Oh Sir Alex, how you deceived us when you said you were not intending to sign any more players this summer!
United have officially secured the services of 21-year-old Senegalese striker Mame Biram Diouf. He currently plays for Norwegian side Molde SK - the club from which the Red Devils extracted Ole Gunnar Solskjær in 1996 - and will see out the remainder of the Tippeligaen season with them on loan before formally joining United in January.
At a press conference in Kuala Lumpur earlier today, Fergie said:
“We’ve been looking at him for two years.
“We weren’t intending on signing anyone else after last week - we feel we have a full squad - but the situation accelerated to a point where other clubs started to make bids, so we had to decide whether we acted or didn’t act.
“We decided to act and he’ll be the last person we sign.”
Here’s what you need to know about the latest addition to United’s squad:
He is the current top scorer in the Tippeligaen 2009 with a tally of 12 goals
He has scored 38 goals in73 games for the Norwegians
He’s dead good at backflips (check out the video above)
He has represented Senegal at youth, U21 and Olympic level
Thankfully, he isn’t related to fellow Senegalese forward El Hadji Diouf
Since joining Molde in 2007, he has been linked to Arsenal, West Brom, Feyenoord and a host of other European clubs
He will have a medical in Manchester next week
Diouf put four past SK Brann last week, the first of which came after 23 seconds. Check out highlights after the jump…
Back in 1996, The Spoiler watched a very poor Everton side demolished 4-0 by Wimbledon. The first goal came as a result of a freakish 40-yard Neal Ardley free kick, which sluggishly hit the back of Neville Southall’s net after taking a bounce.
We had seen nothing like it until today, when Hunter Freeman’s effort for Norwegian Tippeligaen side I.K. Start caught our attention. Neville Southall had the excuse of being overweight and about 600 years old - there’s little reason why this Norwegian shotstopper couldn’t have made a better effort.
Sandefjord star conveys joy via the medium of dry humping
While the majority of Europeans pine for the return of domestic football, our friends in Norway are midway through another Tippeligaen season.
Over the weekend, the titans of Strømsgodset faced the giants of Sandefjord, and fans were treated to a rather unusual celebration when the latter side found the back of the net. Scorer Admir Rascic and team-mate Fenan Salcinovicran to the side of the pitch and bowed down in prayer.
The respectful religious moment was ruined, however, when Espen Nystuen ran over and performed a move that wasn’t exactly family friendly.
Nystuen has since insisted that he “is heterosexual and this was only a joke”.
Loading ...