meet mohrihno"s first signing for man utd

Manchester United announce Eric Bailly as first signing of Mourinho era

Villarreal defender moves to Old Trafford on a four-year deal subject to the Ivory Coast international obtaining a work permit.

manchester united have announced the signing of Ivory Coast defender Eric Bailly.

The 22-year-old joins from Villarreal on a four-year deal subject to a work permit to become the first signing for new United manager Jose Mourinho.

He said: "It is a dream come true to be joining Manchester United. To play football at the highest level is all I have ever wanted to do.

"I want to progress to be the best that I can be and I believe working with Jose Mourinho will help me develop in the right way and at the right club.

I am looking forward to meeting my new team mates and to starting this new chapter of my life."

The fee is understood to be in the region of £20m with add-ons. He could make first appearances on the pre-season tour of China next month in games against Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City.

Jose Mourinho is no stranger to winning.

Jose Mourinho is no stranger to winning.

Jose Mourinho to lead Manchester United to the Premier League title according to Portugal defender Ricardo Carvalho.

Carvalho won trophies under Mourinho at Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid.

And the 38-year-old, who currently plays for Monaco in Ligue 1, has backed Mourinho to lead United to their first title since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.

"Jose will have something to prove after what happened at Chelsea," Carvalho said.

"I think he will make Manchester United better and in the next two years they will be champions.

"United have struggled since Ferguson retired but Jose can be the one to replace him.

"He is a great coach and now he is in a great club - United are one of the biggest in the world.

"I have no doubt that he can bring trophies back to United again and that he will make them champions.

"I don't know if it will be in the first year, the second year or the third, but Mourinho will win the title again. My prediction is that it will be in the second year."

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ZLATAN ON THE MOVE TO MANCHESTER?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be allowed to leave Sweden training camp to sign for Manchester United prior to Euro 2016 

 

Sweden will allow Zlatan Ibrahimovic to leave their Euro 2016 training camp to sign for Manchester United.

Reports on Saturday suggested the striker has agreed personal terms at Old Trafford, though Sportsmail understands his agent Mino Raiola is in Monte Carlo on other business and, despite Jose Mourinho's interest in his former charge, the deal is not yet complete.

However, United still expect the maverick forward to make the switch to the Premier League and Sweden boss Erik Hamren indicated he would be happy to allow Ibrahimovic out to complete a move on one of his days off.  

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MEET MORHIHNO'S FIRST DEFENSIVE SIGNING FOR MAN UTD

Eric Bailly set to join Manchester United for 40 million euro

 

Villarreal and the Red Devils have reached an agreement for the young Ivory Coast defender.

 

Villarreal’s Eric Bailly, is set to join Premier League side Manchester United with the deal expected to be closed later tonight. The Carrusel Deportivo sports programme (part of the Cadena Ser network) have confirmed that both sides are about to conclude the negotiation process with a fee of 40 million euro being agreed in securing the defender’s signature. United will not pay his buy-out clause which was fixed at 40 million but will pay the LaLiga club a quaintly that when varying add on fees etc. are added up will be close to the 40 million euro mark.

 

Interest

Manchester United were not alone in their pursuit of the Ivory Coast international with Manchester City and reigning champions Leicester City also showing interest in the coveted defender. In Spain Robert Fernandez, Barcelona sporting director was known to be following the development of the player as he watched Denis Suárez at Villarreal.

Moved from Espanyol

Bailly arrived at Villarreal over 18 months ago following a move from Espanyol. The “yellow submarine” paid 5,2 million euro for his services with Espanyol retaining a stake in the player. Bailly has convinced at Villarreal with his strong dynamic physical style of play but has been prone to lapses of concentration and has been troubled with a series of shoulder injuries.

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Guardiola rules OUT Pogba move to pave the way for Mourinho bid

Manchester City are long-term admirers of Pogba - but will not pursue the Juventus midfielder this summer

 

Pep Guardiola will NOT challenge Jose Mourinho for Paul Pogba after ruling out a move for the Juventus midfielder.
Manchester City have long-been admirers of the French international, who is expected to command a fee in excess of £70m if he moves this summer.
But he has been removed from City’s list of targets in Guardiola’s first transfer window at the club - paving the way for United to launch a British record move.
Mourinho has already been linked with a £60m bid for the former Old Trafford academy graduate.
That comes despite United’s refusal to enter a bidding war for Pogba when he looked set to leave Juve last summer.
High level sources insisted at the time that the club were looking forward, not back.

That could change with Mourinho now on board.
Midfield enforcers like Claude Makelele and Nemanja Matic were pivotal to his title-winning sides in two spells at Chelsea.
And he could look to add dominant force in his United engine room as he bids to win the Premier League in his first season at the club.
Guardiola has already signed a box-to-box midfielder in Borussia Dortmund’s Ilkay Gundogan.
He is expected to add at least one more midfielder before the close of the transfer window.
As exclusively revealed by MEN Sport, the new City manager wants to make as many as six more signings this summer to revamp the squad he inherited from Manuel Pellegrini.


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messi wants to work with morhihno

Manchester United are exploring the potential of a sensational move to bring Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi to Old Trafford.

Sportsmail can reveal that United have made two approaches in the last three weeks in an attempt to gauge whether a move for the Argentine might be possible.

Any move is more likely to be with a view to United returning to the Champions League under Jose Mourinho in 2017-18.

 

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