JAKARTA - Diego Leon completed his medical test at Manchester United on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
According to a Sky Sports report, it's just a matter of finalizing a pre-contract agreement before joining in the summer of Paraguay's club Cerro Porteno.
The deal is rumored to be worth up to 7 million pounds. However, Leon was unable to join Manchester United until he turned 18 in April 2025.
The Paraguayan full-back will spend the season with Cerro before joining Manchester United on July 1, 2025.
So far, Leon has performed 19 times in the Paraguay Premier League (Paraguayan Primera Division).
Leon is the latest young player to sign a contract with the Red Devils.
According to the Telegraph, this marks a policy change following several transfer errors in recent years.
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Last season, Manchester United did manage to bring in a young Mali, Sekou Kone, and Arsenal young star, Chido Obi-Martin.
Last summer they also spent 59 million for Lille's young player, Leny Yoro.
However, the mistake occurred when the Red Devils scout recommended Moises Caicedo before he finally moved to Brighton.
The transfer stakeholders were hesitant at that time and ultimately failed to get the midfielder.
There was also when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer recommended Erling Haaland to top Manchester United officials. However, again that suggestion was ignored until the Norwegian was anchored into city rivals, Manchester City.
Not only that, the guides of The Red Devils watched Pedro Neto while he was in Braga, but club officials did not act immediately.
In the end, the winger shined at Wolverhampton Wanderers to finally make Chelsea interested in signing him in 2024.
The other three names that escaped from your grasp were Benjamin Sesko, Stefan Bajcetic, and Jamal Musiala.
The club's talent seeker has been watching Sesko since he was 16 years old in Slovenia. Then, Stefan Bajcetic was also not followed up until he finally anchored to Liverpool.
Manchester United also turned out to be observing Jamal Musiala, but could not reach an agreement.
The agreement with Leon marks a new policy in transfer. Manchester United has reshaped the transfer structure since the arrival of Ineos.
Omar Berrada came from Manchester City as CEO. Jasonbanyab joined from Southampton as Technical Director.
And Ashworth was recruited from Newcastle United to become Director of Sports, but eventually resigned after only five months of work. How come so far it has taken over responsibility.
Leon's recruitment is thought to have been largely pushed byTEN.
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