Matteo Darmian: Manchester United move is a dream come true
Darm good signing: Matteo Darmian hopes to join United this weekend
Incoming Manchester United signing Matteo Darmian has hailed the move as "a dream come true" as he prepares to join the Premier League giants.
The Old Trafford club have been in the hunt for a right-back for some time, coming close to signing Nathaniel Clyne before considering Daniel Alves and Seamus Coleman.
But this week they made their £12.9million move for the Torino and Italy defender , and he seems pretty delighted about it:
"I'm very excited, we'll face this new adventure," he told Sky Italia.
"Manchester United is a dream come true, (but) I prefer to talk about my future when I’ll be in Manchester."
The 25 year-old has been keen to praise the Torino fans as he leaves the club where he made his name, and he took another opportunity to thank them as he prepares to fly to England and complete his move in time to head on United's pre-season tour
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"I want to say thank you to them, they’ve been such as strong support in this period. I want to say thank you to the team as well, and to Urbano Cairo (the president) and Giampiero Ventura (the coach)."
Ventura himself wished Darmian all the best in his new adventure.
“It’s true, Darmian will play in the Champions League with Manchester United,” Ventura told Sky Sport Italia.
“Matteo deserves a top team and always dreamed of playing in the Champions League, so now that dream will be realised.”
“We worked with Darmian for many years and it’s only right he should be given the chance to make his Champions League dream come true.