At the end of June, Lyon had already agreed on the transfer of Tyrell Malacia, but Manchester United called and showed how big of a club it is, even when it is not at the very top of Europe in terms of results. After talking with United’s executives, the player could only thank Lyon for their interest and inform the French club that he wanted to play at the Theater of Dreams. That’s how Erik Ten Hag “enraged” his compatriot Peter Bosch on the Lyon bench, and today he officially received a reinforcement to his liking, the first one since he sat on the United bench.Tyrell Malacia compared to defenders during the 2021/22 Eredivisie season:◉ Most shots◉ Most take-ons completed◉ Most successful through balls◎ 2nd-most final ⅓ passes◎ 3rd-most tackles made◎ 3rd-most touches in the opp. boxMan Utd have made a signing. 🤩 pic.twitter.com/7daz4WNRc9— Squawka (@Squawka) July 5, 2022 After the arrival of Ten Hag at Manchester, everything began to indicate that Old Trafford would become a colony of former Ajax players. The first signing may not have played for the Amsterdamers, but the Dutchman got to know him very well through derbies with Feyenoord in recent seasons in the Eredivisie.Malacia came to De Kuip in 2008 as a nine-year-old and after 14 years he will wear the jersey of another club. United gave him a contract until 2026 with an option to extend it for another 12 months.##NAJAVA_MECA_6490509##As United overpaid their flankmen (both left and right) in previous seasons, we can state that they did very well with a fixed compensation of 15 million and bonuses of 2 million euros for bringing Malacia. Diogo Dalot cost United 22 million euros four years ago, Luke Shaw was paid 37.5 million in 2014, Aaron Wan Bissaka arrived from Palace three seasons ago for whopping 55 million euros.Anyone else in the mood for Malacia? ❤😉 @T_Malacia#MUFC || #WelkomTyrell pic.twitter.com/rdZs3FtMEL— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 5, 2022 The ‘petit’ left back (only 169 centimeters tall) played 136 games for Feyenoord since 2017 and the beginning of his senior career. He found the back of the net four times and set up ten goals for his teammates.As the 15th Dutchman in the club’s history, he will continue Oranje’s great tradition at Old Trafford. Before him, Jaap Stam, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Edwin Van Der Sar, Robin Van Persie, Daley Blind, Memphis Depay, among others, wore the jersey of the famous Manchester club.
