Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has sealed his first deal of the 2012 summer transfer window by signing highly-rated Crewe midfielder Nick Powell for a fee of £4million.
Powell has played over 55 times for the league two side and has caught Fergie’s eye after impressing this season with 15 goals in 44 appearances in all competitions. Powell will link up at Old Trafford once the league two play-offs are over.
England Under-18 International was only celebrating his 18th birthday two months ago and is clearly a signing for the future, though the transfer fee reflects how highly thought of the youngster is. Fergie has parted with £4million for the midfielder hoping he can be a long-term replacement for the likes of Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs.
The Red Devils have received some criticism recently after the departure of promising youth players with Ritchie De Laet, Matt James, Paul Pogba and Ravel Morrison all exiting Old Trafford. The club will hope that Powell can make an impact quickly in the reserves and become a part of the new youth team that the club are building, with players such as Michael and Will Keane, Ezekiel Fryers and Adnan Januzaj.
Ferguson has also been linked with several players such as Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa and Ghanian midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah.
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Good pick up, will come Good in a few years
pogba has not left
A top signing ….I’m a man u fan and also a crewe alex fan …so I’ve seen this lad play …..he’s better than scholes and beckham was at 18 …and is gonna be a snip at 4-5 million …..gonna be in the england team for many years ……chuffed that he’s at manchester united ….can’t wait too see him in the 1st team …soon
Officially Pogba hasn’t left United at this moment but he has however signed a contract with Juventus which Man Utd will receive 300,000 as compensation. He might be still be seen as a Man Utd player but he will not be for much longer.
This is a potentially great signing but it’s just a shame we can’t get these results from our own youth system. I know we have had Welbeck coming through but apart from that it hasn’t been great. Also, with Manchester City spending millions on winners, we can’t afford to waste time by enhancing our reserve squad rather than the senior squad. With the financial situation regarding the Glazers 4 million is actually quite a lot if rumours are true from the papers of our transfer budget for the summer.
I’ve actually played with this lad, having been to school in the year below him, he’s a hugely talented player with massive potential. United should feel lucky. I just hope that he hasn’t made the big move to early, I feel the best thing to do would be to loan him out for his first season, and let him get a bit of experience. Also hopefully fergie won’t put him in the first team to early!
I watched Southend v Crewe the other night and as gutted as I was to see us lose to Crewe, there was no disgrace. Nick Powell has class that I have only ever seen Rooney, Ronaldo and dare I say, Ballack show on the Roots Hall turf before. His movement is great but it is how he gets the ball to stick to his feet that is so remarkable. He will fit in perfectly at United, and I disagree with the comment that he should go on loan. United have bought a number of players and sent them out on loan and it’s done them no good at all.
loan him make for a season ..
Has he officially signed nick and are Manchester united really close to signing shinji kagawa
Watch for Adnan Januzaj…………He’s the next Zidavi(mixture between zidane and xavi)
Have fun with him