Manchester United sign Standard Liege starlet Marnick Vermiljl - report

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Manchester United have agreed to sign Belgian starlet Marnick Vermijl from Standard Liege, according to the player's father.

The 18-year-old has impressed both Sir Alex Ferguson and reserve team boss Ole Gunner Solskjaer whilst on trial at Old Trafford.

United have handed the wing-back a three-year contract with Standard Liege receiving around €300,000 in compensation and will move to Old Trafford in the summer.

"They said he was the best right or left-back they had seen in years," Vemijl's father Dirk told Het Laatste Nieuws.

"Ferguson told me that Marnick in the following years would become a fixture in the Manchester United squad."




 
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