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Man Utd boss Ten Hag: Weghorst deal close

Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag says they're close to signing Wout Weghorst but he will not be available for the derby against Manchester City on Saturday.

United needed to sign Weghorst by the 12pm deadline on Friday to register him in time to be included in the squad against City.

The 30-year-old is on the verge of joining United on loan from Burnley until the end of the season, having spent the first five months of the campaign on loan at Besiktas.

"I think we are close so he won't be available for tomorrow," Ten Hag said. "Weghorst was not even available in the last weeks so it would be a bonus if he was. But hopefully it would be soon that he will be there.

"But we also won a lot of games without Anthony Martial."

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