While waiting to reach an agreement on the purchase of Frankie de Jong for days now, Manchester United suddenly agreed on the first summer purchase. In front of Lyon’s nose who had an agreed transfer of the player who was French club’s first objective…The Red Devils reached an agreement with Feyenoord on the purchase of left-back Tyrell Malacia, which they were waiting for at Lyon to pretty much sign the contract.”An agreement has been reached, we agreed with Manchester United. Now we wait for Tyrell. If he says “yes”, the transfer will be realized expressly”, said Feyenoord’s director Frank Arnesen.For days, Lyon held talks with Feyenoord and it seemed that those will end successfully. The Dutch club accepted an offer worth 15 million euros, which included bonuses. Malacia was supposed to be a gift from the new owner of the club, John Textor, to coach Peter Bosch, who tried to bring Malacia to Ajax even earlier.Manchester United have made an approach for Feyenoord defender Tyrell Malacia ✍️ pic.twitter.com/2zAdXY5Flk— SPORTbible (@sportbible) June 28, 2022 And then the cunning Manchester United showed up…Malacia has long been Erik Ten Hag’s wish, but everything was kept secret in order to find out Feyenoord’s definitive negotiating position and the price of the player. When the club from Rotterdam finally accepted the offer of Lyon, United knew what it was about and how much money to offer. They put a proposal on the table: 15 million euros fixed plus 2 million through bonuses. Of course, Feyenoord could not refuse more money than those offered by Lyon…If United had entered the race earlier, the Dutch club would probably have made an auction and asked for more money because everyone knows how rich the English club is and how they can overpay a player. This was an intelligent move by the Red Devils who waited for the right moment.Wed 03:30: (1.94) Atletico PR (3.40) Libertad (4.30)Now we are definitely waiting for a “yes” from Malacia, but that should not be a problem. His agent is Ali Dursun, the same agent who represents Frankie de Jong and who has been helping United for days to get the Dutch midfielder from Barcelona. Malacia is expected to accept the offer soon and become Ten Hag’s first reinforcement.The player fits perfectly into the philosophy of a Dutch expert who likes defenders with offensive characteristics. That is why Ten Hag also thought about Nico Tagliafico from Ajax, but Malacia is a younger and more prosperous option. Ten Hag wants the job done as soon as possible so that the player is available when the team pre-season travels to Thailand.
