Rio Ferdinand has questioned Manchester United’sdecision to sign Matthijs de Ligt, asking: “Is he going to come and make a difference?”
The Red Devils are set to sign the Dutch international from Bayern Munich in a deal potentially worth £42million, exclusive of De Ligt’s big salary.
United’s defence this summer has already been bolstered by the addition of big-money French teenager Leny Yoro, but his injury – ruling him out for upto three months – saw the Red Devils return to the table to land ex-Ajax and Juventus centre-back De Ligt.
“He’s had a lot of injuries, hasn’t started many games over the last two or three years and Man United are spending £45-50million on him,” Ferdinand said. “Is he going to come into Man United and make a difference? “.
“I think it’s a big ask for him and all eyes are going to be on him. Big pressure, big opportunity for him, but there’s a lot of uncertainty I think with this signing because of his previous seasons with two big clubs not going as well as we’d have anticipated
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