Saha now a Manchester United player
By Michael Lynch
January 23 2004
The signing of Louis Saha to Manchester United which was as good as done a long time ago has finally been confirmed. Louis Saha will not be eligible to play now the switch is complete.
Ex-Fulham player Louis Saha has finally completed a dream move to Old Trafford.
"The first and most important thing is that he has a great enthusiasm to play," United manager Alex Ferguson told a news conference. "He's two good feet, he's quick, aggressive in the air and (has) a lot of great assets.
"He's different from the players we have at the moment and without question a developing, quality player. I feel the next few years will hopefully bring the best out of the boy and improve him to the top level."
And he won't just be a backup player at Manchester United either. Manager Alex Ferguson hopes to re-create the prolific partnership of Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke by pairing him up to Ruud van Nistelrooy.
"That's what we are going to work at, to get them as a partnership," Ferguson said. "We will see how they respond to the challenge of playing with each other. I feel that they will be able to do that.
"Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole played an integral part in winning the European Cup (in 1999) and, hopefully, we will be as successful as that again."
Louis Saha also commented on how this move was what he has always wanted and how pleased he is to be at the club.
"I have been wanting this for months now," Saha said. "Everything has been a bit hard and under pressure but everything has been done now.
"I have to say thank you to Fulham for bringing me here and giving me the opportunity to play in the Premiership. But I think I have done a good job for them.
"When I had the chance to play for the biggest club I was very excited about it. I had to make them (Fulham) understand I was determined to join a big club."
Man Utd veteran defender welcomed the signing of the player, which will boost his confidence.
"It's a big lift and I think we've signed a really top player," Neville said. "We've had first hand experience ourselves over the last four seasons (of) how good he is.
"He's really caused us as many problems as any player that's played against us and I think everybody is delighted to have him here.
"It's certainly given us a big boost to the forward department where because of injuries we were maybe a bit light."
Interview with The Guardian.
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