Manchester United Football Club have signed Marnick Vermijl, according to his father.

The 18-year-old fullback is said to have impressed during a trial with the Premier League champions, who have agreed to pay Standard Liege €300,000 compensation for his signature.

"They said he was the best right or left-back they had seen in years," Vemijl's father Dirk told Het Laatste Nieuws.

"Ferguson told me that Marnick in the following years would become a fixture in the Manchester United squad."

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