Manchester City starlet Freddie Veseli on his way to United

Freddie Veseli (left) out in Manchester city centre last night

United have snapped up 19-year-old City central defender Freddie Veseli in a shock transfer window deal.

The Reds tied up the Swiss starlet, who captained his country to Under-17 World Cup triumph in 2009, yesterday and Veseli headed into Manchester, dressed in a red jacket, to celebrate.

Veseli was seen as a good prospect at City, but he was frustrated at not making the breakthrough into the first team squad.

That frustration increased recently when the Blues lost skipper Vincent Kompany and drafted 17-year-old defender Karim Rekik into the squad as cover.

Veseli joined City from Lausanne in 2008 and is a composed, ball-playing centre back he was taken on the Blues summer tour of North America, playing in two of the three games.

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