Following the signing of centre-back Leny Yoro, Manchester United are still in the market for a pair of defenders who’d cost a combined £112million.
United have prioritised the centre-back position after the departure of Raphael Varane. Indeed, the four-time Champions League winner will be a big miss, no matter if he was overly consistent at the back end of his United tenure.
While the first signing of the summer at Old Trafford was a striker – Joshua Zirkzee – the second was a centre-back, in Yoro.
United did well to convince him to join them, given Real Madrid were hot on his heels for a while. United are said to have guaranteed minutes that the La Liga giants could not.
That suggests that Yoro will be at least one of the main centre-backs at United next season. When fit, Lisandro Martinez is likely to be a starter, and Harry Maguire also had a good season in 2023/24, so the trio could be rotated at times.
But Yoro might not be the only centre-back addition at Old Trafford this summer.
Before he was signed, attempts were made for Jarrad Branthwaite, and Matthijs de Ligt was said to be one of Erik ten Hag’s main targets.
