MANCHESTER UNITED have completed transfers for two new stars despite the transfer window being closed, reports suggest.
The Red Devils have placed great emphasis on recruiting the best talent for their youth teams in recent seasons.
This has led to a steady stream of stars who have come through the academy to star in the first team, including the likes of Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho and Toby Collyer in recent seasons.
But United have now completed deals for teenager starlets James Overy and Samuel Lusale, according to the Manchester Evening News.
Deals for the pair were delayed as they waited for FA approval, and they will now link up with the Man Utd Under-18s this season.
Meanwhile, a deal for ex-Arsenal wonderkid Chido Obi-Martin is also in the works.
Overy, born in 2007, is an attacking right-back who began his career with A-League side Perth Glory.
He started attracting interest from the likes of West Ham aged just 15 before departing and relocating to the south of England last year.
Described as a “wonderfully polite and humble young man” by former coach Marc Revell in the Mid Devon Advertiser, Overy continued to impress with Newton Abbot Spurs before United came calling.
He is eligible to play for both England and Australia at international level.
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SunSport revealed in July how the Premier League and Fifa were both looking at his transfer.
In the case of Lusale, he is a winger or attacking midfielder who has already represented Slovakia at Under-17 and Under-18 international level.
He was born in Guildford in 2007, and has finally been ratified to join United after turning 17 earlier this month.
Once the FA sign off on 16-year-old Obi-Martin joining the Red Devils, it will complete a hat-trick of highly-rated signings for the club’s youth team.
Fans are eagerly awaiting the signing of Obi-Martin, with training videos showing his remarkable finishing skills and teasing a bright career ahead.
He also scored 10 goals in a single match for the Gunners against Liverpool Under-16s last season.
United’s Under-18 side won an impressive treble last season, having lost just twice in the northern U18 division, before beating southern victors Chelsea to be crowned English champions.
Another teen acquisition this summer, Sekou Kone, has been included in Man Utd’s Premier League squad list for the upcoming season following the end of the transfer window.
Under-21 goalkeeper Dermot Mee was also registered as a fourth-choice goalkeeper as one of the 22 stars registered in the over 21 bracket of the squad registration.
The quality from the academy has been laid bare this week after Mainoo and Garnacho were nominated for the Kopa Trophy and ex-United star Angel Gomes made his England debut.
Erik ten Hag‘s senior team take on Southampton at St Marys in today’s early kick-off.
They have a desperate need to win and get the season back on the track following back-to-back defeats against Brighton and Liverpool before the international break.
YOUR fingernails are more than just a spot to cover in nail polish.
They could provide a window into your health – as a subtle sign on them could suggest you have a dangerous form of heart disease that may cause no noticeable symptoms.
If you notice a red pulsation in your nail bed when you press down your nail that’s a “bad sign”, according to Dr Joe.
The emergency response doctor recently took to Instagram to warn his 400k followers that this subtle throbbing movement – called Quincke’s sign – could be caused by aortic regurgitation.
This a potentially serious heart condition where the organ is forced to work harder than usual, the ER doc said in a video.
Joanne Whitmore, lead nurse at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), gave further insight on what a pulsation in your nails could mean.
“Quincke’s sign in the nail bed can be a sign of severe aortic valve insufficiency, as well as other heart conditions,” she told The Sun.
Normally, your blood flows around your hear and the rest of your body in one direction.
The BHF compares it to a “one way traffic” system.
Your heart valves are tiny flaps of skin that open and close like doors with every heartbeat.
They are essentially the traffic controllers in this situation as they control the direction of your blood flow and stop it from flowing backwards.
You have four of them – called pulmonary, tricuspid, mitral and aortic valves.
The aortic valve controls the flow of blood out from the heart to the rest of the body.
Joanne said: “Aortic regurgitation means the aortic valve does not close fully and the blood can leak back into the heart instead of forwards into the body.
“These problems can put extra strain on your heart and make your heart work harder.”
There are a few causes of heart valve disease – when one or more of your valves don’t work – including:
Over time, it can increase your risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke.
Another form of the condition is when valves get narrower and don’t open fully, blocking or restricting the flow of blood.
“Some people with heart valve disease have no symptoms,” according to Joanne.
But others may experience:
Dr Joe warned that another sign of aortic regurgitation is what’s known as Corrigan pulse – an excessive and visible pulsation in the neck.
Recent research by the University of East Anglia found that over a of supposedly “healthy” adults over the age of 60 may have heart valve disease.
Researchers carried out heart scans on almost 4,500 people aged over 60, who where outwardly healthy and had no symptoms.
Over a quarter – 28 per cent – were found to have previously undetected heart valve disease.
The disease can range from mild to moderate and severe.
Those with a mild form will often have no symptoms and might not need treatment – though checkups every few years are advised.
But Joanne said: “If your heart valve disease is moderate or severe you will usually need treatment, involving medicines and/or surgery.
“It can feel scary to be diagnosed with severe heart valve disease.
“Talk to your doctor about what this means for you and your treatment options.”
A HEART attack is when the supply of the blood to the heart is suddenly blocked.
It is a medical emergency and needs to be treated right away.
Around 100,000 people are admitted to hospital due to heart attacks every year in the UK, according to the British Heart Foundation.
That’s 290 each day, or one every five minutes.
Some symptoms, like chest pain, shortness of breath and feeling lightheaded or dizzy, can be fairly obvious.
But the signs aren’t always so blatant, the NHS warns. Other more subtle symptoms of a heart attack include:
A heart attack and cardiac arrest are similar, but not the same.
A cardiac arrest is when the heart stops pumping blood around the body.
CASEMIRO has one of the most impressive CVs in world football — but it will count for nothing as he tries to prove himself all over again at Manchester United.
Maybe he knows it too. That could be why the veteran Brazilian was the first player to report for training at Carrington in recent days.
The five-time Champions League winner had a nightmare in his last appearance for the Red Devils two weeks ago.
He was blamed for Liverpool’s first two goals and then hooked at half-time as United lost 3-0 on a disastrous showing against their bitter rivals at Old Trafford.
Now he has even more competition with new £50.8million signing Manuel Ugarte — as well as rookie Toby Collyer — pushing for his place in Erik ten Hag’s team.
So he may have to get his head down and be patient.
During the international break the 32-year-old was linked with a move to Galatasaray but a firm offer never materialised, now he and United are stuck with each other.
Ten Hag has spoken with Casemiro about his horror show against Arne Slot’s men and says he will pick the team from what he sees in training from now on.
The United boss said: “I normally do talk to them and in this case I did as well. But players in our club know when you are playing at this level there is always competition.
“They also know you can only be successful if you have a squad with cover.
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“You can’t have a squad where you only have one player who can cover — you need at least two for each position.
“Sometimes it is three for two. That is OK when you have very robust players. All the players will understand — then it’s about what is the best fit for the team.
“They have to prove it, the key word. They will have games but they have to take responsibility and win games for the club.
“If they show their levels on the training pitch, show levels and they’ll have playing time and then it’s about contributing to the team.
“I am looking far ahead. A player who benefits most will play more minutes. That is also normal.”
While Ten Hag and the new football leadership team have high hopes for Ugarte — after the Uruguayan’s arrival from Paris Saint-Germain — they still need Casemiro to get back on track.
With Europa League commitments starting this month, it will be a hectic period for the Red Devils.
And the Dutch boss does not want the experienced star to be judged too harshly on his shocker against Liverpool.
He added: “We definitely need him for sure, of course I speak with him about the situation, everyone can have a bad day at the office.
“But it’s normal in life you have highs and lows and it’s the same in the life of a football player.
“For a football player there are many observing this and have an opinion on this and you have to deal with this.
“He knows how to deal with it. Nobody’s career goes only up, no team pattern only goes up. Then you have to deal with it — then it is about what is the end result.
“But he is experienced. It’s not the first time I guess he’s had to deal with a bad game, he has to overcome it this well.”
Ugarte, 23, only arrived back from international duty on Thursday lunchtime but is in contention to play at Southampton.
Ten Hag revealed he has followed the South American since he featured for Sporting Lisbon against his Ajax team in the Champions League group stage three years ago.
The Amsterdam outfit ran out comfortable winners in both matches but the way the midfielder performed stuck in his memory.
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NEARLY two decades have passed since Roy Keane led Manchester United into battle for the final time.
It left a gap in the engine room that the Red Devils have never really come close to filling in the 19 years that have followed.
Many tried and some managed it in flashes and, although the trophies still rolled in for a time, there was no snarling, bring-it-on warrior prowling the midfield.
Until now… until the imminent capture of a man who views a 50-50 challenge like a starving Labrador staring at a side of ham.
For three months, United have licked their own lips at the prospect of a midfield marshalled by Uruguayan tough guy Manuel Ugarte.
Finally, they have their man.
Ugarte is pretty much a ball-winner pure and simple.
Rarely will you see him pinging 40-yard passes to split a defence.
But ending his days with half the reputation of Keane and a fraction of his silverware would still mean a hell of a career.
Ten Hag added: “He’s been on my radar a long time, he played for Sporting Lisbon vs Ajax.
“It was not only that match, also the seasons after when he played there and for Uruguay and PSG.
“I had him in my mind and my eye, the scouting department had him in their mind and we followed him and we judged he will be a really good fit for our team.
“He’s coming in as a late transfer but he’s playing a very important position, connecting the defending with attacking and attacking with defending.
“Communication is very important to guide the team and lead the team, make the connections between defence and attack.
“We have to help and guide him about how to play that role but what we have seen, he knows a lot already and has the profile where we think he can fit in that role.
“We have to teach him details about how it works in our team.”
Ten Hag is also backing summer arrival Matthijs de Ligt to bounce back from his Dutch disaster.
De Ligt, signed in a £42.7m deal from Bayern Munich, had a nightmare international break.
The 25-year-old was at fault for a goal in Holland’s 5-2 win over Bosnia then got blamed for both in a 2-2 draw with Germany days later.
Ten Hag said: “I know Matthijs and he is a great personality, his character. He will overcome this and will bounce back.
“I’m not afraid for this situation — it’s about the Dutch squad — not his club. I know his qualities, I know he’ll fight back.”