Matthijs de Ligt believes his relationship with Noussair Mazraoui will profit Manchester United’s defence this season.
De Ligt and Mazraoui joined United in a double signing price as much as £60million from Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
The 2 defenders had been additionally collectively at Ajax, the place they performed beneath Erik ten Hag earlier than being reunited in Germany.
The supervisor confirmed on Thursday that each gamers can be within the squad for the Pink Devils’ Premier League opener towards Fulham on Friday, and De Ligt is wanting ahead to growing their partnership additional.
“What can I let you know about Nous? He’s an incredible man, an incredible participant,” De Ligt stated in an interview with the membership’s media channels.
“I’ve identified him already for a very long time, I feel round 10 years now. There’s a motive we all the time come collectively, like earlier than in Ajax, then at Bayern Munich, now at Manchester United.
“I feel it’s a particular relationship, and I’m actually blissful and glad that he’s additionally going to be right here, and I feel we might help one another loads.”
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United struggled with accidents final season, significantly amongst their defenders, as they fielded 14 totally different centre-back pairings all through the marketing campaign.
The membership confirmed on Tuesday that Luke Shaw will miss the beginning of the brand new season with a calf harm, which Ten Hag has described as “short-term”.
Leny Yoro, who is ready to be out for 3 months, additionally joined earlier within the switch window, whereas Raphael Varane and Aaron Wan-Bissaka each went in the wrong way.
And the present overhaul is a part of what drew the 25-year-old to the membership.
“I really actually just like the challenge,” he added. “It’s all the time good to go someplace and to really feel that you simply’re a part of a brand new challenge, to really feel that you simply’re a part of one thing new.
“Hopefully, myself and the opposite gamers which might be coming this summer season may give a terrific piece to the subsequent historical past of Manchester United and to get the membership again to the place it belongs: on high.”