United sign Bebe
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Surely the end is near for Welbeck and Owen.
What in the name of flying feck are we going to do with all these young and promising strikers
After Rooney, Owen and Berbatov we have:
Chicarito, Macheda, Welbeck, Diouf, King, Keane, Cofie
and now this Bebe chap
After Rooney, Owen and Berbatov we have:
Chicarito, Macheda, Welbeck, Diouf, King, Keane, Cofie
and now this Bebe chap
We are now resorting to signing stars of the homeless WC rather than the real McCoy? Mass muppet suicide beckons 
Buy a midfielder please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! £7 million?!
I still don't understand why ANOTHER striker.
£7m? What the feck...
Nothing about it on Vitoria Guimaraes' site or on Portugal's main sports paper A Bola.
wum?
Edit - probably not a wum..
wum?
Edit - probably not a wum..
I'm tempted to use my first smiley ever to laugh at the Ozil thread.
Have to say, this makes no sense whatsoever unless he turns out to be Pele rather than Bebe.
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Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe
• Portuguese player becomes eight striker on United's books
• 20-year-old recommended to club by Portugal's Queiroz
Exclusive
Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe
• Portuguese player becomes eight striker on United's books
• 20-year-old recommended to club by Portugal's Queiroz
* Daniel Taylor
* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 August 2010 21.48 BST
Sir Alex Ferguson Alex Ferguson has added an eighth senior striker to his books by signing the Portuguese Bebe. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczynski/EPA
Manchester United have spent £7.4m to sign Bebe, a relatively unknown 20-year-old from the Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães, the Guardian can reveal. The deal was finalised today, with the player becoming the eighth senior striker on the club's books.
United have paid the buyout clause to release Bebe – who was raised in an orphanage after spending part of his childhood on the streets and has represented Portugal in the homeless World Cup – from his five-year contract at Guimarães only five weeks after he joined the club from Estrala da Amadora in the Portuguese third division.
He has been recommended to Sir Alex Ferguson by his former assistant, Carlos Queiroz, the Portugal national coach, and a deal has been rushed through for Bebe to become the third signing of the summer at Old Trafford. It takes the club's spending to around £25m following the arrival of Chris Smalling from Fulham and Javier Hernández from Chivas de Guadalajara, with Ferguson retaining a strong interest in Mesut Ozil, the Germany international.
The United manager was at Craven Cottage to see Ozil play in a pre-season friendly for Werder Bremen on Saturday and, although he tried to pass it off as watching a Premier League opponents, the Guardian has established he stayed back at the end of the match to talk to officials of the Bundesliga club in the boardroom. There remain a number of obstacles to clear, not least the fact that Chelsea are interested, along with Real Madrid and, potentially, Barcelona.
The signing of Bebe has been far more straightforward, with Ferguson understood to have met the player for the first time on Tuesday when he flew to Portugal, principally to be a witness for Queiroz in a disciplinary case with the Portuguese football federation.
Bebe is described as a fast, technically gifted striker, right-footed and strong in the air, measuring 6ft 2ins. He has shown his potential with several goals in pre-season but his signing still represents a major surprise given Ferguson's recent insistence that he did not want to add to his squad and the player's low profile in Portuguese football.
Queiroz has convinced Ferguson that he may have unearthed a future gem and Bebe will provide competition for Wayne Rooney, Hernández, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen and Federico Macheda, with Mame Biram Diouf having joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan and Daniel Welbeck on his way to Sunderland.
Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe | Football | guardian.co.uk
Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe
• Portuguese player becomes eight striker on United's books
• 20-year-old recommended to club by Portugal's Queiroz
Exclusive
Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe
• Portuguese player becomes eight striker on United's books
• 20-year-old recommended to club by Portugal's Queiroz
* Daniel Taylor
* guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 11 August 2010 21.48 BST
Sir Alex Ferguson Alex Ferguson has added an eighth senior striker to his books by signing the Portuguese Bebe. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczynski/EPA
Manchester United have spent £7.4m to sign Bebe, a relatively unknown 20-year-old from the Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães, the Guardian can reveal. The deal was finalised today, with the player becoming the eighth senior striker on the club's books.
United have paid the buyout clause to release Bebe – who was raised in an orphanage after spending part of his childhood on the streets and has represented Portugal in the homeless World Cup – from his five-year contract at Guimarães only five weeks after he joined the club from Estrala da Amadora in the Portuguese third division.
He has been recommended to Sir Alex Ferguson by his former assistant, Carlos Queiroz, the Portugal national coach, and a deal has been rushed through for Bebe to become the third signing of the summer at Old Trafford. It takes the club's spending to around £25m following the arrival of Chris Smalling from Fulham and Javier Hernández from Chivas de Guadalajara, with Ferguson retaining a strong interest in Mesut Ozil, the Germany international.
The United manager was at Craven Cottage to see Ozil play in a pre-season friendly for Werder Bremen on Saturday and, although he tried to pass it off as watching a Premier League opponents, the Guardian has established he stayed back at the end of the match to talk to officials of the Bundesliga club in the boardroom. There remain a number of obstacles to clear, not least the fact that Chelsea are interested, along with Real Madrid and, potentially, Barcelona.
The signing of Bebe has been far more straightforward, with Ferguson understood to have met the player for the first time on Tuesday when he flew to Portugal, principally to be a witness for Queiroz in a disciplinary case with the Portuguese football federation.
Bebe is described as a fast, technically gifted striker, right-footed and strong in the air, measuring 6ft 2ins. He has shown his potential with several goals in pre-season but his signing still represents a major surprise given Ferguson's recent insistence that he did not want to add to his squad and the player's low profile in Portuguese football.
Queiroz has convinced Ferguson that he may have unearthed a future gem and Bebe will provide competition for Wayne Rooney, Hernández, Dimitar Berbatov, Michael Owen and Federico Macheda, with Mame Biram Diouf having joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan and Daniel Welbeck on his way to Sunderland.
Manchester United sign £7.4m Portuguese striker Bebe | Football | guardian.co.uk
His arms look a bit thin. Needs to bulk up etc.
The hell. 
Fergie's on a wind-up surely.
Fergie's on a wind-up surely. This is unexpected, to say the least.
@ Fergie using Queiroz's discplinary case as a front to sign a new player.The whitest Hernandez.
He might be a gem! We have to consider that. It's questionable if we need him but yu never know. He was recommended by a man who we know well, so he might be good
Maybe we're trying to get a tax break of some sort.
Chop chop get youtubing.
What a bizarre signing, I'm beginning to think Rooney has signed a pre contract with someone else to bring the debt down, hope not. Mind you wasn't it Queiroz that sussed out that Ronaldo chap? Fingers x
sometimes it feels like we're playing roulette and hope one or two of these lads make it.
I love how the caf spends all summer speculating on players and once again the club reveal a signing that nobody suspected a thing about.
7million seems a bit extreme though, especially considering the talent we already have there.
7million seems a bit extreme though, especially considering the talent we already have there.
who is this bepe fella and why is he not ozil
That's a pleasant surprise.
I think this just proves SAF really has high hopes for both Anderson and Gibson this season - perhaps even using Obertan/Park in that AMF role more often
Out of the blue again!!
How long til complaints of the money not being spent on Ozil?!
How long til complaints of the money not being spent on Ozil?!
Football Manager says he is a central defender or defensive midfielder
Really? Another striker? Maybe he will play out on the wings, if him being fast and technically gifted is true
We are becoming like City. Signing only strikers except in our case most are unknown strikers.
VDS
Bebe-Rooney-Owen-Berba-Hernandez-Macheda-Welbeck-King-Diouf-Keane
The future formation to match City's.
VDS
Bebe-Rooney-Owen-Berba-Hernandez-Macheda-Welbeck-King-Diouf-Keane
The future formation to match City's.
This wasn't approved by the transfer forum. Only known players please.
I've never heard of this lad, Sir Alex doesn't rest eh
He better be special, Carlos.
And to be fair, if he is... Some story.
And to be fair, if he is... Some story.
How many strikers do we need?! I mean seriously If SAF truly has the faith he claims in our various young strikers, why on earth is he buying more and more?
The next Alan Smith.Football Manager says he is a central defender or defensive midfielder
Haha he played for Pourtugal in the Homeless World Cup
Ok, I'm confused
Five weeks ago he was in a third division side, Estrela de Amadora, and about two years ago he has represented Portugal in the homeless World Cup. I mean, what the feck.
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