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<\/p>\nMan United are set to complete the signing of an exciting young midfielder, who is moving to the club from Colombia.<\/p>\n
Cristian Orozco is joining United.(Image: 2025 FIFA)<\/p>\n
Manchester United<\/a> will formally announce Cristian Orozco’s transfer when his move is completed next week. United are close to finalising deals for Andrey Santos and Karl Darlow, but Orozco’s signing will also be announced.<\/p>\n Santos and Darlow are signings for the first team, while Orozco will join up with the Under-21s as he settles in Manchester.<\/p>\n Orozco will celebrate his 18th birthday on Monday, when United can formally register him as a player. He has already arrived in England in order to acclimatise and be ready to start this week.<\/p>\n Get the best United news, updates and analysis straight to your Inbox courtesy of the Manchester Evening News!<\/p>\n To get it, it’s a simple one-two punch.<\/p>\n Head THIS WAY<\/a>Enter your email and hit Subscribe.<\/p>\n Orozco was welcomed to Manchester in December and shown around Carrington and Old Trafford<\/a>, and the youngster’s trip included a taste of training sessions with United’s<\/a> academy teams.<\/p>\n The defensive midfielder helped Colombia reach the final of the U17 South American Championship last year. He has been identified as an exciting young talent with first-team potential.<\/p>\n Orozco will arrive in Manchester with a similar profile to Sekou Kone, who joined the academy from Malian club Guidars FC for around \u00a31million in the 2024 summer transfer window.<\/p>\n Kone impressed scouts playing for Mali at the Under-17 World Cup before his transfer to United. Orozco’s performances at the U17 South American Championship were strong, helping to catch United’s attention.<\/p>\n United have widened their academy recruitment network in recent years due to Brexit rules, which prevent them from signing players from Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man United are set to complete the signing of an exciting young midfielder, who is moving to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,1752,19544,85],"class_list":["post-795496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-manchester-united-transfer-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_Screenshot-2026-06-04-at-163123.png\")
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