Eighteen-year-old France centre-back Lenny · Yoro flew to Manchester on Wednesday and Italy transfer experts Fabrizio · Fabrizio Romano revealed that he had passed the first part of his medical examination on the same day to confirm his move to Manchester United. The next day he will complete the subsequent tests and sign a five-year contract until 2029.
Fabrizio Romano said Yoro's transfer fee is a fixed amount of €50 million, plus a series of floating clauses. David · Ornstein of The Athletic said the initial transfer fee was 62 million euros, plus floating. According to the Manchester Evening News, the total value of its transfer fee can reach up to 70 million euros.
All things considered, Manchester United's deal to bring in Yoro, similar to last summer's purchase of Chelsea midfielder Mason · Mount, must be a premium. But due to Yoro's close ties with Real Madrid, fans believe the deal was a successful operation. Of course, it will be the use of coaches and the performance of the players that will ultimately determine the success or failure of the transfer, and everything else is meaningless on paper.
Manchester United believe that Yoro can succeed in the Premier League based on two factors. First of all, he rarely gets injured, and in 2023/24, Yoro is the third-most minutes played by an under-20 player in the top five leagues of European football, with 2,672 minutes ahead of Manchester United winger Garnacho (2,573).
In addition, Yoro's style complements Lisandro · Martinez, who is 1.9 meters tall and has excellent individual defensive ability, winning 65% of his headings, 61% of ground duels and completing 92% of his passes in Ligue 1 last season, and is the only under-23 centre-back in the top five leagues to do so. Joro is seen as similar to Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk, while United feel he is Varane's successor.
Barring any surprises, Yoro will be wearing his number 15 shirt at Lille at Manchester United, which happened to be an empty number since Sergio Reguilon's departure. This number was the number of the defender and captain Nemanja Vidic in the history of the Red Devils, and it perfectly matches Yoro's identity. Of course, he also has a chance to switch to the number 4 shirt, which was his number in France's youth era. Yoro also crossed the number five, but it will be difficult for United to sell Maguire anytime soon, and he will not be able to get the number for the time being.
Why did Manchester United beat the mighty Real Madrid and get Yoro? The latter is already aware of France's decision and respects his choice, while emphasizing the sacrifices made by his compatriots Camavinga and Tchouameni when they joined the Galacticos.
The reason for Manchester United's victory, the number one place is naturally money. It is reported that Real Madrid's offer is around 30 million euros, and Paris Saint-Germain did not give a price of more than 45 million euros, while the Red Devils immediately raised the price to 62 million euros. This appealed to Lille, who pushed Joro to choose Manchester United.
Naturally, the Kim Won offensive also spread to the players, their families and their agents, Jorge · Mendes. Manchester United are offering Joro an annual salary of up to €9 million, of which €7 million is said to be a base salary and €2 million as bonuses. In addition, his income will automatically grow year after year. Such a generous treatment opened the door for Yoro and his parents to agree to a move to Old Trafford.
Jorge ·Mendes, the super agent of the "Gestifute" agency, will also receive high commissions, and he is certainly very good at how to make the most of the "Emperor's Dream" players, and Ronaldo is the model. The Portugal winger first moved to Manchester United, where he became a superstar, and then moved to Real Madrid for a record £80 million, which made Mendes very rich.
Mendes informed Yoro in his lobbying that as long as he performed well, Real Madrid's dream of the future would come true sooner or later. And now, he can first choose to rejuvenate the team at Manchester United, just like Ronaldo back then, striving for fame and fortune and leaving a name in team history.
Manchester United's signing of Joro will depend on the sale of existing centre-backs Victor Lindelof and Maguire after signing another centre-back, such as Bayern Munich's De Ligt or Everton's Jarrad · Branswaite. However, it is almost impossible to get Branthwaite, and Everton are furious at United's double bid and will certainly not lower their asking price of £70 million.
British media revealed that Manchester United paid 62 million euros for 18-year-old Joro, but only offered 50 million euros to 21-year-old Branswaite, which shocked Everton. Because Yoro only has one year left on his contract, he has not even been selected for Thierry's France Olympic team, and has only played in Ligue 1. In contrast, Branswaite has three years left on his contract, has been named to the England team, and has played in the Premier League and the Eredivisie.
Manchester United and Everton have fallen out in the transfer market over the past 10 years, with the Red Devils making a £28 million offer to package Fellaini and Leyton · Bynes in 2013, which Everton flatly refused, angrily denouncing it as a ridiculous and humiliating price. In the end, the Red Devils signed Fellaini for £27.5 million, while Belgium's 'Pong' had a £23.5 million breach clause earlier, which became a classic case of failed recruitment.
The two major transfer pundits, Romano and David · Ornstein, both say United are more likely to try to bring in De Ligt later, with the 24-year-old Netherlands international waiting to join. However, the club must first sell Lindelof and Maguire, with Maguire's transfer going to be an obstacle in the way.
At present, the negotiations between Manchester United and Bayern Munich are deadlocked, and the Red Devils are unwilling to pay the high price of 50 million ~ 60 million euros demanded by the other party.