Dayot Upamecano will not join Man United

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Manchester United’s pursuit of Dayot Upamecano is now over because the participant has agreed to hitch Bayern Munich.

United have been linked with the thrilling Frenchman since he was 16 years outdated. He twice got here near shifting to Outdated Trafford in 2015 however the deal was by no means accomplished. The teen joined Austrian facet Crimson Bull Salzburg as an alternative, earlier than shifting throughout the Crimson Bull empire to Leipzig in 2017.

Upamecano’s contract has a launch clause of €45 million (round £40m) that turns into lively in June. This modest determine means that it’s going to merely be a case of a variety of groups matching the worth and the deal being right down to the participant himself agreeing phrases with the membership of his alternative.

And in that regard, Bayern seem to have gained the race, because it was confirmed yesterday {that a} deal had been struck.

Bayern’s sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic confirmed the deal to Bild on Friday night.

‘I can affirm it and we’re very joyful about that at FC Bayern,’ he stated.

‘We now have had excellent, intense {and professional} discussions with Dayot and his agent Volker Struth for a number of months.

‘I used to be at all times satisfied that we had an excellent idea. We confirmed him our imaginative and prescient of his profession at FC Bayern.

‘Through the previous week I’ve spoken to everyone concerned once more. On the finish of a protracted course of, the participant, his household and his agent are satisfied that FC Bayern is the correct accomplice for him.’

The truth that Salihamidzic says talks between the 2 events have been occurring for months would possibly clarify why United had reportedly distanced themselves from the deal: it maybe turned clear early on that they had been flogging a useless horse in pursuing a switch themselves.

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