Ajax star Dillon Hoogewerf completes Manchester United transfer

Ajax wonderkid Dillon Hoogewerf has confirmed he’s completed a move to Manchester United.

The forward has been heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford and Ajax confirmed in May that the forward was set to leave the Amsterdam club.

The 16-year-old is considered one of the star performers in Ajax’s academy and his performances last season for the U17s, where he scored ten goals and laid on six assists, caught United’s eye.

And the teenager confirmed on his Instagram page today that he had completed his move to Old Trafford.

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The video starts with Hoogewerf in an Ajax shirt and ends with him wearing a United kit with Red Devils anthem ‘Take Me Home United Road’ being played in the background.

United are expected to pay an undisclosed compensation fee for the striker which Ajax are due for having developed the teenager in their academy.

The wonderkid becomes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first signing as United boss, though he’s expected to start in United’s reserves before making the step-up to the first team.

United have plundered the Dutch market in recent years by signing the likes of Tahith Chong, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Millen Baars.

It’s part of United’s plan to sign top talents before they reach first-team level so to avoid pursuits of the likes of Matthijs de Ligt, who the club want to sign for around £80m this summer.

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