Here it is: Man United has completed a contract worth 52 million pounds with 18-year-old player Leny Yoro.

United’s offer of £42m plus £10m in add-ons for the defender was accepted last week, but there were concerns that Yoro’s preference was to join Real Madrid.

Yoro, who made 41 appearances for Lille last season, has also attracted interest from Liverpool and Paris Saint-Germain.

The centre back, described as a generational talent, flew in to Manchester for a medical on Wednesday. He had been waiting on Madrid to match United’s bid, but Lille pushed the defender to join the Red Devils with the Champions League winners unwilling to pay the fee.

He was Liverpool‘s prime target, too, but the Reds are understood to have been convinced he only wanted to move to Spain.

    

Centre-back and centre-forward were United’s priority positions in this transfer window, so new co-owners Ineos and manager Erik ten Hag will be pleased to get both deals tied up so early in pre-season after appointing Dan Ashworth as sporting director.

United are interested in signing a second centre-back, having held talks with Bayern Munich over £42m-rated Matthijs de Ligt and having two offers of up to £50m for Jarrad Branthwaite rejected by Everton. However, it’s understood that could depend on raising extra cash through player sales.