Couto is 'new Nobby'.Manchester United can land Parma star Fernando Couto Fernando Manuel Silva Couto, OIH (born 2 August 1969; pron. IPA: [fɨɾ'nɐ̃du 'kotu] or ['koutu for a knockdown pounds 1.3million in two weeks time. That's when the Italians publish a list of players to be dumped this summer and the 27-year-old defender is definitely going to be on it. But if United land him, the Portuguese man of war will come with a health warning for opponents in England next season. Couto is described as a cross between Nobby Stiles Norbert "Nobby" Peter Stiles MBE (born Collyhurst, Manchester, 18 May 1942) is an English former football midfielder. He was the toothless midfield ballwinner of England's 1966 World Cup winning squad. and Eric Cantona - a lethal lethal /le·thal/ (le´th'l) fatal. le·thal adj. 1. Capable of causing death. 2. Of, relating to, or causing death. lethal deadly; fatal. combination that's got him in bad books in Italy. He only played 12 Serie A This article is about the Italian football league. For other uses, see Serie A (disambiguation). Serie A (officially known as the Serie A TIM games last season and was sent off in three of them. A close friend says: "Fernando is an elegant, energetic footballer and a keen tactician. "But sometimes in the heat of battle on the pitch he becomes a mean guy." |
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