'A monster' - Noussair Mazraoui hints at two Manchester United partnerships with former teammates

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Manchester United new boy Noussair Mazraoui has described centre-back Matthijs de Ligt as a "monster" on the pitch after the pair joined from Bayern Munich on the same day.

Mazraoui and De Ligt will now add United to a joint CV that includes time together at Ajax and Bayern and the full-back accounted for €15m of a joint €60m outlay to sign the pair, who could both make their debuts against Fulham.

Although Mazraoui represents Morocco and De Ligt the Netherlands, they were born in the same Dutch town and their relationship has endured from Amsterdam to Manchester, via Munich.

They played right-back and right-sided centre-back at Ajax and at times for Bayern, with a brief break when De Ligt spent three seasons at Juventus. ALSO READ: United's next transfer will depend on which £60m signing turns up ALSO READ: Why Joshua Zirkzee hasn't played for Manchester United yet That is an on-pitch relationship that could be rekindled at Old Trafford and Mazraoui, who can play left-back as well, has revealed the difference between his partner once the whistle blows. “That’s a big difference between on the pitch and off the pitch, off the pitch he’s a really, really nice guy, a funny guy as well, I know him now very well, the third club we’re going to play together," he said. “I don’t know what happens when he steps on the pitch but he just changes into a monster." “We started as a couple of the right side, then we had some time off each other, a little breakup, but we came back together at Bayern, it was again the same connection and here now in United, I know we have that same connection and I hope we can show that to the world and to the fans because it’s another club, new challenges, a new start." The duo take the number of