When Manchester United signed Matthijs de Ligt in August 2024 for £43 million, doubts arose not only over his fitness but also his footballing ability.
However, following a challenging first year at Old Trafford, de Ligt has become one of United’s most important players in Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 system, and is looking like a £43 million defender Man Utd just unleashed.
What sparked his remarkable turnaround? In this video, we’ll examine the reasons behind de Ligt’s resurgence, his impact on Amorim’s gameplan, and why he is becoming a key component for United’s season.
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0:00 – Intro
1:04 – Past Struggles
2:53 – A Perfectly Timed Resurgence
4:47 – What’s changed this season?
7:31 – What next for de Ligt?
*All footage used in the video is for contextual purposes and in no way intended to infringe on intellectual property.

20 Comments
Rate de Ligt’s season so far out of 10!👇🏻
We saw it against Bournemouth how much we were missing him hopefully he returns quickly
1:26 at 18 i was watching 24/25 United get spanked week in week Out😭💔
Some of your jokes are diabolical 😂
The proof is right in front of our eyes.Look at our defence vs bournemouth.We need him back.
👏👏De Ligt went from shaky to steady, Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 has unleashed him! £43m well spent 🤣
Scholes should stay out of football. Football left him. 😂
1:46 😂😂😂😂😂
Scholes, what a dick.
I still do think, we shouldnt hve bought de ligt, de ligt is a person who can steady a rocking ship, but he cant get a steady ship to new heights. He is a pretty good defender, but not a elite/great one, its the same for harry, i really like harry a lot, i think due to his speed and rigidness he isnt elite, if not he is miles better than deligt.
What united have missed for years is a spine.
They haven't had a good spine in years-look how they fell apart after letting degea… then they let McTominay go.
A good spine of a team is Lemmens, De Ligt, Amad, Mount.
*I feel Amad is an engine room player as he gets stuck in and can play ball.
I would like to see them get Gallagher in-united need more grafters in the squad and I feel he fits the bill.
I think of McTominay was never sold this team as it stands would be much better
Our future captain
Stop with the dirty references, it sounds so weird to hear uncle's voice talking about Bonnie Blue.
Scholes is so negative about our signings before they even play 0:35
The only thing that has let De Ligt down since the start of his senior career, are injuries. Thats it. Ability and talent wise, he as good as any defender atm.
Pls sell Dalot
if the man can stay healthy, hes top 5 cb but thats a big if
He's gonna be the best Defender in PL soon
Scholes turned out to be a villain.
yeah man manchester united's unleashing everyone