Frenchman Leny Yoro moved to Old Trafford in a £52m deal from French side Lille.
Yoro decided to join Erik ten Hag’s team after a number of high-profile European clubs approached him in the summer, with Madrid competing directly with United’s transfer plans.
After United successfully negotiated a £52 million fee with Lille, the Frenchman ultimately signed a contract for five years, with the option to extend for an additional year.
After winning the Champions League, Madrid were looking for a new central defender, and Nacho, who had been with the club for a long time, decided to leave when his contract was up.
According to information provided by Marca, the European and LaLiga champions offered Yoro a salary of £2.5 million per season, while United negotiated personal terms that were triple that amount.
United, the 13-time Premier League champions, agreed to pay Yoro £8.1 million per year after Madrid decided not to raise their offer and instead began looking into other options.
Quickly, United boss Ten Hag became interested. After only a few days of preseason training, the player made his debut in a friendly match against Rangers.
Again, Yoro was a member of United’s team that played a few friendlies in the United States before he got injured. While participating in United’s preseason friendly against Arsenal, he suffered a serious injury to his metatarsal. He will now be out of play for three months.
Meawhile, Real Madrid has now come out to give reasons why their dying their quest for the talented young player died out. They said they weren’t willing to spend money on players who didn’t fit Carlo Ancelotti’s team, which got better with the signing of superstar Kylian Mbappe.
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