Manchester United agree a £4m deal for Chilean football prodigy Angelo Henriquez

Manchester United’s long term transfer target Angelo Henriquez finally completed his medical at the club today. The Chilean striker from Universidad de Chile has been linked with a move to Old Trafford for some time now. 

Henriquez - The Chilean wonderkid

 Back in June, Manchester United was caught amongst speculation suggesting Sir Alex Ferguson had finally convinced the Chilean club to sell of their 18-year-old striker. On Tuesday, Angelo Henriquez spent three hours at the Bridgewater Hospital in Manchester to undergo Manchester United’s medical tests. 

 According to initial reports Manchester United has paid around £4 million in transfer fees for Angelo Henriquez. 

The new Devil

 Sir Alex Ferguson has been closely monitoring Angelo’s Henriquez’s development as a player for the last couple of years. Reportedly, a number of other Premier League and Spanish clubs were also interested in acquiring the youngster. 

 Angelo Henriquez is considered to be one of the hottest prospects in football from South America. Even at such a young age the Santiago born has proved he is destined to become a star in the future. 

 Angelo Henriquez, who scored 11 goals in 17 league appearances for Los Azules, attracted a lot of interest in the transfer market this summer. Manchester United had been trailing the youngster for a long time. Therefore, the Red Devils had an edge over other competitors in signing him. 

Another great coup by Sir Alex

Sir Alex Ferguson’s routine of swooping in for young talents around the world is turning into a habit. The legendary Scotsman has reformed Manchester United’s transfer policy with the club investing in smart transfer deals. Picking up talented youngsters for a sensible price is way better than splashing fortunes over established players. 

 In recent seasons David de Gea, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Javier Hernandez have entered Manchester United ranks because of this transfer policy. All of these players have made impressive impacts in the Manchester United squad. As a matter of fact they have become a part of Manchester United’s first team too. 

 Sir Alex Ferguson expects Angelo Henriquez to do the same. The young striker could even make his debut for Manchester United this season.

Arsenal boss Wenger will NOT buy Van Persie replacement

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was coy last night over whether he would seek to buy a replacement for Robin van Persie.

 Van Persie will have a medical today at Manchester United after deal worth £24 million was struck between the two clubs.

Van Persie - Old Trafford bound

 Wenger has the best part of two weeks to spend some of the money before the transfer window is closed. He said on French TV on Wednesday night: "It’s sad to lose a player of his quality. He had only one year left on his contract so we didn’t have the choice."

 Asked who he would recruit, Wenger said: "We already signed Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud." - Lets hope Walcott still a Gunners after this 2012/2013 season!

Tottenham's Modric in Spain for Real Madrid medical

Real Madrid scent victory in their summer-long pursuit of Luka Modric and they not only expect to complete his signing in the coming days but intend to do so for rather less than Tottenham Hotspur's £40m asking price.

José Mourinho, the Madrid manager, has grown frustrated at his club's inability to bring a swift conclusion to the affair, which would have allowed him to integrate Modric in his preparations for the new season.

Modric: Madrid bound

But Madrid have finally made a break-through in the talks with Tottenham that had long since felt entrenched, despite the London club being willing to sell Modric this summer at the right price. A year ago they refused to sanction his release under any circumstances and rejected a package worth £40m from Chelsea...Daniel Levy must be regretting... 

Modric's disillusionment has reached new depths. He refused to go on Tottenham's pre-season tour of the United States, a show of dissent for which he was fined and, such is his state of mind, the manager, André Villas-Boas, has exiled him to train away from the first-team squad.

The Croatian refuse to join Spurs pre-season

The sticking point has been the fee, with the Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy, holding out for as close to £40m as possible and Madrid refusing to go much higher than £30m. Madrid have attempted to offer players in part-exchange, including the Turkey midfielder Nuri Sahin, who is now close to joining Liverpool on loan, but Tottenham said that they wanted cash only.

The Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, has been confident throughout the summer that he would get his man and the indications from Spain on Wednesday were that the initial fee could be as low as £26m, albeit before add-ons. Tottenham can be expected to claim that the sum is greater.

Tottenham need the money to allow Villas-Boas to complete his squad. His priorities are a new striker and a replacement for Modric, with Porto's Joao Moutinho and Yann M'Vila of Rennes prominent in his thoughts. Moutinho, though, may prove too expensive at €30m (£23.5m). Tottenham have had a bid of £12m turned down for M'Vila while they were unsuccessful with a €16m (£12.5m) offer for the more attacking midfielder, Gastón Ramírez, of Bologna.

Man Utd clinch £24M deal for Arsenal striker Van Persie

      Manchester United have clinched a deal for Arsenal striker Robin van Persie.

Van Persie - The new Devil

United sealed the signing of the summer on Wednesday night when Arsenal agreed to sell Robin van Persie to their Barclays Premier League rivals for £24million.

     After weeks of negotiating with Arsenal and the Holland striker, United have beaten Manchester City and Juventus to Van Persie’s signature and the 29-year-old will have a medical at Old Trafford on Thursday. 

United are understood to have agreed a £15m downpayment for last season’s Footballer of the Year and Players’ Player — who scored 30 Premier League goals for last season. That will rise to £24m depending on appearances.

Kissing goodbye to Gunners!

Van Persie is expected to sign a four-year contract worth over £200,000 a week. A statement on United’s website said: "Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement with Arsenal for the transfer of Robin van Persie. The deal is subject to a medical and the agreement of personal terms."