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A strong bodily performer, the teenager rapidly racked up 33 senior appearances for his membership, and performed 9 instances on the Below-20 South American Championship earlier this 12 months. He discovered the web within the recreation towards Argentina and may have discovered a lot from the expertise.
Cerro Porteno coach Manolo Jimenez’s response to Leon’s suggestion that he seemed as much as Brazil defender Marcelo as a job mannequin, was to throw a former United favorite into the combination.
“I hope, in the future, we will say he is had a profession just like Marcelo’s,” he stated. “Or, if he indicators for United, to what Patrice Evra had at Previous Trafford.”
There may be, clearly, the necessity for endurance with Leon’s progress, as he integrates into a brand new atmosphere in Manchester, however he has the form of ambition and potential that mark him out as an thrilling seize.
Welcome to United, Diego!
