How Man Utd beat Real Madrid to Leny Yoro transfer including first-team promise, Rio Ferdinand meeting… and huge pay-day

MANCHESTER UNITED pulled out all the stops to sign wonderkid Leny Yoro from Lille.

The Red Devils beat Real Madrid to the defender’s signature, defying the odds to land one of the most highly sought after youngsters around.

Yoro, 18, put pen to paper on a five-year deal worth around £144,000-a-week after United had a £52million offer accepted.

But he took some persuading with Europe’s biggest clubs circling...