Brazilian twins head for Man Utd

Written by Nicholas Savage , 17.01 15h14

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Twins Fabio and Rafael finally arrive in England on Monday to begin their careers with Manchester United.

United spotted the talented Fluminese pair - both full-backs - playing in a youth tournament in Hong Kong two years ago.

After a trial in 2006, Sir Alex Ferguson wasted little time in landing the highly-rated duo.

Now after two years jetting to England for brief stints - the 17-year-olds have been given the green-light to complete their switch to United and they will arrive on Monday with their family.

"After eights visits to Manchester United, we will travel to live in England," said Rafael who is a right-back, whilst his brother Fabio is a left-back.

"In the last two years we went there about every three months, we stayed for 10 days and then returned to Fluminese.

"This time we will have the whole family, father, mother and my older brother's wife with him."

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