Club’s Revealed: Matthijs de Ligt Rejected A Late Deal Hijack To Join Man Utd
Man Utd have been targeting Matthijs de Ligt this summer and a deal has been agreed with Bayern Munich; The move will be worth €50m (£42.9m), with an initial €45m (£38.6m) plus €5m (£4.3m) in add ons, and subject to De Ligt passing a medical set for Monday.
The defender would need to be registered by midday on Thursday to be available for Manchester United’s opening Premier League match against Fulham on Friday.
The 24-year-old has spent two seasons at Bayern Munich since signing from Juventus, playing 73 times and scoring five goals. De Ligt also played under Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag at Ajax, where they won the Eredivisie in 2019.
Matthijs de Ligt Rejected PSG & Liverpool
Falk revealed Liverpool and PSG both made contact with De Ligt’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta. Their aim was to gather whether a late hijack of De Ligt’s transfer to Man Utd was possible.
However, De Ligt is understood to have instructed Pimenta to inform Liverpool and PSG that he only wants to sign for Man Utd. As such, De Ligt decided not to enter into discussions with any other club.
