Manchester United have reached an agreement with Leicester city to sign England centre-back Harry Maguire for a world record fee of £80m, BBC has confirmed.
The 26-year-old former Hull City player is expected to complete a medical at the club at the weekend.
He becomes United’s third summer signing following the arrivals of Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Daniel James from Crystal Palace and Swansea respectively.
Maguire made 69 Premier League appearances for Leicester after joining from Hull City in 2017.
The deal means Maguire becomes the world’s most expensive defender, eclipsing the £75m Liverpool paid Southampton for Virgil van Dijk in January 2018.
United had a long-standing interest in Maguire but they backed away from a deal 12 months ago because they felt the £70m that would be needed for a transfer to be concluded was too high.