SAY HELLO TO
"Bebe" Tiago
Manuel Dias Correia.
Article by Mark Graham,
Editor, Record Keeper & Official Reporter @ MUFCINFO.COM.
 Profile
of Bebe @
www.mufcinfo.com.
On Wednesday 11th August 2010 Manchester United announced
they had agree the signing of Portuguese born Forward
Tiago Manuel Dias Correia or "Bebe" for short, which
translates in Portuguese to "Baby" an idea reportedly
originating from his older brother.
United shocked many by
signing a player, who little over a year ago was a
participant in the 2nd European Street Football Festival
- Foča 09. United's new man who apparently is
limited in his English, was part of a team representing
Associação CAIS, a streetfootballworld network member
from Portugal.
Associação CAIS Director
Henrique Pinto said of Bébé, . “We came into contact
with Tiago, or Bébé as he is known, at the beginning of
2009. He has been living in institutions all his life
and we selected him to participate in Foča 09 because we
felt it would be a beneficial experience for him”
commented .
United snapped up the
Portuguese youngster who can play in all forward
positions quickly before Real Madrid & Benfica came
sniffing & under the advice of Ex United coach Carlos
Queiroz the Reds made the signing even before SAF had
saw Bebe kick a ball!!!.
“Our scouting department is
very good and you have got to trust your staff said
United's boss. "Our scout in Portugal was adamant that
we must do something quickly, and I also spoke to
Carlos".
"Sometimes you have to go on an instinct, you look at
material, you look at the player's age and whether
they're bringing pace, balance, desire to play and
things like that. That's how a category is formed."
 SAF
also shed some light on why the Reds rushed to snap up
Bebe when he revealed Real Madrid & intrest from other
parties “You'd have to ask Real if they were interested,
but I know they were hovering and so were Benfica. said
SAF, So were one or two other clubs, and that's where
you have to make quick decisions in life - and I'm not
too bad at that."
On Wednesday 18th August at
United's official press conference SAF & MUFC unveiled
their latest captures with a 23 minute press conference,
which saw Bebe talk to the media.
"To come to a team like this
is a dream come true for any player" said Bebe, but the
Portuguese factor was a motivation for me,"
"You have big names like Cristiano Ronaldo, who played
here and became a very big player. Nani and Anderson are
still at the club and I want to become like them. I will
work hard to become a top quality player."
David Gill said of United's
latest signing "He's a potential player. A lot of
Manchester United's focus is about getting players who
have the potential and then getting them under the great
coaching of Alex, Mick, Rene and other people. I think
it's going to be exciting."
 "He's
a player we've been following, but he really came on the
scene in the last week or so," Gill told MUTV. "We
looked at him, spoke to a number of people about him and
then went out and secured the deal yesterday."
"He'll join up and be part of the first team squad this
season," said Gill. "I think he'll probably stay this
year. (He is) a boy who has to learn English and
integrate into Manchester United, and he's really come
from nowhere in a lot of respects.
"I think he'll benefit from
having day to day coaching from some of the best coaches
in the world in the Manchester United way. He'll
certainly be with us this season and you never know,
we'll see what happens
Name: Tiago
Manuel Dias Correia "Bebe"
Position:
Forward
Birthdate:
12/07/1990
Birthplace:
Agualva-Cacém, Portugal
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: ?
Transferred
from: Vitoria de Guimaraes,
11/08/2010, £7.4m
Previous
clubs: Estrela da Amadora Club, Vitoria de
Guimaraes
Nationality:
Portugal
Debut for
Manchester United: ?
Exciting batch of
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