Man Utd: Souness slams 'lightweight' transfer target with £43m 'squad player' tipped to flop in Prem
Pundit Graeme Souness has investigated Manchester Joined’s decision to indicator Bayern Munich celeb Matthijs de Ligt as he’s a “lightweight centre-back”.
De Ligt‘s changing to Man Utd is prospective to be decided on Tuesday after he underwent his clinical ahead of his changing to Archaic Trafford on Monday.
“I’m disparaging…”
Man Utd have concurred to pay an preliminary cost of £43m to Bayern Munich for De Ligt, who will indicator upwards using the Premier League titans in a twin tackle Noussair Mazraoui for around £60m melded.
These 2 gamers will indicator upwards using Joshua Zirkzee and Leny Yoro in signing for the Red Devils, whose invest on summer season transmits will reach £150m this week.
Netherlands global De Ligt was as shortly as contemplated to be one of the impeccable young protectors in the universes and he previously massaged using Man Utd head train Erik 10 Hag at Ajax.
But the 24-year-ratty is expected off a pair of disappointing spells at European titans as he’s failed to stay upwards to assumptions at Juventus and Bayern Munich.
Souness has defined why he is “disparaging around De Ligt”, using the veteran recommending that the Man Utd target is a “lightweight centre-back”.
“He known what he was acquiring required in avail from the other gamers he got from Ajax and I don’t think anyone is jumping upwards and down and claiming how fabulous they’ve been. I’m disparaging around De Ligt, I’m sorry,” Souness told talkSPORT.
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“He didn’t invade the [Dutch] national team at the Euros, he was lone a team player. As shortly as you substantial ganders at his account, he’s been at 2 humongous football nightclubs. Those sort of nightclubs don’t traditionally prefer to sell gamers, they grip onto their impeccable gamers. That in itself informs a story.
“He was a celeb as a boy but has he proceeded because then? I’m obscure if he’s what Manchester Joined need at this time. They certainly need a centre-half offered that Jonny Evans played a boatload of games, he’s 36. But is De Ligt the one?
“As shortly as I substantial ganders at him I go to a lightweight centre-half. What you pine from a centre-half initially and leading is to safeguard. It would conceivably appear that some teachers and companies think it’s unanimously around playing out from the back.
“Preserve the bulbous out the back of the nets. It’s the super same using the goalkeeper. Is he any kind of much closer than the Spanish boy they permitted to walk out the door? He wasn’t substantial using his feet, but retained the bulbous out the back of his nets much closer than Onana. Was there a queue of other groups wanting to acquire him? I don’t think there was.”
