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[Cantona007]

Unconfirmed so far...

Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/11/manchester-united-sign-striker-bebe

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Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe

• Portuguese player becomes eight striker on United's books
• 20-year-old recommended to club by Portugal's Queiroz


Sir Alex Ferguson Alex Ferguson has added an eighth senior striker to his books by signing the Portuguese Bebe. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczynski/EPA

Manchester United have spent £7.4m to sign Bebe, a relatively unknown 20-year-old from the Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães, the Guardian can reveal. The deal was finalised today, with the player becoming the eighth senior striker on the club's books.

United have paid the buyout clause to release Bebe – who was raised in an orphanage after spending part of his childhood on the streets and has represented Portugal in the homeless World Cup – from his five-year contract at Guimarães only five weeks after he joined the club from Estrala da Amadora in the Portuguese third division.

He has been recommended to Sir Alex Ferguson by his former assistant, Carlos Queiroz, the Portugal national coach, and a deal has been rushed through for Bebe to become the third signing of the summer at Old Trafford. It takes the club's spending to around £25m following the arrival of Chris Smalling from Fulham and Javier Hernández from Chivas de Guadalajara, with Ferguson retaining a strong interest in Mesut Ozil, the Germany international.

The United manager was at Craven Cottage to see Ozil play in a pre-season friendly for Werder Bremen on Saturday and, although he tried to pass it off as watching a Premier League opponents, the Guardian has established he stayed back at the end of the match to talk to officials of the Bundesliga club in the boardroom. There remain a number of obstacles to clear, not least the fact that Chelsea are interested, along with Real Madrid and, potentially, Barcelona.

The signing of Bebe has been far more straightforward, with Ferguson understood to have met the player for the first time on Tuesday when he flew to Portugal, principally to be a witness for Queiroz in a disciplinary case with the Portuguese football federation.

Bebe is described as a fast, technically gifted striker, right-footed and strong in the air, measuring 6ft 2ins. He has shown his potential with several goals in pre-season but his signing still represents a major surprise given Ferguson's recent insistence that he did not want to add to his squad and the player's low profile in Portuguese football.

Queiroz has convinced Ferguson that he may have unearthed a future gem and Bebe will provide competition for Wayne Rooney, Hernández, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen and Federico Macheda, with Mame Biram Diouf having joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan and Daniel Welbeck on his way to Sunderland.

[D.H.W]

plenty fire power, but how d defense looking?

[triniairman]

United to bring in Bebe
Red Devils swoop for Portuguese striker
Last updated: 11th August 2010   

Manchester United have struck an agreement which will see Portuguese striker Bebe move to Old Trafford.

The 20-year-old will join United subject to passing a medical later in the week.

The Red Devils have already agreed a deal with Bebe's current employers Vitoria Guimaraes.

Personal terms have also been ironed out, paving the way for the move to be completed.

The youngster will move to England for an undisclosed fee, bolstering United's attacking unit in the process.

Potential
Reports suggest the fee involved could be somewhere in the region of £7.4million.

Sir Alex Ferguson has swooped for the burly frontman just five weeks after he signed for Guimaraes, agreeing to match his buy-out clause.

Bebe had been recommended to the United boss by the club's former assistant manager Carlos Queiroz, who is now in charge of the Portugal national side.

He has shown his potential during pre-season with a number of well-taken goals and will bring power and pace to the Red Devils' frontline.

His arrival does come as something of a surprise, though, as United already have eight senior strikers on their books and Ferguson has often stated that he was not looking to add to his squad.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_6307047,00.html

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

that one is a massive gamble....I hope it works out or else we'll look very stupid....Apparently he's more an attacking midfielder than a striker..I'd prefer that

Welcome Bebe....die for the shirt

Stuff of dreams this one...I'm already seeing the movie set to release 12-15 years down the line...What an incredible story for this kid...homeless to the promised land

Do yuh ting son

[Cantona007]

plenty fire power, but how d defense looking?

More importantly, how the midfield looking? Scholes is still the best midfielder by a mile...

[De Lapahtron]

Ok so check this link out:


http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={FE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC}&section=playerProfile&teamid=&bioid=94383

[D.H.W]

Ok so check this link out:


http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={FE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC}&section=playerProfile&teamid=&bioid=94383

a day late

Very curious link on the official Man Utd website:

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={FE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC}&section=playerProfile&teamid=&bioid=94383

Wud be funny if dey get brace 

[D.H.W]

game today fellas 

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

game today fellas 

I cannot wait.....pumped!

[Mr Fix-it]

game today fellas 

I cannot wait.....pumped!

Nuff ponging 4 dem.  Man U 4 EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR 

[Andre]

man u vs. newcastle game streaming on espn3.com in the US for whoever want to take a chance and check it at work

[D.H.W]

Berba score 1-nil 

[D.H.W]

Giggs 

[STEUPS!!]

Giggs 

he's not bout 45 years old 

give youth a chance fergie, give youth a chance

 

[D.H.W]

it only had 2 vets on the field , scholes and giggs  , doh try dat 

[Blue]

Very curious link on the official Man Utd website:

http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={FE60904B-C2A8-4E60-9B05-700DBBC29BBC}&section=playerProfile&teamid=&bioid=94383

Wud be funny if dey get brace 

The United Web manager released a statement today saying their is a glitch in the system when a name is listed in the transfer gossip section a player ID is formed....It's happened in the past...caught me the first time big time lol

and if he brace us he is a c**t

oh well

[elan]

How come when Man United and Real Madrid going for the same player, the majority of the time Real Madrid get the player. What's up with that?

[dinho]

How come when Man United and Real Madrid going for the same player, the majority of the time Real Madrid get the player. What's up with that?

Man United is a feeder club for bigger and better teams.

[xixgon]

Haha when has their ever been any proof that Utd were competing with Real for Ozil?

The press says what they say and create a story - but the fact is Bremen themselves have said they only received 1 bid before the sale - which was also from Real. Utd were 'linked' with Ozil - but so were Chelsea and Barca - does that mean Real beat them as well to the player?

Also, when last have Real beaten Utd to a player they truly wanted?

What big players besides Ronaldo have Utd sold that they didn't want to (whom they got 80 million for)?

Indeed Utd rarely goes for the hyped players anymore - young talent like Ozil does fit their mold though - but he's not the wizard that people who do not follow Bremen make him out to be. Whether he will reach his supposed potential and show the form that he does for Germany, or become another talent lost to Madrid's bench - remains to be seen.



 

[giggsy11]

Welcome Bebe!  http://gu.com/p/2j4yb

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Haha when has their ever been any proof that Utd were competing with Real for Ozil?

The press says what they say and create a story - but the fact is Bremen themselves have said they only received 1 bid before the sale - which was also from Real. Utd were 'linked' with Ozil - but so were Chelsea and Barca - does that mean Real beat them as well to the player?

Also, when last have Real beaten Utd to a player they truly wanted?

What big players besides Ronaldo have Utd sold that they didn't want to (whom they got 80 million for)?

Indeed Utd rarely goes for the hyped players anymore - young talent like Ozil does fit their mold though - but he's not the wizard that people who do not follow Bremen make him out to be. Whether he will reach his supposed potential and show the form that he does for Germany, or become another talent lost to Madrid's bench - remains to be seen.



 

thanks for saving me the typing for those pricks

I think Ozil's wages and valuation didnt sit well with United.... Fergie said he didnt see any value in the market and hinted next season he will buy a mature player (to replace Scholes) but says we have enough experience in the squad for this season and the young players are talented and hungry which I agree with

We as fans just wanted a decent signing.....Chicharito may be it...I love that kid

I taking Modric next season...only man that can replace Scholes for me... will be 25 next season can play CM and right behind a striker..and he's proved it in the prem.

And I scouting wingers too...even though I safe with Nani and Valencia

[Small Magician aka Wazza]

Beckham = fail , Heinze = fail , Ruud = fail , Ronaldo = to be continued

Ruud= Legend

He doesn't know how to fail

[Observer]

Beckham = fail , Heinze = fail , Ruud = fail , Ronaldo = to be continued

Ruud = Fail    46 goals in 68 games and two League titles with Real that is failure! Interesting

[kicker]

ah talkin about d men who went Real, ruud never catch he self

bullsh*t.

[D.H.W]

alyuh going crazy ah what? i never say that 

[Peong]

Beckham = fail , Heinze = fail , Ruud = fail , Ronaldo = to be continued

Ruud = Fail    46 goals in 68 games and two League titles with Real that is failure! Interesting

Beckham also had a starring role in the title win in his last season there.

Anyway Man U does not get into bidding wars for a big player.
Why don't they?  Ferguson probably tryin to uphold the club's reputation.
It will look real bad for them to publicly fail to land players like that.

[Observer]

Yuh mean like Ronaldinho 

[dinho]

Yuh mean like Ronaldinho 

Or Arjen Robben, John Obi Mikel or Michael Essien?? 

[D.H.W]

stueps

[lefty]

stueps

d troot does unsettle ?