WALKLE CENTER BACK, 'EUNSA' Coach Ten Hag believes in going to Manchester United...Negotiate only with Manchester United "Transfer Greenlight"

Jul 03, 2024

Manchester United's Matthijs de Licht is accelerating. The player wants to move to Manchester United. Personal negotiations are not a problem, so what's left is a transfer fee negotiation with Bayern. If the agreement between Manchester United and Bayern is reached quickly, Der Licht will soon become a Manchester United player. Photo =The Sun

Manchester United is very likely to recruit Matthijs de Ligt.

The BBC reported on the 2nd (Korea time) 'Manchester United believes that its attempt to recruit Dutch defender Matthias de Ligt is making progress. Manchester United are currently in talks with officials from De Licht's side about the transfer, the report said.

In this summer's transfer market, Manchester United are eager to reinforce their center backs. The first centre-back originally wanted was Jared Branswait of Everton. The agreement with the players has also been finalized. However, negotiations have become very difficult as Everton demand a huge transfer fee.

At that time, news emerged that Bayern Munich had put De Ligt on the release list. This summer Bayern are trying to make a change in the composition of their centre-back. Except for Kim Min-jae and Eric Dier, De Licht and Dayo Upamecano can be sorted out. De Ligt, in particular, was among the first to be released due to concerns about his high-week salary and last season's residual injuries.

Manchester United, who thought the transfer fee set for Bransweight was too expensive, immediately turned to recruiting De Ligt. Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag also readily accepted De Ligt's recruitment. Ten Hach was the coach who helped De Ligt come to his current position when he was Ajax. Coach Ten Hag has already reportedly spoken to De Ligt several times.

Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is known to have shown interest in De Ligt, but it is understood that De Ligt is currently negotiating only with Manchester United.

Fabrizio Romano, an expert in the European transfer market, said on his personal SNS on the 2nd that `De Ligt sent a transfer green light to Manchester United, which had direct conversations with his officials. The player's agent is currently negotiating only with Manchester United, which is De Ligt's priority, so personal negotiations are not a problem at all. It's up to Manchester United and Bayern who are talking about the terms of the deal.

Florian Flettenberg, a reporter for Germany's Sky Sports, also said on the same day "De Ligt's transfer could be done quickly after Euro 2024 if Manchester United send the right offer. Bayern wants a bonus clause for at least 50 million euros (about 74.5 billion won), as it is known. De Ligt also wants to join Manchester United after Ten Hag made it clear he wanted him" he said.

Manchester United will have a great power in the composition of the defense if they can embrace De Ligt. Last season, Manchester United had difficulty forming a defense. This is because key defenders Lisandro Martinez and Luke Shaw have not been helpful all season due to injuries. Right-back Diogo Dalot was the only defender who played consistently.

De Ligt has minor injuries, but he's not a player who gets hurt as often as Varane. There is no doubt about his ability. Ajax, Juventus, and Bayern also showed good performances if they only played in games. He also has excellent leadership as the youngest captain in Ajax's history. Since he was born in 1999, he is still young, so if he can bring it for 50 million euros, Manchester United have made a valuable recruit.

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