Friday 14 September 2012

In the latest EPL transfer news, Sir Alex Ferguson has said that striker Angelo Henriquez will be Manchester United’s last summer signing.

No more transfers says Ferguson

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Jamie

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In the latest EPL transfer news, Sir Alex Ferguson has said that striker Angelo Henriquez will be Manchester United’s last summer signing.

The 18-year-old Chilean follows forward Robin van Persie, midfielders Shinji Kagawa and Nick Powell plus left-back Alexander Buttner to Old Trafford. Ferguson also said that the club are not closer to selling either, with Dimitar Berbatov linked with a move.
“We definitely won’t be buying anyone,” Ferguson said. “There is no movement about anyone going the other way.”
Club record buy Berbatov has drawn interest from several European clubs since the £24m arrival of Van Persie.
Henriquez will further increase Ferguson’s options up front when he travels to England on Sunday after being granted a work permit and visa. And the Scot revealed he had monitored the progress of the Universidad de Chile youngster for several years.
“We have had an option [to sign him] since he was 14 when he played against our youth team,” the 70-year-old said. “He came over when he was 15 and then 16.
“He had such a good summer with Chile’s Under-20s, that we thought it wasn’t worth waiting. We may as well do it now. He’s quick and a good finisher and he has a terrific physique for a boy of 18.”
Ferguson also stated he expected 23-year-old Dutchman Buttner, signed from Vitesse Arnhem on Tuesday, to feature from the substitute’s bench against Fulham on Saturday due to the number of injured defenders at the club.
He said: “Patrice Evra could actually play at centre-back, he has done in the past. But it [Buttner's arrival] gives us a stronger squad, that is the most important thing.
“We’ve been monitoring Alex for a while. He’s a straightforward, attacking, quick full-back who will be a terrific addition to our squad.
“Patrice Evra has played an average of 48 games a season for the last five years, an incredible statistic. He’s still a fit lad but he is in his 30s now and Alex gives us good back-up.
“He will provide Patrice with a good challenge.”

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Sir Alex Ferguson 25 Years- Manchester United

Ferguson calls for hostilities between Man Utd and Liverpool to end

Submitted by Dave Williams on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 12:59

Sir Alex Ferguson has called for improved relations between bitter rivals Manchester United and Liverpool.
Following this week's release of the Hillsborough Independent Panel's report - which cleared Liverpool supporters of any blame in the 1989 tragedy in which 96 supporters died – the United boss is keen for a better relationship and more friendly rivalry to develop.
"We are two great clubs, ourselves and Liverpool," said Ferguson.
"We should understand each other's problems. Maybe a line will be drawn in the sand in terms of their behaviour towards each other."
The teams face each other next weekend at Anfield, and will be hoping for none of the controversy of last season.

EPL Round One - Fixture Result

EPL Round 1 – Fixture Results

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Jamie

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EPL Round One - Fixture Result

Saturday 18th August 2012

Arsenal 0 – 0 SunderlandScorers:
Arsenal started life after Robin van Persie with a goalless draw against Sunderland at the Emirates Stadium.
Arsene Wenger’s side, who fielded Lukas Podolski, the German striker, and Spain midfielder Santi Cazorla in the starting XI, enjoyed plenty of possession, but lacked a killer instinct in the final third.
When a clear opening eventually came their way late in the second half substitute Olivier Giroud fired wide.
Fulham 5 – 0 Norwich CityScorers: Fulham – Damien Duff (26)
Mladen Petric (41, 54)
Alex Kacaniklic (66)
Steve Sidwell (87 Pen)
Fulham debutant Mladen Petric scored twice and set up one more as Martin Jol’s side subjected Norwich City to a comprehensive defeat. Martin Jol’s side put on a sublime display to ensure a disappointing start for Chris Hughton in his first match in charge of the Norfolk club.
Queens Park Rangers 0 – 5 Swansea CityScorers: Swansea - Miguel Michu (8, 53)
Nathan Dyer (63, 71)
Scott Sinclair (81)
Swansea are joint top of the table after their 5-nil hammering of QPR on Saturday. Michael Laudrup got life at the Swansea helm off to the best possible start and 2 goals to Michu and Dyer and a final goal from Sinclair gave them a very convincing win.
Reading 1 – 1 Stoke CityScorers: Reading – Adam Le Fondre (90 Pen)Stoke - Michael Kightly (34)
Reading were lucky to scrape a draw in their first game in the top flight in 4 years after a pretty average start saw them go 1 nil down as Kightly converted after a mistake by Adam Federici. Le Fondre managed to convert a penalty in the final minute after Garath McCleary came off the bench to turn the game by winning the decisive spot kick.
West Bromwich Albion 3- 0 LiverpoolScorers: West Bromwich Albion - Zoltan Gera (43)
Peter Odemwingie (64 Pen)
Romelu Lukaku (77)
The upset of the round came in the form of West Brom thumping Liverpool 3 zip at home. A superb strike from Zoltan Gera, Peter Odemwingie’s penalty plus a header from Romelu Lukaku made it a bad start for new Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers.
West Ham United 1 – 0 Aston VillaScorers: West Ham United - Kevin Nolan (40)
This was a fairly comfortable win for newly promoted West Ham as Aston Villa started the season in very poor form. A controversial goal came just before half time as Kevin Nolan touched home an easy goal that was originally ruled offside by the assistant ref. The goal counted and the Hammers had several chances in the second half to double their lead, but they were rarely troubled and came out easy winners.
Newcastle United 2 – 1 Tottenham HotspurScorers: Newcastle - Demba Ba (54)
Hatem Ben Arfa (80 Pen)
Tottenham – Jermain Defoe (76)
This game looked all set to end in a 1-all draw but a late penalty to the home side was enough to clinch the win for Newcastle. Demba Ba scored his first goal since February before Jermain Defoe hammered home a low shot to even it up before Ben Arfa cooly converted the penalty to win it for his team.

Sunday 19th August

Wigan Athletic 0 – 2 ChelseaScorers: Chelsea - Branislav Ivanovic (2)
Frank Lampard (7 Pen)
New boy Eden Hazard played a big role in Chelsea’s opening match of the season. With just over a minute played his neat footwork and pin-point pass sent Ivanovic one on one with the keeper which he duly converted. Minutes later Hazard again caused problems and this time earned his team a penalty which Lampard hammered home.
Manchester City 3 – 2 SouthamptonScorers: Manchester City - Carlos Tevez (40)
Edin Dzeko (72)
Samir Nasri (80)
Southampton - Rickie Lambert (59)
Steven Davis (68)
It was deja vu for Manchester City as the defending Premier League champions came from 2-1 behind to beat newly promoted Southampton. They fell behind mid-way through the second spell but recovered after goals from Dzeko and Nasri sealed the win.

Monday 20th August

Everton 1 – 0 Manchester UnitedScorers: Everton - Marouane Fellaini (57)
Manchester got off to the worst possible start after losing away to Everton 1 nil. A fairly even first half saw both teams have their opportunities but some fine goal keeping (especially from De Gea) kept it locked at nil all at the break. The break through came after 57 minutes as Fellaini showed his strength and skill to jump above the United defenders to head home. Even the introduction of new signing Robin Van Persie wasn’t enough for United as Everton played out the rest of the game in defense.

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Premier League ins and outs

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Jamie

In the latest EPL transfer news, The summer transfer window has now shut and the Barclays Premier League clubs’ trading has finished until January.
Here is a full list of the transfer ins and outs of all teams in the EPL

Arsenal

A lot more players have left than have been signed at Arsenal this year. How much will this affect the team. Especially with the likes of Van Persie and Song leaving.
In
Santi Cazorla (Malaga)
Olivier Giroud (Montpellier)
Lukas Podolski (Cologne)
Out
Manuel Almunia (Watford)
Benik Afobe (Bolton Wanderers)
Kyle Bartley (Swansea)
Nicklas Bendtner (Juventus)
Daniel Boateng (Oxford United)
Joel Campbell (Real Betis)
Denilson (Sao Paulo)
Gavin Hoyte (Dagenham & Redbridge)
Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest)
Ryo Miyaichi (Wigan Athletic)
Robin van Persie (Man Utd)
Alex Song (Barcelona)
Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)
Ju Young Park (Celta Vigo)

Aston Villa

A number of new signings for the Villa faithful. A poor start to the season will be of some concern though.
InKarim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord)
Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar)
Matthew Lowton (Sheffield United)
Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord)
Jordan Bowery (Chesterfield)
Ashley Westwood (Crewe Alexandra)
Christian Benteke (Genk)
Joe Bennett (Middlesbrough)
OutJames Collins (West Ham United)
Carlos Cuellar (Sunderland)
Emile Heskey (Free Agent)
Jean Il Makoun (Rennes)
Nathan Delfouneso (Blackpool)

Chelsea

A fairly large amount of spending went on at Chelsea this summer. However, the partnership between Eden Hazard and Torres makes it look worthwile.
In
Cesar Azpilicueta (Marseille)
Eden Hazard (Lille)
Thorgan Hazard (Lens)
Marko Marin (Werder Bremen)
Victor Moses (Wigan Athletic)
Oscar (Internacional)
OutYossi Benayoun (West Ham United)
Jose Bosingwa (QPR)
Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid)
Ulises Davila (Sabadell)
Kevin De Bruyne (Werder Bremen)
Matej Delac (Guimaraes)
Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shenhua)
Michael Essien (Real Madrid)
Gael Kakuta (Vitesse Arnhem)
Salomon Kalou (Lille)
Milan Lakovic (Guimaraes)
Romelu Lukaku (West Brom)
Josh McEachran (Middlesbrough)
Patrick van Aanholt (Vitesse Arnhem)
Thorgan Hazard (Zulte Waregem)

Everton

Everton have started the season well and have picked up a couple of decent players over the summer. Losing Cahill will be a bit of a loss though.
In
Matthew Kennedy (Kilmarnock)
Kevin Mirallas (Olympiacos)
Steven Naismith (Rangers)
Bryan Oviedo (FC Copenhagen)
Steven Pienaar (Tottenham Hotspur)
Out
Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls)
Marcus Hahnemann (Free Agent)
James McFadden (Free Agent)
Jack Rodwell (Manchester City)
James Wallace (Tranmere)
Joseph Yobo (Fenerbahce)
Joao Silva (Levski Sofia)

Fulham

A huge signing on the final day for Fulham as they picked up Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov for a very reasonable price

In
Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United)
Mladen Petric (Hamburg)
Kieran Richardson (Sunderland)
Sascha Riether (Cologne)
Hugo Rodallega (Wigan Athletic)
George Williams (MK Dons)
OutMousa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur)
Dickson Etuhu (Blackburn Rovers)
Bjorn Helge Riise (Free Agent)
Andrew Johnson (Queens Park Rangers)
Danny Murphy (Blackburn Rovers)
Marcel Gecov (KAA Gent)

Liverpool

Losing Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy, Charlie Adam, Dirk Kuyt, Maxi Rodriguez and Jay Spearing will mean a huge change for Liverpool. The signing of Sahin is a good one for the club.
InJoe Allen (Swansea City)
Fabio Borini (Roma)
Oussama Assaidi (Heerenveen)
Nuri Sahin (Real Madrid)
Samed Yesil (Bayern Munich)
Out
Charlie Adam (Liverpool)
Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina)
Fabio Aurelio (Gremio)
Craig Bellamy (Cardiff City)
Andy Carroll (West Ham Utd)
Stephen Darby (Free Agent)
Dirk Kuyt (Fenerbahce)
Maxi Rodriguez (Newell’s Old Boys)
Toni Silva (Barnsley)
Nathan Eccleston (Blackpool)
Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers)

Manchester City

A lack of signings over the majority of the summer got manager Roberto Mancini fired up, but they more than made up for it on the final day signing a number of players. However, they also lost a number of good players as well.
In
Maicon (Inter Milan)
Jack Rodwell (Everton)
Scott Sinclair (Swansea City)
Matija Savic (Fiorentina)
Richard Wright (Unattached)
Out
Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham)
Wayne Bridge (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Omar Elabdellaoui (PSV Eindhoven)
Owen Hargreaves (Free Agent)
Adam Johnson (Sunderland)
Stuart Taylor (Free Agent)
Vladimir Weiss (Pescara)
Nigel de Jong (AC Milan)
Stefan Savic (Fiorentina)
Dedryck Boyata (Twente)
Roque Santa Cruz (Malaga)

Manchester United

One of the bigger summers for Manchester United in recent years. Managing to secure both Robin Van Persie and Shinji Kagawa. The attacking half of this team is one of the best I’ve seen in a while.

InShinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund)
Nick Powell (Crewe)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Alexander Buttner (Vitesse Arnhem)
Out
Ben Amos (Hull City)
Dimitar Berbatov (Fulham)
Ritchie De Laet (Leicester City)
Fabio da Silva (Queens Park Rangers)
Tomasz Kuszczak (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Michael Owen (Free Agent)
Park Ji-Sung (Queens Park Rangers)
Paul Pogba (Juventus)

Newcastle United

A fairly quiet summer for Newcastle with no large signings for the club. They managed to hold on to most of their big players as well.

In
Romain Amalfitano (Reims)
Vurnon Anita (Ajax)
Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City)
Curtis Good (Melbourne Heart)
Out
Leon Best (Blackburn Rovers)
Fraser Forster (Celtic)
Danny Guthrie (Reading)
Peter Lovenkrands (Free Agent)
Alan Smith (Free Agent)

Norwich City

A good summer for Norwich, managing to pick up several new players, while holding on to the majority of their previous team.

In
Jacob Butterfield (Barnsley)
Robert Snodgrass (Leeds United)
Michael Turner (Sunderland)
Steven Whittaker (Rangers)
Javier Garrido (Lazio)
Sebastien Bassong (Tottenham)
Alexander Tettey (Rennes)
Out
Daniel Ayala (Nottingham Forest)
Andrew Crofts (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Zak Whitbread (Free Agent)
Aaron Wilbraham (Free Agent)

Queens Park Rangers

An extremely good summer for QPR. Picking up the likes of Ryan Nelsen, Park Ji-Sung, Jose Bosingwa and Brazilian keeper Julio Cesar sures up the team for another season in the big time.

In
Samba Diakite (Nancy)
Fabio da Silva (Manchester United)
Robert Green (West Ham United)
Junior Hoilett (Unattached)
Andrew Johnson (Fulham)
Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham Hotspur)
Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United)
Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea)
Julio Cesar (Inter Milan)
Esteban Granero (Real Madrid)
Out
Patrick Agyemang (Free Agent)
Jay Bothroyd (Sheffield Wednesday)
Joey Barton (Marseille)
Akos Buzsaky (Free Agent)
Daniel Gabbidon (Free Agent)
Fitz Hall (Free Agent)
Paddy Kenny (Leeds United)
Heidar Helguson (Cardiff City)
Peter Ramage (Crystal Palace)
Daniel Shittu (Free Agent)

Reading

First time back in the big time in a few years for Reading saw them take on a number of new players in order to try and keep themselves up for a second season in the EPL.

InChris Gunter (Nottingham Forest)
Danny Guthrie (Newcastle)
Adrian Mariappa (Watford)
Garath McCleary (Nottingham Forest)
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Stuttgart)
Nicky Shorey (West Bromwich Albion)
Stuart Taylor (Manchester City)
Out
Michail Antonio (Sheffield Wednesday)
Mikkel Anderson (Portsmouth)

Southampton

Likewise for Southampton, trying to keep the team up in the EPL is the name of the game. Hopefully the signings they have made over the summer will do that job.

In
Nathaniel Clyne (Crystal Palace)
Steven Davis (Rangers)
Paulo Gazzaniga (Gillingham)
Jay Rodriguez (Burnley)
Emmanuel Mayuka (BSC Young Boys)
Gaston Ramirez (Bologna)
Cody Cropper (Unattached)

Out
Dan Harding (Nottingham Forest)
Billy Sharp (Nottingham Forest)
Radhi Jaidi (Free Agent)
Bartosz Bialkowski (Notts County)
Dean Hammond (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Stoke City

A decent signing in Charlie Adam a couple of other players rounded off a fairly quiet summer for Stoke.

In
Charlie Adam (Liverpool)
Geoff Cameron (Houston Dynamo)
Michael Kightly (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Jamie Ness (Rangers)

Out
Ryan Brunt (Leyton Orient)
Florent Cuvelier (Walsall)
Jonathan Woodgate (Middlesbrough)
Danny Collins (Nottingham Forest)
Andrew Davies (Free Agent)
Salif Diao (Free Agent)
Ricardo Fuller (Free Agent)
Louis Moult (Free Agent)
Thomas Soares (Free Agent)

Sunderland

Sunderland landed a few decent signings over the summer in Saha, Johnson and Fletcher. They did lose one of their bigger stars in Kieran Richardson though.

In
Carlos Cuellar (Aston Villa)
Steven Fletcher (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Adam Johnson (Manchester City)
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur)
Louis Saha (Tottenham)
Out
Jordan Cook (Free Agent)
Craig Gordon (Free Agent)
Asamoah Gyan (Al-Ain)
George McCartney (West Ham United)
Michael Turner (Norwich City)
Marcus Angeleri (Estudiantes)
Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull City)
Kieran Richardson (Fulham)

Swansea City

Losing Scott Sinclair will be a big blow to this Swansea team but several key signings over the summer has seen a good start to the season.

In
Jose Manuel “Chico” Flores (Genoa)
Pablo Hernandez (Valencia)
Jonathan De Guzman (Villarreal)
Michu (Rayo Vallecano)
Itay Shechter (Kaiserslautern)
Ki-Sung yeung (Celtic)
Jamie Proctor (Preston)
Kyle Bartley (Arsenal)
Out
Joe Allen (Liverpool)
Scott Sinclair (Manchester City)
Stephen Dobbie (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Tottenham Hotspur

Saha, Van der Vaat, Nelsen, Pienaar and Modric are all big losses to this team. Not to mention the poor start to the season has AVB and the team looking pretty uncomfortable already.

In
Emmanuel Adebayor (Man City)
Mousa Dembele (Fulham)
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Hoffenheim)
Jan Vertonghen (Ajax)

Out
Ben Alnwick (Barnsley)
Sebastien Bassong (Norwich)
Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow)
Niko Kranjcar (Dynamo Kiev)
Ryan Nelsen (Queens Park Rangers)
Steven Pienaar (Everton)
Danny Rose (Sunderland)
Louis Saha (Sunderland)
Bongani Khumalo (PAOK Salonika)
Giovani Dos Santos (Real Mallorca)
Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburg)
Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

West Bromwich Albion

Not many notable signings here but the positive start to the season for the baggies is a very encouraging sign.

In
Yassine El Ghanassy (AA Gent)
Ben Foster (Birmingham City)
Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)
Markus Rosenberg (Werder Bremen)
Claudio Yacob (Racing Club de Avellaneda)
Goran Popov (Dynamo Kiev)

Out
Keith Andrews (Bolton Wanderers)
Simon Cox (Nottingham Forest)
Marton Fulop (Free Agent)
Paul Scharner (Hamburg SV)
Nicky Shorey (Reading)
Somen Tchoyi (Free Agent)

West Ham United

Grabbing Andy Carroll on the final day is a huge boost to the newly promoted West Ham. After their last game where they used him to good effect has them in a pretty good position for the rest of the season.

In
James Collins (Aston Villa)
Mohamed Diame (Wigan Athletic)
Alou Diarra (Marseille)
Stephen Henderson (Portsmouth)
Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton Wanderers)
George McCartney (Sunderland)
Modibo Maiga (FC Sochaux-Montbeliard)
Raphael Spiegel (Grasshopper Club Zurich)
Matt Jarvis (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Andy Carroll (Liverpool)
Out
Pablo Barrera (Cruz Azul)
Robert Green (Queens Park Rangers)
Ravel Morrison (Birmingham City)
Frank Nouble (Free Agent)
Freddie Sears (Colchester)
Sam Baldock (Bristol City)
Nicky Maynard (Cardiff City)

Wigan Athletic

Wigan didn’t manage to snag any big names over the summer so I can expect a pretty rough year for them.

In
Fraser Fyvie (Aberdeen)
Arouna Kone (Levante)
Ryo Miyaichi (Arsenal)
Ivan Ramis (Real Mallorca)
Out
Mohamed Diame (West Ham United)
Nouha Dicko (Blackpool)
Steve Gohouri (Free Agent)
Chris Kirkland (Free Agent)
Victor Moses (Chelsea)
Hugo Rodallega (Free Agent)
Conor Sammon (Derby County)

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Sassuolo chief Bonato: Man Utd, Juventus tracking Domenico Berardi

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 03:41

Sassuolo chief Nereo Bonato admits Manchester United and Juventus are following Domenico Berardi.
Bonato, general director at the Italian club, claims Sir Alex Ferguson's side and Serie A giants Juventus are interested in the youngster but says there have been no concrete offers.
He told Sky Sports: "The interest from Manchester United? The player is followed with great attention by many clubs, including the Red Devils and also Juventus.
"But there are other Italian and foreign sides who have observed him in recent games.
"For the moment there has been no concrete contact, so we're thinking about the present and how to develop Berardi in the best way."

That's Why I Love Manchester United!

Man Utd ahead of Barcelona, Real Madrid as most successful Champions League club

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 12:27

Manchester United have been shown as the Champions League’s best performers - ahead of Barcelona.
Based on results since the competition's formation, United have proved to be the most successful club in the Champions League.
The results were put together by Transfermarkt.de:
1. Manchester United - 182 games, 342 points (98-48-36)
2. FC Barcelona- 171 games, 336 points (97-45-29)
3. Real Madrid - 175 games, 332 points (99-35-41)
4. Bayern Munich - 162 games, 285 points (81-42-39)
5. AC Milan - 149 games, 248 points (69-44-36)
6. Arsenal - 137 games, 225 points (63-36-38)
7. Chelsea - 114 games, 205 points (57-34-23)
8. Juventus (12 entries) - 120 games, 203 points (57-32-31)
9. FC Porto - 132 games, 193 points (53-34-45)
10. Internazionale - 105 games, 176 points (50-26-29)

Injured Rooney faces a month out

Injured Rooney faces a month out

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Jamie

In the latest EPL news, Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney faces four weeks on the sidelines after suffering a nasty gash on his leg near the end of Manchester United’s win over Fulham.
Wayne Rooney has knee bandaged

He was injured when blocking a free kick and Hugo Rodallega landed on the England international’s thigh. Rooney was carried off on a stretcher in injury time.
Manager Sir Alex Ferguson said: “Wayne Rooney’s been whisked off to hospital immediately and it looks a bad one.”
He added: “I think he could be out for four weeks with a bad gash.”
Rooney had started United’s 3-2 win on the substitutes’ bench. He is now likely to miss England’s two World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine in September.

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Manchester United announce Henriquez signing

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Jamie

In the latest EPL news, Manchester United have completed the signing of striker Angelo Henriquez from Chilean side Club Universidad de Chile.

The 18-year-old, who scored 11 goals in 17 league matches for Universidad, joins for an undisclosed fee after formalities for his transfer were finalised.
United had announced in August that they had been granted governing body endorsement to register Henriquez.
“I am thrilled to be joining the biggest club in the world,” Henriquez told the club’s official website. “Manchester United is a great team and has a great manager.
“To be able to be part of that is a huge honour and I can’t wait to get started. I hope I can be part of many successful years with United.”
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he was delighted to have secured the signing of Henriquez, who has been given the No21 squad number.
“Angelo has made a tremendous impact on the game in his short career so far,” said Ferguson. “His pace is a great asset and he reads the game really well for someone of such a young age.
“We have a proud record of developing young talent and Angelo fits the profile of a United player – skilful, attacking and someone who plays the game with real flair.”
Henriquez is United’s fifth signing of the summer following the captures of Shinji Kagawa, Nick Powell, Robin van Persie and Alexander Buttner.

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Cruyff: Man Utd perfect for Van Persie

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 10:24

Former Manchester United attacker Jordi Cruyff is delighted for Robin van Persie over the way he's kicked off his Old Trafford career.
He picked up the Golden Boot for his 30 league goals for Arsenal last term and Cruyff believes he’s at the right place to do it again.
“I think United’s tradition and football style suits Robin down to the ground,” Cruyff told the Manchester Evening News.
“He’ll be happy with those elements. I think he is the ideal person at the ideal place.
“It is a big move for him going to Old Trafford from a rival like Arsenal. But he wanted a new challenge and they don’t come much bigger.
“It was a brave thing to do because he was an icon at Arsenal. But it is a massive signing for United.
“I never thought it would faze him and looking at the start he’s made, it certainly hasn’t. He is such an excellent striker. I think winning the Golden Boot last season was a great achievement in a side that didn’t have a great time. So he can definitely do it again this season. He is going to be a great servant for United.”

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