Man Utd set to wrap up shock £8m transfer for Uruguay whizkid Facundo Pellistri, 18, after winger completes medical

MANCHESTER UNITED are signing Uruguay winger Facundo Pellistri in an £8million deal, according to reports.

United have beaten Real Madrid, Juventus and Atletico Madrid to his signature.

According to Uruguayan publication Tenfield, Pellestri will head to England today in order to sign on the dotted line.

Penarol were hoping to keep him until January but United were eager to get the deal over the line before Monday's 11pm deadline.

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The winger is not the star-studded name United fans have been hoping for.

But Pellestri is very highly-rated in his home nation and is tipped to rise to the very top.

The teenager has played 30 times in the Uruguayan Primera Divison.

It remains unlikely that boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will throw him into the first-team straight away.

One possible solution is United buying him but loaning him back to the five-time winners.

United’s pursuit of young talent won’t stop there with the £30m signing of another 18-year-old, Amad Traore, very close too.

United have scouted Traore for over three years, as he came through Atalanta’s academy which is regarded as one of the best in Italy.

Equally good with both feet he can play on either wing.

Traore scored just four minutes into his Serie A debut last October after coming on as a 79^th minute substitute in a 7-1 home win over Udinese.

Work permit problems will, however, delay his arrival at Old Trafford until January.

The signings are not being seen in any way as a threat to current players like Mason Greenwood but boosting the squad.