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Man Utd agree world-record £85m fee to sign Harry Maguire as summer-long transfer saga with Leicester comes to an end
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MANCHESTER UNITED have agreed a world-record £85million fee to sign Harry Maguire as the summer-long transfer saga with Leicester finally comes to an end.
SunSport understands that the two clubs reached an agreement for the 26-year-old this morning, with the move to be completed after a medical.
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The transfer will be a world-record deal for a defender – eclipsing the £75m Liverpool paid Southampton for Virgil van Dijk last year.
Maguire was left out of the Foxes squad to take on Atalanta at the King Power Stadium tonight so that the deal could be completed.
United have been tracking the England international for over a year and previously had a £70million bid for him rejected.
The Red Devils will now pay £80m upfront with a further £5m in add-ons ahead of Maguire's expected medical this weekend.
The 26-year-old let it be known to Leicester that he wanted to link up with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side before the transfer window shut on Thursday.
He will now become United's third summer signing following a £50million deal for Crystal Palace defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka and £18m for Swansea winger Daniel James.
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Maguire made 69 Premier League appearances for Leicester after joining from Hull City in 2017.
Jose Mourinho had been desperate to sign the centre-back last summer after the former Hull man's performances for England at the World Cup.
He signed a five-year contract at Leicester last September.
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United are still working on bringing in fresh faces before the transfer deadline with one of those being Paulo Dybala.
The Argentine holds the key to a swap deal which would see Romelu Lukaku head to Juventusbut has sturggled to agree a proposed £350,000-a-week package to make the switch to Old Trafford.
The player's agent Jorge Antun has been in London this week to meet with Woodward at United's offices in the capital.
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