Italian starlet claims United move

• marcteng

  4 Jul 09, 18:40

  Empoli full-back Alberto Massacci claims he is set to join Premier League champions Manchester United after talks with Sir Alex Ferguson. 

  The 16-year-old has still to make his Empoli debut but is regarded as a genuine talent and long-term prospect for the English champions.

  United have been criticised in the past for signing young Italian talent before they can be secured to contracts by their respective clubs, as was the case with Federico Macheda and Giuseppe Rossi.

  Massacci, if reports are to be believed, has already had a medical with United and is to fly over to Manchester on Sunday to thrash out the finer details of the deal.

  "When Sir Alex Ferguson rang me up, I couldn't believe it," he told the Gazzetta dello Sport.

  "I had an hour-long conversation with him, in English. He seemed a humble person and nobody from the club made the pressure of an historic side weigh on my shoulders.

  "In life a chance like this only comes past you once, so you've got to grab it with both hands. It isn't an easy decision aged 16 to leave home, family and friends, but I don't want to have regrets."

   

• ViNnO

  4 Jul 09, 19:49

  Lol juz sign the charlton def, now wan another young 1. Sign Kun la.

• marcteng

  4 Jul 09, 19:52

  Originally posted by ViNnO:

  Lol juz sign the charlton def, now wan another young 1. Sign Kun la.

  whats kun?

• ViNnO

  4 Jul 09, 20:01

  Originally posted by marcteng:

  whats kun?

  Aguero nick

• iceFatboy

  5 Jul 09, 06:57

  did MU also sign the brazil defender??

  seems MU rebuilding from youth again..

• ViNnO

  5 Jul 09, 12:03

  Originally posted by iceFatboy:

  did MU also sign the brazil defender??

  seems MU rebuilding from youth again..

  Douglas Costa? If u mean him, no idea leh, no new report abt him.

• omgukilledkenny

  5 Jul 09, 14:29

  Originally posted by iceFatboy:

  did MU also sign the brazil defender??

  seems MU rebuilding from youth again..

  Dodo? Yea, havent heard too.

• marcteng

  5 Jul 09, 14:42

  Originally posted by omgukilledkenny:

  Dodo? Yea, havent heard too.

  Dodo lol, thats like so long ago, no news on his transfer, think its tabloids making up stories again la as usual

• iceFatboy

  5 Jul 09, 19:11

  Originally posted by ViNnO:

  Douglas Costa? If u mean him, no idea leh, no new report abt him.

  no no, this one is AM, the one that got all Brazilian FC all angry cause they feel MU tapping on their youths..

• iceFatboy

  5 Jul 09, 19:12

  anyway, whose this? never hear of this defender b4...

   

• iceFatboy

  6 Jul 09, 18:49

  well, it seems SAF is hunting for GNeville's successor, and also brown is really not coming back anytime soon..

• ViNnO

  6 Jul 09, 19:02

  Originally posted by iceFatboy:

  no no, this one is AM, the one that got all Brazilian FC all angry cause they feel MU tapping on their youths..

  Lol ic.

• marcteng

  6 Jul 09, 19:03

  Originally posted by iceFatboy:

  well, it seems SAF is hunting for GNeville's successor, and also brown is really not coming back anytime soon..

  long term successor is Rafael lor.

• iceFatboy

  7 Jul 09, 11:31

  seems, this one is signed too..

  http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1124528_united_wont_cash_in_on_etoo

  United's Academy have installed two newcomers among their youth ranks. Charlton's 15-year-old Sean McGinty will join young ranks after the club agreed a compensation package with the London club.
  
  McGinty is a Republic of Ireland Under 17 was offered scholarship terms at the Valley having been with the club for three years but United stepped in. Brian McClair's Academy has also added Empoli's 16-year-old right-back Alberto Massacci to the youth squad.