United have confirmed that Alberto Massacci has been registered to play for the Reds. The 16-year-old Italian defender joins the Under-18s squad and looks set to make his debut against Manchester City on Saturday.

United's Under-18s take on Manchester City on Saturday in the 'baby derby' at Carrington. Kick-off is at 11:00 BST

Source: manutd.com

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It has been revealed that Sir Alex sent Belgian international Steven Defour a letter after he broke his foot.

"I've just heard about your injury and, in the name of Manchester United, I would like to wish you a full and speedy recovery," read the letter.

"I am sure at the moment you must be feeling awful and that you'll have all kinds of questions.

"Steven, these are natural worries but I have to tell you that modern medicine and treatments are incredible, you have to have confidence in them.


"I'm going to follow your progress closely and I will remain in contact with your club to have news of your recovery."

Defour spoke about the letter saying.

"One thing I should like to highlight is that Ferguson has followed his interest officially," Defour told Het Laatste Nieuws.

"He addressed the letter to Standard. I think the attention is great, but I do not want people to think I am already at Manchester, which is by no means the case.

"But if they come knocking, then I would obviously not cause problems."

Everton had a £9 million bid rejected for the 21 year old midfielder in the summer.

He looks like a good prospect and its good to see we are keeping tabs on players, I also heard that he is a big Man United fan.:gooo:

Man City forward Robinho has admitted that if an offer was to come form barcalona he would sign for them. he has only been at city for just over a year and already wants to leave them, shows how much prospect they have for the future so it does, i wonder how long until the rest will follow

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It was a good night for United players last night. Berba bagged a hat-trick for Bulgaria, while Nani scored for Portugal, booking them a place in the play-offs, after a poor campaign. Rio looked comfortable last night, after getting quite a bit of negative press after Saturday's defeat to the Ukraine. Talk about scapegoat!

Full United round up, thanks to manutd.com:

Dimitar Berbatov maintained his marvellous scoring run on Wednesday night when he banged in three goals for Bulgaria.

A scorer in three of his four previous games for club and country, the United striker notched his hat-trick in just 38 minutes as his national team trounced Georgia 6-2 in their concluding World Cup qualifier. Sadly the result was academic and Berbatov will not feature in next summer's finals in South Africa.

Nani could still make it, however, after he helped Portugal to cement their place in November's play-offs. The winger opened the scoring after 14 minutes against Malta, paving the way for a comfortable 4-0 win for Carlos Queiroz's side.

Rio Ferdinand and Ben Foster were victorious too, albeit in another 'dead rubber' with England. After recent criticism, both can take satisfaction from completing 90 minutes and keeping out the opposition - Fabio Capello's side beat Belarus 3-0 at Wembley with goals from Peter Crouch (2) and Shaun Wright-Phillips. Michael Carrick was an unused sub.

John O'Shea also helped his country to claim a clean sheet, after coming off the bench in the 40th minute. With a play-off place already ensured, there was little to get excited about in the Republic of Ireland's 0-0 draw at home to Montenegro.

Earlier in the day, soon-to-be United team-mates Ji-sung Park and Mame Biram Diouf were on opposite sides in Seoul. The latter, currently on loan to Molde in Norway, came on as substitute in the 58th minute but couldn't stop Senegal losing 2-0 to South Korea in a friendly. Park played the full game as captain, while both goals were set up by Bolton Wanderers winger Chung-Yong Lee - a warning to United, perhaps, for Saturday's match.