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Post by ginger18legend on Jul 4, 2012 21:18:05 GMT
Following in the footsteps of David De Gea a year ago, reports in Spain this evening claim Manchester United have snapped up another goal keeper from Atletico Madrid – Rodrigo Alvarez.
The 18-year-old custodian has impressed for the Atletico Madrid and Spanish youth sides.
News of his signing has floated around Spain since mid-June but only been picked up by Manchester United bloggers in the past few hours so expect it to appear in the English press on Thursday.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s brother Martin has been tracking Rodrigo Alvarez since January and the deal is expected to be officially announced by Manchester United in January.
Alvarez, on his personal Twitter account, has “MUFC. Busby Babe” suggesting the keeper feels the deal is all but done.
He is expected to be part of Manchester United’s reserve squad next season but there are high hopes he will challenge De Gea for a spot in the first team.
No pictures of video evidence seem available for Alvarez, hence the image of De Gea above. If anyone knows of either, please let us know in the comments. Cheers.
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Saw this on 101greatgoals.com Strange place for a rumour to appear. Sounds like an interesting signing though.
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Post by Tatty on Jul 4, 2012 21:33:31 GMT
He's signed. We need a keeper at that level to allow Johnstone and or Amos to go on loan. Especially with us releasing to young keepers earlier this week.
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Post by ginger18legend on Jul 4, 2012 21:39:36 GMT
Well lets hope he's more De Gea than Ricardo then.
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Post by reddub on Jul 4, 2012 22:22:05 GMT
So here's a player who's sir-name ends in 'ez' who's actually signed for us!
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Post by Tatty on Jul 4, 2012 23:15:09 GMT
Lolz, this seems to be a wind up and everyone's been had. Ha
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Post by Jayrannasaurus on Jul 5, 2012 5:28:38 GMT
Haha, some of the responses on RedCafe were hilarious.
It seems this lad, well, doesn't actually exist!
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Post by ginger18legend on Jul 5, 2012 6:28:16 GMT
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Post by Jayrannasaurus on Jul 5, 2012 8:49:17 GMT
This might actually be real, he seems to be a youngster, only 17. An Atleti youth team feed also confirmed it and linked to this Mundo Atletico article. t.co/Ul2WmWvy
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Post by karthy on Jul 5, 2012 14:30:40 GMT
#clap#
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Post by Tatty on Jul 5, 2012 18:19:08 GMT
So, I'm guessing he or a keeper with a similar name has signed as Amos has gone to Hull on loan.
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Post by Jayrannasaurus on Jul 6, 2012 5:22:46 GMT
Nope it's a hoax, Steve Bartram actually checked with people at Carrington, he's not on our books, hahahaha.
Ali Dia, anyone?
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