Matthijs De Ligt has indicated that he wants to move to Manchester United this summer and the club are ready to offer the defender a five-year contract.

Man United boss Erik ten Hag has been hoping to get a deal over the line for his former Ajax defender, with talks having been ongoing over a potential £43million deal for the centre back.

The Dutch defender completed his move to Red Devils from Bayern Munich alongside his colleague Noussair Mazraoui for a combined £60million fee.

United's interest in De Ligt is said to be independent of that of their move for Jarrad Branthwaite, allowing Ten Hag to pursue deals to sign both centre-halves this summer.

Manchester United have reportedly had a big of £30m rejected for Bayern Munich centre-back Matthijs de Ligt United have been amongst the Premier League's busiest recruiters during the summer ...

The Athletic claim that United have reached an agreement with Bayern over centre back De Ligt, who will arrive in a €50million (£43m) switch.