Two days ago, we covered a story via Bild claiming that Manchester United have agreed personal terms of a contract with Matthijs de Ligt and are close to agreeing a fee with Bayern Munich.
As per the latest updates, Man Utd have agreed deals worth £86.2million with the Bavarians and Matthijs de Ligt to secure the transfer of the Dutch international.
According to Nick Semeraro, the deal to sign the 24-year-old central defender is ‘locked and loaded’, which is his version of Fabrizio Romano’s famous ‘Here we go’.
The journalist has revealed that the 20-time English champions have reached an agreement with the Bundesliga giants over a deal of £42million, which will be paid in installments.
Moreover, Man Utd have agreed a deal with Matthijs de Ligt that will make him earn £170,000 a week, £44.2million in the next five years, until 2029.
After confirming the first signing of Joshua Zirkzee, we can expect De Ligt to become Erik ten Hag’s second key signing of the summer transfer window.
The Dutch coach knows all about the qualities of his compatriot, who was the leader of the Ajax side that defeated the likes of Juventus and the then European champions, Real Madrid in the Champions League five years ago.
He was a superstar at the Johan Cruyff Arena under Ten Hag but was unable to regularly showcase his best qualities at Juve and at Bayern.
