United have announced that Uruguayan defender Guillermo Varela from Atletico Penarol has now signed and so becomes the first signing under the management of David Moyes.
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Guillermo Varela
The signing does seem to have a bit of Fergie influence about it though because he was invited to train with us towards the end of last season.
My own personal jury on South American players in the Premier League is still out. There have been a few hits but there have also been a few misses – and we have had our fair share of those.
This one does seem to be a strange signing, though. The lad is a right-back and Rafael would seem to be the future of that role – he’s just had a tremendous season – his best ever – and at just 22 years of age (he’s 23 next month) there seems to be a long future ahead of him.
I do hope to be proved wrong – I know absolutely nothing about the player – but this one looks like “cover” that will only be used when Rafael gets himself suspended again.
