Ferguson plans to strike goldArsene Wenger has
always used the French connection, Rafa Benitez relied heavily on his
Spanish sources at Liverpool but Sir Alex Ferguson is increasingly
tapping into the Latin America market. After gaining a work permit for
Chile striker Angelo Henriquez, Manchester United are interested in one
of Mexico’s Olympic gold-medal winners, midfielder Hector Herrera.
United signed Mexican Javier Hernandez from Chivas Guadalajara two years
ago and they also have Ecuador winger Antonio Valencia and three
Brazilians on the books: the Da Silva twins, Rafael and Fabio, and
Anderson. It would have been four had Ferguson not been gazumped by
Qatari-backed Paris St-Germain for Lucas Moura. Several years ago United
appointed a scout to keep an eye on emerging talent in South and
Central America, realising the region had highly talented but relatively
cheap young players. Herrera was on United’s radar when he was voted
best player in this summer’s Toulon Under-21 tournament. Mexico won that
competition before becoming Olympic champions.
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