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Living with the Da Silva twins and Ronaldo's guidance - the story of Manchester United's Brazilian football factory
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There is no nation in world football which is synonymous with success quite like Brazil. The kits are iconic, the rich tapestry of players is unrivalled, and their influence on the modern game is unmatched.
Seleção have won an unprecedented five World Cup titles and are the only country to have participated in every World Cup tournament there has ever been.
It is no surprise, then, that Manchester United were eager to get the first chance of signing the next generation of samba stars back in November 2008.
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The United team under Sir Alex Ferguson was already sprinkled with Brazilian talent in the shape of Anderson, the Da Silva twins and Rodrigo Possebon and club officials were eager to ensure they had first refusal on the next batch of South American starlets coming through.
Academy chief Brian McClair, former Academy boss Les Kershaw and South American recruitment officer John Calvert Toulmin put their minds together to set about searching for a feeder club they could work with in order to nurture the brightest young talent.
They would eventually link up with Desportivo Brasil, essentially an academy side, which had been set up by Traffic Group in 2005. Their business plan was simple, they aimed to develop the next generation of Brazilian talent at a multi-million-pound training base 120km east of Sao Paolo, making their money by retaining a hefty 50 per cent sell-on clause when they moved on.
The alliance with the club close to Sao Paulo was to use the same blueprint set down by the successful tie-up United had enjoyed with Royal Antwerp, where they sent a stream of academy hopefuls to ply their
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