De Ligt: I’m happy with my contribution

Matthijs de Ligt has completed his first season as a Manchester United participant after making the £39m transfer from Bayern Munich final season.

Regardless of collectively the staff having a dreadful marketing campaign, De Ligt was happy together with his contribution attributable to his performances and variety of video games he performed. Talking with the membership’s official web site, he mirrored on the season.

I believe I’m fairly glad. Initially, as a result of I performed [over] 40 matches. Now I’m injured, sadly, however I’ve been match for many of the season, in comparison with my final at Bayern, which was totally different. So, with that, I’m actually completely satisfied. I believe I contributed additionally in a means that might be pleased with.

Clearly, each time, it needs to be higher and, every single day, I’m coaching as onerous as doable to get higher and to assist the staff much more. However I consider that you are able to do solely as a lot as you are able to do, so with that, I’m glad and hopefully, as I stated, we are able to develop much more as a staff and as a bunch to changing into even higher subsequent season.

With a change of supervisor halfway via the season, De Ligt is now a part of a three-man defence below Ruben Amorim, which is one thing he relishes.

For me, personally, clearly going from a two-man defence centre-back to a three-man defence. That’s clearly a change. So yeh, you alter the way in which you play. The positions look the identical however they’re nonetheless fairly totally different. So, yeh, it’s actually fascinating for me to get this for the primary time in my profession: a coach who performs this method on a regular basis. I believe you extra you play in it, the extra you get used to it. I also can say that, on this system, I’ve grown so much as a participant, so I’m actually completely satisfied for that.

I believe I can adapt fast to techniques, from what means I’ve to play, so it was fairly okay. Clearly, with the staff, to start with, it was a bit bit totally different, as a result of we nonetheless needed to get used to the system, the way in which we play.

So, personally, I felt fairly snug, quickly after we carried out the system however, as a staff, clearly we needed to develop to get into the system and to turn out to be higher as a staff. I’ve performed this method earlier than, it’s simply not that I’ve performed it each week. Generally, sure video games we performed with 5 within the again. With the nationwide staff [the Netherlands], for instance, we performed a match with 5 within the again. That’s what I like. I’ve grown up with 4 within the again so, for me, it was fairly totally different to play each week like this. However, proper now, I can say that I’m used to it and there are execs and cons in each system. It’s the identical with this. However, till now, I like the way in which I play and the way in which I really feel within the system, in order that’s good.

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