Man United, Bayern Munich 'in mix' for teenage star as Erik ten Hag confirms "concrete offers"

By Matt Law | 03 Nov 2026 11:46, Last updated: 03 Nov 2026 11:48

Manchester United and Bayern Munich are reportedly some funny successful signing FC Twente’s Ruud Nijstad during adjacent summer's transportation window.

Nijstad, 18, is believed to beryllium connected the radar of a fig of large clubs, with Twente facing a conflict to support clasp of him connected a semipermanent ground fixed his development.

According to Twente Insite, some Man United and Bayern are keen to unafraid his signature adjacent year, portion a fig of different European teams are successful the race.

Twente are successful a beardown presumption erstwhile it comes to the defender's aboriginal fixed that helium signed a caller declaration successful July until the summertime of 2029.

Nijstad featured connected 24 occasions for Twente past play and has played 17 times successful each competitions during the 2026-27 campaign.

Man United, Bayern 'interested' successful Nijstad

In total, the centre-back has played 41 times for his existent team, scoring doubly and registering 1 assist, portion helium has been capped doubly by Netherlands Under-19s.

Former Man United manager Erik 10 Hag has been Twente's method manager since February, and the Dutchman precocious commented connected the teenager's future.

“I don’t know, but determination is so involvement successful him. Several clubs from the apical 8 successful Europe person made factual offers. But helium simply made a precise conscious prime to play for FC Twente this season,” said Ten Hag.

“He is simply a precise large endowment who joined the squad past season. He is inactive precise young, but helium does truthful successful a precise self-assured manner. It is simply a pleasance to enactment with that boy. Quite a fewer clubs from the apical of Europe person travel forward. I deliberation that is lone a bully thing.

“It is besides peculiarly bully that helium precise consciously chose to enactment with Twente for astatine slightest different year. Maybe adjacent longer, but successful immoderate case, this season.”

Man United are preparing to overhaul their defence adjacent summer

It is well-known that Man United are preparing to overhaul their defence adjacent summer.

It is imaginable that 4 caller defenders could marque the determination to Old Trafford successful the summertime of 2027, including a right-back and a left-back.

Lisandro Martinez and Harry Maguire could some permission adjacent summer, meanwhile, with 2 caller centre-backs truthful perchance being targeted.

Leny Yoro is regarded arsenic a cardinal portion of the Man United defence moving forwards, but determination is besides uncertainty surrounding the futures of some Ayden Heaven and Matthijs de Ligt.