It took them one year, but Manchester United can finally refer to Harry Maguire as one of their own.
The Red Devils and Leicester City have agreed terms to transfer the English international to Old Trafford, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's club set to pay the Foxes a bit over $96M.
With this transfer, Harry Maguire becomes the most expensive center back in history, surpassing the fee paid by Liverpool to sign Virgil Van Dijk last summer.
The deal could go over that amount if certain goals are met by the footballer. Those add-ons have also been included in the document.
BREAKING: Manchester United have agreed an £80m fee to sign Harry Maguire from Leicester City, Sky Sports News understands
— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 2, 2019
Pending a medical exam, Maguire will put pen to paper to a five-year deal with the Red Devils in the next few hours.
The English footballer leaves Leicester City after two seasons, in which he played over 76 matches for the Foxes. Maguire was one of the most effective footballers in the English Premier League last season, according to his numbers.
78% - Harry Maguire won 78% of his aerial duels in the 2018-19 Premier League season; a better success rate than any of the 205 other players to be involved in 50+ aerials in the competition, just ahead of Virgil van Dijk (75%). Slab. pic.twitter.com/SK0OVlUHU6
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) August 2, 2019
Manchester United will now focus on solving all pending transfers in and out, with Paulo Dybala, Romelu Lukaku and Paul Pogba as the names set to make headlines during the last week of the summer transfer window in the English Premier League.
