Manchester United is gonna sign 17-year-old Diego León from Club Cerro Porteño. The deal is worth about $5 million plus some extras and they’re still working out his pay right now. Jason Wilcox is helping get everything sorted at the end here.
- Manchester United is almost done with the $5 million deal for Diego León.
- They’re still talking about how much to pay him.
- Jason Wilcox is helping with the deal.
Manchester United’s Strategic Move
Manchester United is getting Diego León who’s a promising left-back from Paraguay. León plays for Cerro Porteño and lots of big teams like Arsenal and Manchester City wanted him too. He’s really fast and good at defending and since he joined Cerro Porteño in July 2024 he’s been playing a lot with the first team, he’s played 19 games and scored 2 goals.
🚨🔴 The agreement between Man United and Cerro Porteno for 17 year old left back Diego León is almost done.
Fee worth $5m plus add-ons, final details being sealed with Jason Wilcox taking care of it.
Negotiations underway on player’s salary/contract.
Here we go, soon. 🇵🇾 https://t.co/kKBfxzTDn8
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)
December 12, 2024
Impact on Manchester United
This fits with what Manchester United wants to do getting young players to make the team better later on. With Sir Jim Ratcliffe owning the team now they’re trying to build a good team even though they’ve had some changes with managers. Getting León from Cerro Porteño which is good at making young players better shows how United looks all over for new players.
Future Prospects
Getting Diego León shows that Manchester United really wants to help young players get better. The team needs to fix their problems with how they play with new manager Rúben Amorim who likes his teams to press a lot and attack. León could help make the defense stronger which is what Amorim wants to get the team winning again.
Manchester United getting Diego León is really important for them trying to be one of the best teams again Everyone who likes football is watching to see if this young player can help make the team better.
