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Manchester United confirms Varela signing

Manchester United have completed the signing of talented young Uruguayan Guillermo Varela for an undisclosed fee.

The full-back spent time on trial at Old Trafford in the final weeks of last season, and did enough to impress coaches and earn an offer.

Steps had already been made to sign the 20-year-old before David Moyes was confirmed as successor to Sir Alex Ferguson last month.

Varela will arrive in Manchester shortly to complete the deal after a fee of around £1million was agreed with his club, Penarol.

The Uruguyan club's treasurer, Rodolfo Catino, travelled with the player to iron out the final few details.

He Tweeted on Wednesday: 'In San Pablo airport waiting for the connection to London, with Guille [Varela] about to board.'

United released a statement on Friday night confirming the deal.

'Manchester United is pleased to announce it has reached agreement to sign 20-year-old defender Guillermo Varela from Uruguayan club Club Atlético Peñarol for an undisclosed fee,' it read.

'Guillermo will immediately join up with the Uruguay Under-20 squad for the upcoming FIFA Under 20 World Championships in Turkey.'

Meanwhile, Robin van Persie believes his club are capable of achieving more success even without Ferguson as manager.

'I have a feeling we can do much more and that we can win many more trophies. I've had a year to work with everyone and now the whole (coaching) staff is changing which makes it a new challenge,' Van Persie told the Dutch football union website on Wednesday.