Manchester United's mega-hit news, '100 billion' completed five-year agreement with Wolkle de Ligt...Just before leaving Munich '75 billion in transfer fees' expected

Jul 11, 2024

Completed personal agreements with Manchester United and Matthijs de Ligt. What's left is a transfer fee negotiation with Bayern Munich. According to a leading transfer market expert, the agreement between the two clubs is flowing in a very positive atmosphere. De Ligt only wants to transfer to Manchester United, so there will be no variables. Photo =United Africa

Manchester United have finalized a personal agreement with Matthijs de Ligt. All that's left is negotiations with Bayern Munich on the transfer fee. Talks with Bayern are also reported to be in the final stages.

Florian Flettenberg, a reporter for Germany's Sky Sports, said on his personal SNS on the 11th (Korea time), "The decision was made." De Licht wants to join Manchester United immediately. Bayern also received De Ligt's decisionDe Ligt said he only wanted a move to Manchester United.

He also added that `dialogue between the clubs has progressed, but no agreement has been reached yet. Manchester United and De Ligt have made an oral agreement to sign a long-term contract. De Ligt's agent is currently working on final details to finalize the negotiations. Medical tests have not yet been scheduled.'

European transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano also said on the same day that the final agreement on De Ligt's transfer to Manchester United was gradually approaching the end. "De Ligt is negotiating only with Manchester United. We are not negotiating with other clubs. The contract agreed between De Ligt and Manchester United is valid for five years until June 2029," he said, reporting that the player's agreement with the club had already been concluded.

In addition, negotiations between Manchester United and Bavaria are going smoothly. Manchester United and Bayern are also close to reaching an agreement on the transfer fee. Bayern claims 50 million euros (about 74.8 billion won) as Manchester United prepares a transfer fee proposal that includes a bonus clause. Manchester United want to complete De Ligt's recruitment as soon as possible."

Given the current atmosphere, it seems only a matter of time before Licht's transfer to Manchester United. If the agreement between the clubs is finalized, there is no obstacle to recruiting De Ligt. Even if other clubs try to intercept De Ligt, it is highly likely that it will not act as a big variable because De Ligt only wants Manchester United.

Manchester United properly asked for an opportunity to sign De Ligt. Bayern was the first to pursue a change in the center's background this summer. The club decided that Dayo Upamecano would be released, but coach Vincenk Kompany demanded that Upamecano remain.

Bayern leaders and coach Kompany suffered from injuries last season and decided to release De Ligt, who has the highest weekly salary among center backs. Bayern are planning to reduce the size of their squad's weekly wages in the future, so De Ligt is on the release list.

After De Ligt was placed on the release list, Bayern first completed the reinforcement of the center back by signing Hiroki Ito.Bayern is reportedly planning to push for recruitment of Jonathan Ta in earnest if it completes the sale of De Ligt.

When De Ligt was on the release list, Manchester United approached quickly. Manchester United had to sign a new starting center back as Raphael Varane went out. Manchester United did not hesitate to approach the centre-back, which has a market value of 65 million euros (about 97.2 billion won), for 50 million euros.

The presence of Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag also helped a lot. When De Ligt began to emerge as the world's best prospect at Ajax, coach Ten Hag was a teacher. The two were the main players of Ajax's 2018-2019 European Champions League (UCL) semifinal blast.

Coach Ten Hag reportedly contacted De Ligt several times to persuade him. De Licht wants only a move to Manchester United after a call with Ten Hag.

De Ligt is said to have performed poorly last season, but he is a world-class center back who will be coveted by any European big club. If the teamwork he showed with coach Ten Haach during Ajax is displayed at Manchester United, Manchester United will not have to worry much about central defense.

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