[英超]曼聯以8,000萬鎊羅致李斯特城中堅哈利馬古尼（Harry Maguire），簽約6年 [復制鏈接]

On Maguire. Fee high but OGS felt combination of ability on ball + leadership was what he needed. As recently as three weeks ago, Man Utd had other options but reached point where Maguire was only one + by middle of this week were confident. Leicester will presumably go for Dunk.

Harry Maguire: Man Utd agree £80m deal for Leicester defender

Manchester United have reached an agreement to sign England centre-back Harry Maguire from Leicester for £80m - a world record fee for a defender.

The 26-year-old is expected to complete a medical at the club at the weekend.

He will become United's third summer signing following Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James, who arrived from Crystal Palace and Swansea respectively.

Maguire made 69 Premier League appearances for Leicester after joining from Hull City in 2017.

The deal means Maguire becomes the world's most expensive defender, eclipsing the £75m Liverpool paid Southampton for Virgil van Dijk in January 2018.

United had a long-standing interest in Maguire but they backed away from a deal 12 months ago because they felt the £70m that would be needed for a transfer to be concluded was too high.

He signed a five-year contract at Leicester last September and manager Brendan Rodgers made it clear at the end of the season he felt Maguire could develop even more if he remained at the club.

Maguire began his career at Sheffield United in 2011, making 139 league appearances for the Blades before joining Hull in 2014.

He was part of the Hull side that earned promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs in 2016 but left for Leicester following the Tigers' relegation 12 months later.

The defender made his England debut in August 2017 and was part of the side that reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

He becomes one of seven central defenders on the books at United, joining Victor Lindelof, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo and Axel Tuanzebe.

Analysis
BBC Sport's Simon Stone

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made signing a central defender a priority this summer.

Three weeks ago, United were still assessing other options but slowly these had fallen by the wayside, leaving Maguire as the single option.

Solskjaer believes Maguire has not only the playing style but also the leadership qualities United's current squad requires.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/48989647

買咗兩個後衞, 120-130M了

差唔多啦，都預左係呢個位上下落筆。

Harry Maguire is set for medicals. All details completed between Man United and Leicester, it's paperworks time then it'll be official. Here we go! 🔴 #MUFC #ManUnited #transfers

世界最貴中堅
佢既表現符唔符合到個身價

咁既身價..要有vvd既表現先唔會比人鬧..

Harry Maguire passed his medical at Carrington today and completed the usual photoshoots shortly after. Confirmation by Monday. #mufc

Solskjær on Maguire: "Yeah, hopefully the last little details can be in place. Hopefully we can announce something very soon."

羅力亞:[圖片] (2019-08-04 19:24) 

羅力亞:[圖片] (2019-08-04 19:24) 

想當年......

#lcfc priced out of Nathan Ake transfer - #Bournemouth want more than £75m, I’m told. 2 years younger than Maguire, 10 Dutch caps, 3 yrs left on contract -hence high price. Tarkowski would be £40m+ so Leic reluctant to pay that too. Looking abroad, but may not sign anyone new.

ake 75m


Also worth noting that #lcfc have to pay #hull £9.45m as part of sell-on clause for Maguire (15% of the profit). Another reason why Leicester are reluctant to “overpay” in their eyes for a replacement.

#lcfc can confirm that an agreement has been reached with Manchester United for the transfer of defender
@HarryMaguire93
.

Best wishes, Harry! 👍