Manchester United have reportedly offered Matthijs de Ligt a massive £236,000-per-week to move to Old Trafford this summer.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is in need of a central defender and the Dutch sensation fits the bill as a poster boy for the manager's huge rebuilding job.
According to Sport, the club have offered him £12.3million-a-year in an attempt to gazump the queue of top European clubs chasing the 19-year-old.
Barcelona had been front-runners to sign de Ligt after his close friend and team-mate Frenkie de Jong agreed a move in January.
But the Catalan club recognise that they are unable to compete with the massive wage on offer from United.
De Ligt has been inspirational as Ajax captain this year, leading them to the domestic double seconds away from the Champions League final before Tottenham scored with the last kick.
In terms of a financial package, Manchester City could rival United with an offer, particularly as Pep Guardiola looks to fill the void left by Vincent Kompany.
F∆NZ™
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Top 5 transfer news: De Ligt are close to joining Barca" De Ligt rejected Manchester United offer" De Ligt perfect Laporte partner at Man City" Barcelona's hopes of signing De Ligt are beginning to fade" De Ligt is still open to joining Manchester United"
Chris12391
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Roy Keane: De Ligt is 19 years old and captaining Ajax and earning a modest wage while Rashford earns 100k just to kill disabled fans with his horrendous free-kicks and Lingard gets paid 120k for being a dancer and instagrammer
Feilds
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I thought this boy was going to Barça or coming to City! Why's United coming into the picture and tryna get everyone off him with such huge wage for such a kiddo as a starting amount.???? Is he gonna be playing for the Shirt or for the money.?? Hope United's not tryna create another Sanchez
GitanshUppal
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Breaking news: de ligt will play for manchester united (August- october), manchester city ( november- december), jeventus( january-february) and barcelona(march- may).