MANCHESTER UNITED HAVE completed the signing of defender Sadiq El Fitouri from Salford City, the club owned by the Class of ’92.
El Fitouri – who spent some of his teenage years with Manchester City – only made his debut for the non-league outfit in early January but impressed during a trial at Old Trafford.
Former United stars Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville and Phil Neville own Salford and are reported to have been instrumental in his move to the 20-time English champions.
“This is honestly a dream come true for me and I have to thank Salford City for the chance, as well as the faith they have shown in me,” El Fitouri told United’s official website.
“I am really looking forward to what happens next and to be given the opportunity to do so at Manchester United is unbelievable.”
Ben Amos, meanwhile, joins Bolton on loan to help cover for Adam Bogdan after he suffered an ankle ligament injury in training.
The 24-year-old has previously enjoyed loan spells at five other clubs including Hull City, but has fallen down the pecking order after Victor Valdes’s signing.
He could make his debut against Wolves on Saturday, though he is not available for the Trotters’ FA Cup replay with Liverpool on Wednesday.
Best of luck cork and pats,hopefully another memorable night ahead
Great that there are live updates of the two games tonight. Come on Pat’s and Cork.
I thought we had 3 national TV stations.I thought Dundalk St Pats and Cork were all from Ireland.And the big thought was that I thought Irish TV covered Irish teams. Seems Im wrong about that.What a joke
Spot on.
Ridiculous that the state broadcaster wouldn’t broadcast one of the games tonight.
A packed Turners Cross on a big European night. I can’t think of a better advertisement for the league.
I’m not even a Cork fan!
Ditto John, brilliant atmosphere there for league games so I can imagine what it’s like there tonight and them nearly through to the next third qualifying round of the Europa League.
LOI fans should get a reduced TV licence seeing as the benefactors do not cover LOI
Dundalk showed you how, come on Cork and Pats!
Best of luck to the rebels tonight
Great week for Irish soccer
Well done to Dundalk last night and let’s hope city and pats do the league proud tonight
Keep it up city (dundalk fan)
Great to see LOI fans supporting each other
Keep up the support lads and get down and support your team
Would love to be in the shed tonight – over 5k in turners cross tonight – fantastic
C’mon city do us proud!!!
Not to jinx it or anything, but Podgorica have leveled their tie with Genk. That’d be a very winnable tie. But let’s see of Hacken first.
Alright, let’s go Podgorica!!!!
That sure is. Can you imagine Genk going out? Definitely all to play for.
This is now a Podgorica-Genk live blog. 2-0 FT. They’ve gone into extra time.
HT Extra time, still remains 2-2
Still 2-0 after ET. It’s gone to penalties.
It’s Genk. Shame they are a handy team. Won 4 2 on penalties
Cmon city
Well done Cork, great win.
The updates are shocking! Minute by minute? Lol
Sorry they weren’t up to your standards, Darren. Unfortunately we were restricted by the quality of internet connection at Turner’s Cross, but rest assured that every significant incident was covered. Hopefully you managed to stay up to date via the many other media outlets who provided a similar level of coverage of the game.
Well done city! Awesome result
Well done City.
G’wan City, great result. Hopefully Genk get knocked out
Fantastic result for city
Hard luck pats
Best of luck to city and Dundalk in next rounds
Well done Cork, tough luck Pats, flying the domestic flag proudly-Sligo Rovers.
Well done Cork City