The deal between De Ligt and Manchester United is likely to be their first major signing of the summer, with the two sides going from contact to negotiation to agreement in less than a week. According to the German media and the English media, De Ligt has reached an agreement with Manchester United on a personal agreement, Bayern is also ready to give up De Ligt, they are open to the player's departure, well-known football transfer expert Romano has also confirmed the news, De Ligt will soon become a Manchester United player.
There is room for discussion on a lot of the details of the deal. First of all, according to German reporters, De Ligt joined Manchester United to accept a salary cut, his salary at Bayern is 15 million euros, and the contract offer now given by Manchester United is only 12 million euros, which is a certain gap with his current salary, but De Ligt still chose to accept. This shows at least two things, one is De Ligt's determination to leave Bayern, and the other is that Manchester United has given De Ligt enough respect and trust in other aspects before he is willing to accept the offer of a pay cut.
The second detail is that Bayern's price tag for De Ligt is 50 million euros, while Manchester United's first offer is 40 million euros, and the difference between the two sides on the transfer fee is not particularly obvious. De Ligt, a top central defender who has won the Golden Boy Award, in today's scarcity of central defenders in football, the price tag of 50 million euros and the transfer fee offer of 40 million euros are very exaggerated figures. In contrast, both Yoro and Todibo are in this range, and Antonio Silva has reached a price tag of hundreds of millions of euros.
Another detail is the time when the two sides agreed on it, from the beginning of Manchester United's attention to De Ligt to the agreement between the two sides, in fact, the time passed very quickly, and Bayern quickly chose to let go. Although Bayern also has two top central defenders in the lineup, Kim Min-jae and Upamecano, the sale of De Ligt at such a low price still exceeds the expectations of fans, and with Bayern's change of manager and the possibility of Bayern's management rebuilding, De Ligt's departure may be a signal of the beginning of a rebuild.
Either way, as long as De Ligt stays fit, the deal is a bargain for United. With a transfer fee of 40 million euros, it is difficult to buy top stars in today's transfer market, but they have bought a top central defender of De Ligt's level, and they have successfully picked up the leaks. Moreover, De Ligt still has the potential to become the heart of United's defence in the future, and they will not need to worry about this in the coming season, which is one of the biggest takeaways for United.