Manchester United are being urged by some extremely reactionary fans not to seal the transfer of Ajax defender Matthijs de Ligt after a dodgy opening 45 minutes against England.
Marcus Rashford scored from the penalty spot to make it 1-0 to the Three Lions over the Netherlands in tonight’s Nations League semi-final.
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The penalty was awarded after some poor play by De Ligt, who was also nutmegged rather brutally by Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho in a poor first half showing by his incredibly high standards.
De Ligt had a superb 2018/19 for Ajax, and Sport are now linking him with a host of Europe’s top clubs, including Manchester United.
The Red Devils could do with an upgrade on their current crop of centre-backs, with the likes of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones surely not good enough for a club of their ambition.
Still, this lot now think De Ligt is no more than a ‘Dutch Phil Jones’ after that dire first half.
We’re not sure that’s very sensible, but that’s Man Utd fans for you!
https://twitter.com/MTawfic21/status/1136720938442080258
Banter in full swing. He's just a Dutch Phil Jones ?
— UnitedForever?? (@Hated_Adored) June 6, 2019
He’s just a Dutch Phil Jones at the end of the day https://t.co/0G4XnCelXh
— – (@IconicUtd) June 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/Jack7Bennett/status/1136719821234692098
De Ligt is just the Dutch Phil Jones with more hype.
— Adeola Amosun (@Adeolamanuel) June 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/OGS_SZN/status/1136722128911441921
Manutd should go all in for Koulibaly. I've always said he's the man we need. But a simple mistake by De ligt doesn't mean he's not good anymore. He's still a kid and I never thought he's our messiah because he'll be overpowered in the EPL
— Prophet Chijioke ? (@ProphetChijioke) June 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/dessalean/status/1136718870478303233
Koulibaly over Maguire over De ligt @manutd #transfer .
— Heaven (@ARUNA_LEKAN) June 6, 2019