Premier League giants Manchester United, who finished eighth in the league last season, were able to stay on as a result of beating Manchester City in the FA Cup.
In order to achieve better results in the new season, Manchester United have moved quickly in the summer transfer window, with a number of negotiations underway and new players coming to Old Trafford soon.
According to the Dutch Telegraph, Manchester United have offered Bayern defender De Ligt a five-year personal contract. Talks between Manchester United and Bayern Munich have also been very deep, and the two sides have little disagreement on the transfer fee, and an agreement is expected to be reached soon.
De Ligt was born on August 12, 1999, and is produced by Ajax, the "star processing factory", De Ligt became famous at a young age, entered the first team in 2017, and became the team's main central defender.
Ten Hag placed great trust in De Ligt during his time at Ajax, and together the pair led Ajax to the last four of the Champions League in 2019 and the Eredivisie title. De Ligt made 117 appearances for Ajax, scoring 13 goals and providing seven assists.
In the summer of 2019, the famous De Ligt was bought by Juventus for a whopping 85 million euros. Since arriving at Juventus, De Ligt has remained a regular at the back, scoring eight goals and providing three assists in 117 appearances in three seasons.
However, in the 2022 summer window, Juventus sold De Ligt to Bayern for 67 million euros in order to balance the balance of payments. Ten Hag, who had already taken charge of Manchester United at the time, also made an offer to him, but De Ligt ultimately chose Bayern.
In his two seasons at Bayern, De Ligt's performance has been as consistent as ever, he has scored 5 goals and 2 assists in 73 appearances, and De Ligt is currently valued at 65 million euros in Germany.
Standing at 1.89 metres tall and weighing 89 kilograms, De Ligt is the quintessential power centre-back. He is very good at defending frontally, with accurate positioning, fierce kicks and excellent headers, but De Ligt is slow to turn and has average ball control and ball ability.
After Kompany arrived at Bayern this summer, the first thing he bought was Japanese centre-back Hiroki Ito, who is still pursuing Bayer Leverkusen's Jonadan. Tower, plus the original De Ligt, Yu Pamecano, Kim Moon-jae, Dier and others, Bayern's number of central defenders is seriously over-the-top, so some players must be sold.
Although De Ligt has performed well, he is one of the few who can be sold for a high price and is easy to sell, plus De Ligt has had a lot of injuries in the past two seasons and does not meet the requirements of Kompany's pass-and-control play, so Bayern is open to De Ligt's transfer. Bayern's psychological price is between €50 million and €60 million.
De Ligt is most interested in Manchester United, and he and Ten Hag had enjoyed working together at Ajax. Manchester United also understood that Bayern needed to sell 1-2 central defenders to balance the bills, so their initial estimate of De Ligt was about 40 million euros, which is too low for Bayern, you must know that De Ligt is only 25 years old, and his value in Germany has reached 65 million euros, and he still has 2 years of contract, so it is expected that the final transaction price should be around 55 million euros.
Manchester United's current squad includes Harry Maguire at 31, Evans at 36 and Victor Lindelof at 30, with only Lima being younger. Therefore, if De Ligt can be signed, Manchester United will use a young center-back combination like De Ligt + Lima in the new season, and several veterans will rotate, and this center-back combination is still very competitive.