Man Utd announced the signing of midfielder Andrey Santos from Chelsea at the beginning of the week.
Michael Carrick described Andrey Santos as a “fantastic player and character” ahead of his pre-season debut for Manchester United. Santos completed a £50million move from Chelsea on Monday.
The deal was structured as an initial £48million for the 22-year-old, with a further £2million in add-ons, and he signed a five-year contract at Old Trafford.
Santos was behind Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez in the midfield pecking order at Chelsea, but a move to Manchester will give him the opportunity to kick on in his career following Casemiro’s departure.
The Brazilian will make his pre-season debut against Wrexham in Helsinki on Saturday afternoon. Michael Carrick spoke to MUTV ahead of that game, and he was asked how Santos had settled in this week.
“Yeah, he’s settled in really well,” Carrick said. “Fantastic character. Settled in so quickly and he’s buzzing to be here. You can see that. He’s a fantastic player, so again, you know, not expecting anything crazy special today.
“It’s just a step, you know, get your eye in, get back on the pitch again, and he’ll do really well for us. So I’m really looking forward to the progression that will show the longer he is here, to be honest. But today, the first one, it’s nice to get that first one out of the way.”
Carrick also explained his team selection, adding: “I’m just trying to get the understanding between the relationships a little bit and the boys knowing each other and trying to develop that as we go through pre-season.
“I think the senior kind of senior boys that we’ve had that haven’t been away kind of make up a good team, so yeah. It fits quite nicely, you know? Sometimes you overload in certain areas and it fits quite nicely, so I think it makes sense to go with that and then look forward to the younger players’ second half.”
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