Reports say that Manchester United have made an official offer to sign Bayern Munich defender Matthijs de Ligt.

Erik ten Hag wants to get another center back because he already has Leny Yoro, who he bought from Lille for £52 million.

Dutch player Matthijs de Ligt was on their Euro 2024 team.

Markus de Ligt and Erik ten Hag worked together at Ajax.

And Christian Falk of Bild says that Old Trafford’s leaders’ first offer of £29.5 million was turned down.

It is said that Bayern is hanging out for £42m plus extras.

The Bundesliga team is thought to need to sell players to pay for their own summer spending, and talks between the sides are still going on.

Ten Hag showed De Ligt, 24, how to play with the first team while they were both at Ajax.

They keep up a good friendship, and De Ligt is the kind of ball-playing center back that United wants.

Uli Hoeness, the head of Bayern, has made it possible to leave the club.

He told the German press over the weekend, “It’s possible that a defender will leave.”

“De Ligt is Dutch, and so is Manchester United’s coach… It doesn’t bother me if he stays. I wouldn’t sell [Dayot] Upamecano myself.

Even though United’s summer business has a lot to do with the Netherlands, Ten Hag says Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the board chose their targets.

He told the Dutch newspaper AD, “I know Matthijs de Ligt well, but I don’t know if he will come.”

“I wanted to sign him two years ago, but he was already very close to joining Bayern.” I didn’t come up with his name, believe it or not.

“I was three or four weeks out of the process while I was on vacation.” In that time, the club’s newly equipped scouting and hiring staff was the ones who brought these players in.

The fact that there are also Dutch people among them is just a mistake. These were mostly people that were suggested by our organization. But let’s be clear: I back it. We still choose together.