Matthijs de Ligt to Bayern Munich, it's done.
As announced several days ago, the young (22) Dutch international defender left Juventus for Bavaria.
Amount of the transfer ?
€67 million, to which €10 million could be added in the form of bonuses.
In the meantime, this figure allows the former Ajax Amsterdam player to join the Top 10 most expensive defenders in the history of football.
In fact, this is the second time that Matthijs de Ligt has been affected by this ranking after a “deal” of €85.5 million to move from the Amsterdam club to that of Turin in 2019.
With €87 million, the record holder is still called Harry Maguire, transferred from Leicester to Manchester United in 2019. The first Frenchman on this list is none other than Lucas Hernandez, for whom Bayern had bet €80 million in 2019 as well.
Top 5 for him.
In seventh place, we find Achraf Hakimi, snatched from Inter Milan by Paris Saint-Germain in 2021 for 66.5 M€.
This is the biggest transfer from a French club to date for a defender.
Top 10 most expensive defenders in football history
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