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Matthijs De Ligt: Manchester United have made significant ground in their hopes to strengthen their backline on Saturday as the Mancunian club has agreed to a deal with FC Bayern to sign centre-back Matthijs De Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui in two separate deals.

United have agreed to a deal worth 45 million euros and five million in add-ons for the Dutch centre-back. Simultaneously they have also agreed to a 15 million euro plus five million in add-ons deal for Noussair Mazraoui, according to reports by The Athletic.

They had shown active interest in De Ligt, the Dutch defender who played under United manager Erik Ten Hag at Ajax when the team reached the UEFA Champions League semifinal in 2019, at the beginning of the transfer window but they ended up signing the 18-year-old French prodigy Leny Yoro for a hefty price tag.