Man Utd capture 14-year-old Cofie

**funkdoctorspock** · 11-10-2007, 03:54 AM

Not a clue who this kiddie is. Wish him the best of luck with his journey through the United ranks.

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Manchester United have beaten Liverpool and Chelsea in the race for 14-year-old Burnley striker John Cofie and agreed an undisclosed fee with the Clarets.

Burnley rejected a reported £250,000 bid from Liverpool for Cofie this week.

But the German-born Ghanaian refused to return to training with the Clarets and they agreed he could leave Turf Moor.

Burnley have inserted a 25% sell-on clause in the deal, which also gives them first refusal on any loan deal and a future friendly match with United.

It will be three years before Cofie can sign professional terms at Old Trafford and the friendly game will take place within 12 months of that.

Cofie was signed by the Clarets last summer after he was spotted at a youth tournament in Germany.

"The player was unwilling to come back to Burnley so we didn't have a choice in keeping him here," Burnley operational director Brendan Flood told his club's website.

"He was going to go to one of the clubs chasing his signature and in the end, we all felt that Manchester United was the right option.

"He has a good future ahead of him and hopefully we can try and keep youngsters of John's quality at the club in future."
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moley · 11-10-2007, 06:24 AM

Never heard of him before lets hope he's got the potential to achieve big things at the club

Ultimate_Red_Devil · 11-11-2007, 04:35 PM

He turned down the Bin Dippers... I like the kid already.

macca247 · 11-11-2007, 06:37 PM

be good to see some vids maybe soon
must be good be nice to see soon

kseu2007 · 11-12-2007, 11:34 AM

i wonder how good this kid will be... if he turns out to be a Michael Essien, that would be pretty cheap, considering chelsea paid £24.4m for Essien...

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11-11-2007, 06:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
macca247 Status: Youth Squad Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 437 National Team: England Club Team: Manchester United Players: Tevez Ronaldo Rooney Scholes Rio vCash: 25 Thanks: 22 Thanked 17 Times in 5 Posts	be good to see some vids maybe soon must be good be nice to see soon

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kseu2007 Status: Noob Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2 vCash: 500 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i wonder how good this kid will be... if he turns out to be a Michael Essien, that would be pretty cheap, considering chelsea paid £24.4m for Essien...