Cesc Fabregas has congratulated Ajax centre-back Matthijs de Ligt on becoming the youngest player to captain a team in a Champions League semi-final – a recrd set by Cesc Fabregas back in the 2008/09 season while he was playing at Arsenal.
He had already claimed Fabregas’ record as the youngest player to skipper a Champions League knockout match, and, at 19 years and 261 days, has now broken the record for a semi-final too.
De Ligt was not even born the last time Ajax made the final of the Champions League – way back in 1996 – but he already has a horde of admirers around Europe and is expected to join Barcelona in the summer.
