Silvestre set for shock move to Arsenal Mikael Silvestre Mikael Silvestre would be the first Manchester United player to move to Arsenal since Brian Kidd in 1974. Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP Mikaël Silvestre, the long-serving Manchester United defender, is on the verge of foregoing a testimonial season at Old Trafford to become the club's first player to be sold to Arsenal for 34 years. Arsène Wenger instigated the move yesterday after learning that the former France international had been holding talks with Manchester City and Sunderland. Silvestre had provisionally agreed a move to City before contacting the club yesterday to apologise and say he could not resist the opportunity to work for Wenger, to live in London and be involved in the Champions League. Paris St Germain had also offered the 31-year-old a contract but...
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