Dream move: Alexander Buttner is set to join Manchester
United
Manchester United will bolster their ranks with
the £3.9million signing of defender Alexander Buttner from Vitesse
Arnhem.
The 23-year-old left-back flew to England on Sunday to
undergo a medical with United ahead of penning a five-year
contract.
‘If you had told me one week ago that I would be training
with and playing for the same team as Robin van Persie, I would
have sent you to a mental home!,' Buttner said.
'This is crazy stuff, beyond all my dreams. I am looking
forward to this challenge so much. I am so proud and so glad that
it has worked out like this.
‘I’m so glad that it has happened and everything has
turned out like this. This is really a dream come true.’
Buttner has been regularly linked with a move to England
this summer and had looked poised to join Southampton with Vitesse
announcing in July they had agreed a deal with the Barclays Premier
League newcomers, but that switch fell through.
Buttner, who can also operate at right-back, came through
the youth system at Vitesse.
The Doetinchem-born player made 107 appearances for the
Dutch club and had been named in Holland's provisional 36-man squad
for Euro 2012, although did not eventually go to the
finals.