Matthijs de Ligt was photographed on Ibiza on Sunday kissing Amber Yuusef at a beach club, a public moment that appears to confirm a new relationship after months of rumour.
The 26-year-old Manchester United defender and Yuusef were seen at Casa Jondal in the company of others; eyewitness posts on social channels describe them as embracing, kissing and clearly affectionate. The sighting is the clearest public sign yet that De Ligt has moved on from the marriage he entered in the summer of 2024.
The picture matters because it lands against a string of private signals that had already suggested trouble. A planned larger wedding celebration in Italy never took place for private reasons, and social-media housekeeping followed: De Ligt removed several photos from his Instagram account, including images tied to the wedding. Yet the couple continued to follow and like each other online and were seen together in Amsterdam at the end of last year — details that left the relationship’s status ambiguous until Sunday.
Those ambiguities are especially conspicuous because De Ligt is not with the Netherlands squad at the World Cup; he is absent from the tournament due to an injury and — according to reports — will likely be following the Oranje from Ibiza. The timing of a public display of affection while away from the national team gives the sighting immediate news value.
The friction in this story is simple and stubborn: De Ligt and AnneKee Molenaar never publicly confirmed a split. That absence of confirmation clashes with visible signs that point toward separation — deleted photos, cancelled festivities and a year of rumours — and now with De Ligt’s presence on the island alongside Yuusef. The new sighting does not erase the fact that Molenaar and De Ligt remain officially silent about their status.
Reports that Yuusef has moved in and out of public circles connected to elite football are part of the story’s texture: she was seen on Ibiza last year with Jude Bellingham and Jobe Bellingham, an appearance that flagged her among a familiar group. For De Ligt, who married Molenaar before the European Championship in Germany in summer 2024, the past year has been marked by a pattern of private adjustments rather than public statements.
What Sunday’s pictures change is not only the appearance of a new partner but the public clarity of De Ligt’s private life. A relaxed afternoon at Casa Jondal, shared with others, turned into a visible confirmation of a relationship that outlets say had been building for almost a year. Still, the sighting leaves a legal and social question unresolved: are De Ligt and Molenaar formally separated, or are they maintaining a private status that neither will put on record?
The next move that matters is not another photograph but a statement. Neither De Ligt nor Molenaar has spoken publicly to settle the record, and it remains uncertain whether either will. For now, De Ligt’s decision to spend time away from the World Cup in Ibiza and to be seen with Yuusef supplies the clearest answer the public has had — even as the couple’s formal status remains unconfirmed.
