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Man United signs Matthijs, Mazraoui from Bayern Munich for £60m 

Manchester United have confirmed a £60million double signing of Bayern Munich defensive duo Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.

The pair will join as the club’s third and fourth signings of the summer transfer window with Erik ten Hag’s side having now spent approximately £149m on new players after previously landing Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee, MailOnline reports.

De Ligt will wear the No 4 jersey, previously worn by players including Steve Bruce, David May and Phil Jones. Mazraoui has opted to take the No 3 Jersey, which has been worn by the likes of Denis Irwin, Phil Neville and Patrice Evra.

Both deals are subject to the completion of each player’s registration. De Ligt, 25, arrives in a £38.5m (€45m) deal with a potential further £4.27m (€5m) in add ons. The Dutch centre back has also signed a five-year deal that will keep him at the club until 2029, with an option to extend for a further year.

Right back, Mazraoui, 26, will join the club for a fee of £12.8m (€15m) plus a possible £4.27 (€5m) in add ons. He has agreed a deal that will keep him at the club until June 2028 and also has an option to extend his contract by another year.

United had intensified their search for a new centre back and a pair of full backs on both sides of defence at the beginning of the transfer window, having struggled with a raft of injuries to key defenders last season.

De Ligt and Mazraoui are now set to reunite with their former coach, Ten Hag, with both having spent time working under the Dutch manager at Ajax.

The pair had flown in from Munich on Monday morning to undertake a medical and were also pictured enjoying a meal out at the upmarket Sexy Fish restaurant in Deansgate yesterday evening.

De Ligt, who will take the No4 shirt, said on the move: ‘As soon as I heard that Manchester United wanted me, I felt an excitement about the opportunity for a new challenge at such a historic club.

Itodje Godstime

Itodje Godstime is the Political Editor and Senior Correspondent of Spark News Daily - Nigeria's most sought-after online news platform - Politics, Sport, Entertainment and Religion. He is a writer, researcher and author with 10 years of active and practical journalism. Itodje Godstime was the Editor-In-Chief of Unique Africans Magazine and the publisher of Gt9ja Blog. He has authored many write-ups, a lot of which have been published in both local and national dailies, magazines and social media. Itodje Godstime is the Senior Pastor of Pavilion of Worship Assemblies, Abuja, Nigeria

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