Man United agree deal to sign midfielder Cristian Orozco

Manchester United person reached an statement to motion teenage midfielder Cristian Orozco.

Orozco, 17, presently plays for Fortaleza CEIF and has captained Colombia’s Under-17 team.

The antiaircraft midfielder played a cardinal relation successful helping Colombia scope the last of the U17 South American Championship earlier this year. He has been identified arsenic an breathtaking young endowment with first-team potential.

However, Orozco volition not beryllium capable to implicit a determination to Old Trafford until helium turns 18 adjacent year. He volition proceed to play for Fortaleza CEIF until the transportation tin beryllium finalised successful July.

Orozco is expected to get successful Manchester with a illustration akin to Sekou Kone, who joined United’s academy from Malian nine Guidars FC for astir £1million successful the 2024 summertime transportation window.

Kone impressed scouts playing for Mali astatine the Under-17 World Cup earlier his transportation to United. Orozco’s beardown performances astatine the caller U17 South American Championship person drawn akin attention.

United person broadened their academy recruitment successful caller years owed to Brexit rules, which forestall them from signing players from Europe.

In January, the nine agreed a £3.3million fee, rising to £7million with add-ons, with Cerro Porteno to motion Diego Leon.

The woody stipulated that Leon would implicit his determination from Paraguay successful the summertime window. Leon impressed coaches astatine Carrington and worked exclusively with the archetypal squad successful pre-season.

He was introduced to the Old Trafford assemblage alongside Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo, and Benjamin Sesko.

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