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Man United are closing in on the signings of Bayern Munich duo Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui as Erik ten Hag is keen to reunite with his former players.
The Dutch coach worked with the pair at Ajax and with Bayern open to selling the two players, the Man United boss has been keen all summer to bring them to Old Trafford to strengthen his backline.
The Premier League club have agreed a fee for De Ligt worth an initial €45m plus €5m in add-ons, while a guaranteed €15m plus €5m in add-ons has been settled on for Mazraoui.
Both defenders have signed five-year deals at Man United plus an option of an extra season and are expected to undergo their medical tests on Monday, while also completing all the formal steps.
According to Fabrizio Romano, Monday is going to be “Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui day” at Old Trafford and it could be when both players are officially announced as new members of Ten Hag’s squad.
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It is hard to gauge whether De Ligt and Mazraoui will be a success at Man United but it is never a good sign when a club as big as Bayern Munich are willing to let the players go pretty easily.
Ten Hag seems eager to work with players he trusts and is looking to add the duo to the former Ajax stars already at Old Trafford. Andre Onana joined the Manchester club last summer, while Lisandro Martinez and Antony followed their Dutch coach to Manchester in 2022.

This doesn’t seem like a good way of doing business and it has shown already with the signing of Antony blowing up in the Man United coach’s face.
However, there is a lot of potential for the double signing to go positively and Ten Hag seems certain that the two players are needed at the Premier League giants.
