Manchester United confirm Carlos Baleba signing as midfield spend nears £150m
Cameroon international joins from Brighton He says United are the ‘club of my dreams’ Manchester United have completed the signing of the Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba in a deal worth up to £70m. The Cameroon international is the third midfielder to join this summer, after Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. Baleba has signed a five-year contract with the option to extend for 12 months after United agreed a £65m d
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Cameroon international joins from Brighton He says United are the ‘club of my dreams’ Manchester United have completed the signing of the Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba in a deal worth up to £70m. The Cameroon international is the third midfielder to join this summer, after Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. Baleba has signed a five-year contract with the option to extend for 12 months after United agreed a £65m d
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Manchester United confirm Carlos Baleba signing as midfield spend nears £150m
Cameroon international joins from Brighton He says United are the ‘club of my dreams’ Manchester United have completed the signing of the Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba in a deal worth up to £70m. The Cameroon international is the third midfielder to join this summer, after Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. Baleba has signed a five-year contract with the option to extend for 12 months after United agreed a £65m d
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Manchester United confirm Carlos Baleba signing as midfield spend nears £150m
Cameroon international joins from Brighton He says United are the ‘club of my dreams’ Manchester United have completed the signing of the Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba in a deal worth up to £70m. The Cameroon international is the third midfielder to join this summer, after Andrey Santos and Youri Tielemans. Baleba has signed a five-year-deal with the option to extend for 12 months after United agreed a £65m deal
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Manchester United confirm Carlos Baleba signing as midfield spend nears £150m
Cameroon international joins from Brighton He says United are the ‘club of my dreams’ Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Carlos Baleba from Brighton. The midfielder has signed a contract to 2031, with the option to extend by a year. United are understood to have paid an initial £65m for the 22-year-old, who is the third midfielder to join this summer, after Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos. It takes the
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