Shocking news from Manchester has come in , that , Manchester United had previously rejected Matthijs De Ligt in the fear that the 19 year old centre back would become too fat for the sport in coming years.
Manchester United scout Marcel Bout told United that De Ligt’s father Frank was significantly overweight and predicted the 19-year-old Holland international would go the same way as he got older and lose his pace and power.
Former United boss Jose Mourinho, sacked in December, wanted a centre-back last summer and identified De Ligt as his first-choice target, with Leicester ’s Harry Maguire a fall-back option.
However, the club did not feel that the Dutchman would be the correct solution and vetoed the idea.
Now , De Ligt is the hottest footballing property in Europe and there isn’t one club who can afford him that haven’t tried to secure his services.
United are now shifting their focus to Leicester City’s key defender Harry Maguire and Napoli’s main man at the back Kalidou Koulibaly.