As Moomba said in his other thread, the kid is named Dong Fangzhuo
From Red Issue:
Fergie has confirmed that we will sign the Chinese forward
in January:
“We’re signing a Chinese boy, hopefully in the next few
weeks. But we have to be careful how much we grow and how we
cope with that growth staff-wise. Can we cope with another
couple of million wanting to support us?”
The quote is unattributed, but if it's from Fergie, then I'm a bit worried. He's talking about the merchandising and marketing aspect of the purchase, not the footballing side of it.
It won't be good for the kid if he's not a Fergie approved signing. When Mark Bosnich returned to United, it was a Fartin' Martin signing and Fergie couldn't wait to sign another 'keeper (sure, it turned out to be Taibi) and get rid of Bosnich. With RVN, Solksjaer, and Forlan, Fangzhuo could find himself rotting away in the reserves.
I hope it's a Fergie approved signing, but from that one comment, the signs aren't good.