De Ligt | Manchester United open talks with Bayern

[VP89]

Worthy of a new thread? The old one is almost a year old. Courtesy of @Tom Van Persie

He's up for sale as confirmed by Romano and it appears we are interested.

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How has he been? He's good in the air, and with the ball, but quite slow. Is that about right? There may be value in this especially if we can sort out a loan with obligation structure. At 24 hel have good resale value too.

 

[HookedOnAPhelan]

Isn't his dad fat?

 

[Jimble]

his dad likes pies. Hard pass

 

[Shinjch]

Don't think his performances warrant the wage outlay he would require now. Would prefer a pacier partner for Martinez too.

 

[golden_blunder]

Too much outlay for what essentially Maguire already brings. Plus there are questions over his fatness

 

[Scandi Red]

His dad likes Depay. Hard pass.

 

[Teja]

Yeah nah. Get a good partner going for Martinez and spend the money on a DM if there's extra. This ship has sailed.

 

[Rozay]

No.

 

[horsechoker]

His dad likes creampies. Hard pass.

 

[LawCharltonBest]

Every time he's against a pacey forward, he struggles every single time. Said it for years and it never changes.

Thankfully, I am 99% sure that the link is horse shit

Also his Dad has his own orbit

 

[jeepers]

Not for the money and wages. He hasn’t looked worth that fee and wage for Bayern. I don’t believe we have space for him in the medical room either.

 

[GledTheRed]

Not good enough for Juve or Bayern and his dad's a tubber.

Pass.

 

[thegregster]

He has flopped at Juventus and Bayern.

No thanks.

 

[AndOr Hererra]

Fat Father.

 

[bond19821982]

Loan with an option to buy. Like Amrabat

 

[Leg-End]

We can't afford the catering budget.

 

[DWelbz19]

Don’t really want him. Would be funding big parts of Bayern’s transfer window as they’re looking to offload as well

 

[Murder on Zidanes Floor]

Dutch Maguire.

 

[horsechoker]

He has flopped at Juventus and Bayern.

No thanks.

Loan with an option to buy. Like Amrabat

Could you please post about his dad.

 

[Scandi Red]

Fat Father.

 

[Ish]

Worthy of a new thread? The old one is almost a year old. Courtesy of @Tom Van Persie

He's up for sale as confirmed by Romano and it appears we are interested.


How has he been? He's good in the air, and with the ball, but quite slow. Is that about right? There may be value in this especially if we can sort out a loan with obligation structure. At 24 hel have good resale value too.

I honestly can't believe that he's only 24

 

[Blood Mage]

Yet another player our manager has worked with before, what a surprise. He's slow and injury prone, no thanks.

 

[Ish]

Don't think his performances warrant the wage outlay he would require now. Would prefer a pacier partner for Martinez too.

Think that's where I'm at as well, yeah. Unless there's a cheeky little swap deal with Sancho on the cards

 

[redshaw]

Insist on a loan deal, that's what we'd be getting if he was ours. Would be nice of us to not give them their money back and be left with a write off or becomes part of the garage furniture/injury list.

Lets see how he does and set a reasonable buy fee beforehand. If not then leave it, don't get suckered in.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Would have loved this a few years ago. Maybe a loan deal to explore how he plays these days.

 

[Brightonian]

Allowed to leave by Juve for less than they paid for him. Now apparently available to leave Bayern. Recurrent knee injury. Played for Ten Hag as a precocious teenager and is broadly considered not to have fulfilled that promise.

Sounds absolutely up our street.

 

[Ayoba]

For the love of Ajax good god man no

 

[AaronRedDevil]

High wages
Injury Prone
Played for ETH at Ajax.

What's not to love

 

[SalfordRed18]

Would be an interesting prospect but I wouldn't trust a player Bayern are selling.

Them and Real Madrid know exactly when it's the right time to sell a player for maximum value and they fall off a cliff in a season or two.

A no from me for that reason alone. Tells me he's gonna be a sick note for the rest of his career.

 

[Floyd]

In theory de Ligt would be the perfect partner for Martinez. Tall, good in the air, right footed, good pace (shut up) and good on the ball. A leader. Captain as a teenager for Ajax. Huge question marks about the injuries though.

 

[Bwuk]

Isn't his dad fat?

This is what stopped me playing for Man United as well.

 

[NewGlory]

I think we should stay away from any more former Ajax-under-Erik players who have had big question marks over their heads, since then

Let's recruit players from a wider circle, like Todibo

 

[Ole90+3]

Why did we sell Chris Smalling

 

[kidbob]

A loan where Bayern pay half his wages is acceptable, otherwise no.

 

[Castia]

Doubt we sign him he would demand a huge wage something which we’re trying to cut out. Essentially just not worth the money.

 

[leontas]

Wake me up when we start preparing a bid.

 

[romufc]

Yeah we shouldn't sign him. Slow, injury prone and failed at 2 clubs.

We need someone quicker and lower wages.

 

[Judas]

Bayern wanting rid says it all. I hope we've moved past these sorts of transfers.

 

[Big Ben Foster]

FFS, another Dutch / former ETH player?!

Do we never learn?

 

[Stobzilla]

Why did we sell Chris Smalling

Because he couldn't trap a bag of cement.