi, the Dutch player is unaware of Messi’s worldly feats in Miami.

Inter Miami has witnessed a resurgence after the arrival of Lionel Messi. However, De Ligt seems to be completely unaware of the heights Messi’s taking Miami to single-handedly. It can be an honest mistake by the Dutch defender but it comes across as a bit naive. The Argentinean won Miami their first silverware by winning the Leagues Cup this year.

Other Bayern stars shared their choices as well. Choupo-Moting chose Zinedine Zidane, Noussair Mazraoui chose the legend, Maradona, Jamal Musiala chose Ronaldinho, and Alphonso Davies chose Bayern’s legend, Phillip Lahm. The variety of opinions shared gives an insight into the talents the world-famous athletes have been inspired by.

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Although, De Ligt’s comments seem to change over time. During his days in Turin, the Dutch player had a different icon whom he wished to play alongside with. The player is an arch-rival of La Pulga. Can you guess who?

De Ligt takes a U-turn on Cristiano Ronaldo

During his days at the Johann Cruyff Stadium, De Ligt idolized Lionel Messi over Cristiano Ronaldo. He stated that even though they are both good players, he would like to go with Lionel Messi. This statement though drastically changed as he moved to Allianz Stadium. The comments he made while at Turin display a different set of opinions.

The Dutch player called CR7 to be the best player of his generation. He also claimed that he tries to improve himself by looking at CR7 while training. These comments made during his days at the Allianz stadium don’t fall in line with the comments that he made at Ajax or now at Bayern Munich. It could be that he was just trying to show respect to the higher-ups keep them happy.

The defender though has been a third choice for Tuchel lately. The game against Bochum though could be a great motivation for him and see him being included in the squad soon by Tuchel. Next on the road for Bayern is RB Leipzig away. Will the Bundesliga giants take revenge for their German Super Cup defeat? Let us know in the comments below.

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