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Update: July 18, 7:00PM EST — Medicals, part one
Matthijs de Ligt is now one step closer to becoming a Bayern Munich player. While we’re hanging on the edges of our seats: nothing’s gonna go wrong, right?
Matthijs de Ligt underwent the first part of his medical check at Säbener Straße tonight. The second part will take place tomorrow at the Barmherzige Brüder hospital. The Dutchman will then sign his contract and fly to the US to join the team [@tzmuenchen]
— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) July 18, 2022
Busy, busy day for the player and reporters alike.
Update: July 18, 2:45PM EST — Matthijs de Ligt is in Munich for his medical
The red Audi has been busy this summer! Last seen during the transfer of Sadio Mane to Bayern Munich, it was now filmed picking up Matthijs de Ligt from the airport. From here he will go to a hotel, and then be back out for his medical tomorrow morning. After the medical and the contract signing, he’ll get on a plane and fly off to meet the rest of the team in the US.
@mano_bonke pic.twitter.com/vrFDJo1RiU
— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) July 18, 2022
As an aside, here he is leaving Juventus on good terms. Maybe a lesson for a certain someone?
Before leaving Turin, de Ligt made sure to stop for selfies and autographs with Juve fans and greet them. He's never made any comments before the deal was done and leaves on very good terms [@romeoagresti]pic.twitter.com/Xc9toClMlG
— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) July 18, 2022
Update: July 18, 11:15AM EST — Matthijs de Ligt trains with Juventus for one last time
As Bayern Munich departs for the US preseason tour, incoming signing Matthijs de Ligt trains with his former team for one last time. Hasan Salihamidzic and Marco Neppe have stayed back in Munich to conclude the transfer. Meanwhile, De Ligt’s agent Rafaela Pimenta arrived in Turin to finalize the last remaining details with Juve executives regarding the transfer.
Ecco Rafaela #Pimenta pronta a incontrare i dirigenti della #Juventus per perfezionare gli ultimi dettagli burocratici legati al trasferimento di #DeLigt al #Bayern @Goalitalia pic.twitter.com/Ttn1hL4MHj
— Romeo Agresti (@romeoagresti) July 18, 2022
Update: July 18, 5:30AM EST — Matthijs de Ligt is set to have his Bayern Munich medical later today
The transfer is nearing conclusion. Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt is traveling to Germany where he will have his medical and sign his contract. He should join the rest of the team for preseason in the United States right after.
Ecco Rafaela #Pimenta pronta a incontrare i dirigenti della #Juventus per perfezionare gli ultimi dettagli burocratici legati al trasferimento di #DeLigt al #Bayern @Goalitalia pic.twitter.com/Ttn1hL4MHj
— Romeo Agresti (@romeoagresti) July 18, 2022
Pimenta is the successor to Mino Raiola and therefore also represents Noussair Mazraoui and Ryan Gravenberch. She has been responsible for a lot of Bayern’s business this summer.
Update: July 17, 4:45PM EST — Bayern Munich need to sell a center-back following the signing of Matthijs de Ligt
According to kicker and corroborated by Florian Plettenberg, Bayern will need to sell a central defender in order to raise money following the signing of De Ligt from Juventus. Based on previous reports, the candidates to be sold are Chris Richards and Benjamin Pavard.
Update #DeLigt: It’s correct that there are plans to sell one more central defender now. Also in order to get fresh money. But early stages. Central defense: Hernández - De Ligt! More about it tomorrow in our show Transfer Update @SkySportDE https://t.co/7RewmTv7wr
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) July 17, 2022
Update: July 17, 4:15PM EST — We have concrete numbers
Looks like Bild were right for a change! I know, what a shock! Anyway, Bayern Munich are set to pay Juventus €70m guaranteed plus €10m in bonuses. The number has been confirmed by several journalists so far so it’s looking legit. Bayern did well to negotiate down from Juve’s demands of around €80-90m in total.
Here’s the confirmation from Di Marzio:
#DeLigt @FCBayern for 70M plus 10M bonus ⌛️ @juventusfc @SkySport @SkySportNews
— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) July 17, 2022
And Fabrizio Romano:
FC Bayern final, verbal proposal for Matthijs de Ligt: €70m guaranteed fee, €10m in easy/difficult add-ons. Juventus have accepted, contracts will be completed early next week. #FCB
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 17, 2022
Official contract will be sent also to Matthijs and agents, already agreed until 2027. pic.twitter.com/iwK0ei2YwF
De Ligt should soon be able to join the team on the US tour.
Update: July 17, 3:40PM EST — It’s a done deal!
Juventus have accepted Bayern Munich’s bid for Matthijs de Ligt. First reported by Christian Falk of Bild, it has been corroborated by Kerry Hau and Romeo Agresti!
De Ligt is set to become a Bayern player very soon. He will likely be able to join the team for the preseason tour in the United States this week.
According to Bild, the transfer fee is 70m guaranteed + 10m in addons, the exact number Italian sources told us was rejected earlier. Let’s keep an eye on that one, shall we?
Update: July 17, 3:30PM EST — Bayern want to close the deal tonight
There’s no rest for Hasan “Brazzo” Salihamidžić tonight. It may be past 9PM now in Germany, but the Bayern Munich sporting director is back in contact with his Juventus counterparts (via SPORT1’s Kerry Hau).
Bayern and Juventus are still in contact at this hour. Hasan Salihamidžić wants to complete the transfer as soon as possible. The plan is for de Ligt to join the team in the US [@kerry_hau]
— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) July 17, 2022
Brazzo’s determined to hammer this one out ASAP. SkySport’s Gianluca Di Marzio reports that a deal is imminent:
#DeLigt @FCBayern ⏳deal with @juventusfc should be closed tonight @SkySport @SkySportNews
— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) July 17, 2022
Update: July 17th, 3:15PM EST — Juventus reject a €70+10m bid from Bayern Munich for Matthijs de Ligt
According to Di Marzio, Bayern bid around €70m fixed plus €10m in bonuses for De Ligt. This number has been corroborated by Florian Plettenberg of Sky Sports Germany, so you can assume it’s legit. The Italians are still holding out for around €80m fixed, but both sides are much closer to an agreement than they were before.
Seems that Bayern are willing to make De Ligt their most expensive signing ever.
Matthijs de Ligt is back in Turin and training with Juventus, but maybe not for much longer. According to Italian journalist Romeo Agresti, considered quite reliable, Bayern Munich want to finalize a deal for the Dutchman before Juve fly out on their US preseason tour on Wednesday. This leaves just over 48 hours for the two sides to reach an agreement, if the transfer is to be announced in that time frame.
According to the same report, the two clubs are getting closer to each other’s valuations. Agresti quotes a transfer fee of around 80 to 90 million euros — probably a slight overestimate, since his sources clearly come from the Italian side of the negotiating table. This is just like the time Liverpool demanded over €50m for Sadio Mane.
Bayern have a decent amount of money on hand thanks to selling Robert Lewandowski to FC Barcelona, which is good because De ligt is sure to be a wildly expensive signing. For now, the exact numbers remain up for debate.
In concomitanza con la sempre più vicina partenza di #DeLigt direzione #Bayern, la #Juve ovviamente ha iniziato a muoversi per il sostituto: ad oggi, tra i nomi che circolano, quello di #PauTorres è il più freddino @GoalItalia
— Romeo Agresti (@romeoagresti) July 17, 2022
Juventus, meanwhile, are targeting Villarreal defender Pau Torres as a replacement for the departing Dutchman. With Kalidou Koulibaly already confirmed by Chelsea FC, and Barcelona pursuing Jules Kounde, the pool of top quality center backs available for purchase is shrinking by the minute. This is another factor likely pressuring both clubs to come to a quick deal.
With any luck, we’ll see MDL in a Bayern Munich shirt in the upcoming week or so. Stay tuned for more news and updates on this transfer.
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