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Rafael: I want to stay with Man Utd for many years

Rafael da Silva admits he wants to win silverware with Manchester United.

The Brazilian superkid told the Daily Mail: "I want titles.

"We are world champions already but I want more, including the Premier League and other cups. And I want to make lots of appearances. For me, at 18, it has been amazing. Now I want more.

"When I arrived here it was not good, because I'd not played at all for one year. I was surprised when I played against Peterborough in pre-season in August.

"I never thought it would happen so soon. I know my ability but my training was not good at first. After the first game, the boss said some very good things about me, which was fantastic because I love this club. I'm already thinking of being here for many, many years.

"One year ago I was not even playing any football - now to play so much is fantastic."

Rafael admits his defending could be better - and is working on it constantly in training.

"I'm still working on my defending because here it is completely different to Brazil," he said.

"The right back in Brazil is always attacking, attacking, attacking but that is not the case here. I like attacking but it is not actually the right way in England, so I want to improve my defending."

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