Fans react to reports £43M star is joining Manchester United this summer
Almost 60,000 fans have now signed a petition calling on the Bayern Munich bosses to keep Manchester United linked Mattijs de Ligt.
The 25-year-old has struggled for game time at Bayern Munich this season and that has led to alot of speculation in the media suggesting that Bayern may be open to the idea of letting him leave this January window.
Premier League clubs such as Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea have all been linked with a move for the Dutch defender over the past few months, but were recently knocked back after former boss Thomas Tuchel revealed that the big man would no be leaving in the winter window.
However – the Sky Sports Germany have claimed that Bayern may be open to letting De Ligt leave the club this transfer window – when they will have more of an opportunity to find an immediate replacement for the Dutchman.
However – The petition states that “he is a world-class defender, probably the best in our squad” and has “a long and promising future ahead of him”.
The defender is also praised for his “admirable maturity and mentality”. De Ligt is a target for Manchester United this summer.
The Netherlands centre-back – part of the squad that will play England in the Euros semi-final on Wednesday – was in competition with Dayot Upemecano and Min-jae Kim for a spot last season.
Bayern have already signed one new centre-back in Hiroki Ito from Stuttgart and they are in talks with Bayer Leverkusen about signing Jonathan Tah.
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It is no secret that United need to sign a new defender as Rafa Varane has left the club – and De Ligt could be an ideal signing.
He is young enough to be handed a massive contract by Manchester United and he is talented enough to be a brilliant addition to the squad – so he is certainly the type of player that the Red Devils board would love to sign.
Bayerns loss would be United’s gain that is for sure.
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