It was the market negotiation of the summer. A long tug of war that ended only at the final gong: in the end Teun Koopmeiner has chosen Juventus and today the €60 million signing is presented to the Bianconeri world (here is the full press conference): “Everything has been fantastic in these first few days. My expectations have been met. It was nice to have a few days to prepare for matches and training with the team. I am happy and excited about this adventure. I can’t wait to get started”, the Dutch midfielder himself underlined in the press conference.
How are you physically? Are you ready to play from the first minute?
“I feel very good, I’m definitely in shape. I trained very hard every day and I was happy to be able to play 45 minutes. I’m ready to play from the start.”
Have you ever had the chance to talk about Juventus with De Ligt in the national team?
“Yes of course, we talked. When there were rumours we talked about it and I asked him some things. I haven’t been to the club museum yet, I’ll try my best to learn as much as I can about this city.”
Do you think Juventus is ready to win the Scudetto?
“Obviously Juve is a club that has won many trophies and this is our objective. But now we have to proceed step by step, game after game, and we have spoken about it with the coach. Many new players have arrived and it will take time to get to know each other better, so we will proceed step by step. Then the results will come, we will be able to be more and more united and connected. It is clear that we want to win titles, that is what every player wants to do”.
(Read Teun Koopmeiners’ full press conference here)