News out of Manchester where Louis van Gaal announces his new singings for the upcoming 14/15 season. Here is an overview of the new signings with exclusive comments of our head coach
Louis: Matteo is a very talented right back who can also play as a left back or even as center back. I saw Matteo playing at the world cup for Italy where he played some good games. We payed around 8 million euros but the deal wasn't completed yet because there was a lot of interest for this young right-back from clubs like Napoli, Juventus and Arsenal, but he chose for MUFC, which was honestly the best choice. (laughs)
Louis: Then we have Vaclav Cerny, a very young but talented left winger who's called the next Robben. The 16-year old Czechian signed a contract for three years in which he wants to become a first team player. I think that we made a very good deal by only paying 1.3 million for him. A talent to keep an eye on..
Louis: I think Hulk is an amazing signing, I never thought that Zenit would be willing to talk about a transfer for their star-player. But they did and so we bought him for a fee around 30 million euros, that's 10 million less than what they payed to Porto. He signed a contract for 5 years and will be playing on the right wing for us, he can also play as a striker, but with Robin, Wayne and Falcao we already have 3 worldclass strikers.
Louis: Our first Dutch signing is Wesley. I know Wesley from the Dutch national team of course and I know what kind of a good player he is. He's a very creative midfielder with very good passing and vision. Wesley signed a 4-year deal with MUFC. You're now probably thinking that that is very long for a 30-year old player but he will play 2 or 3 years for Man Utd and after that he might become part of my staff. We didn't had to pay to much for him only 8 million my biggest worry was the concurention of PSG who offered him a major contract. But loyal as he is Wesley chose for us to work with his former coach. (smiles)