Shinji Kagawa Manchester United transfer agreed

Shinji Kagawa to join Manchester United after Dortmund agree fee

  

Shinji Kagawa

Birthdate: 17 March 1989
Position: Midfielder
Previous clubs: FC Miyagi Barcelona, Cerezo Osaka
Current club: Borussia Dortmund (transfer to United agreed, 5 June

 Manchester United have decided a deal reported to be merit an intial £12m to sign Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa from German side Borussia Dortmund.The 23-year-old needs to pass a checkup and get a UK work permit but the Old Trafford club expect both to be finished by the end of June.It is consideration the fee could reach £17m depending on achievement and appearances.Kagawa scored 13 goals in 31 Bundesliga games as Dortmund won a association and cup two times in the 2011-12 season.

Currently on global duty, he played in Japan 3-0 World Cup qualifying around conquest over Oman at the weekend.His influx is probable to excite United vast Asian fanbase, while the prospect of South Korea midfielder Park Ji-Sung is doubtful.United have claimed their fanbase had almost doubled in the past five years to arrive at 659million followers internationally. Asia accounts for 325 million of persons.

The Premier League runners-up had hoped to sign Eden Hazard but with the Belgium midfielder opting to move to Chelsea, manager Sir Alex Ferguson has acted quickly.Ferguson was current when Kagawa scored in Dortmund 5-2 win over Bayern Munich in the German Cup final with the actor able to play wide or in a more middle role.Kagawa represent Japan at the 2008 Olympics but missed out on a put in the World Cup squad two years presently.

He scored 10 goals in 24 appearances during his first term at Dortmund, earning a place in the Bundesliga 2010-11 team of the season in spite of a spell on the sidelines with a out of order metatarsal.

The midfielder took a additional famous playmaking role after Mario Gotze suffered a hip injury in the second half of the next campaign as he helped his side to back-to-back league titles.

Despite Kagawa clear appeal in Asia, United commercial director Richard Arnold has before denied any proposal that players are signed to boost earnings.He said-Our status in positive countries or regions may depend at least in part on fielding positive players from those country or region.We don not sign company to sell shirts. We are dependent on 25 players and they are all extremely large stars. We have 25 George Clooneys.

When you look at the success we have seen in that part of the world it is not down to any one player or person.For Manchester United it is more than any one player. It was more than George Best it was more than Bryan Robson, it was more than David Beckham, it was more than Cantona, than Park.