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​DONE DEAL: Crawley sign ex-Man Utd winger Van Velzen

Crawley Town have completed the signing of Gyliano Van Velzen on a two-year deal.

The 25-year-old, who started his career at Manchester United, has arrived from Dutch football.

Van Velzen was in the United reserves side when Jesse Lingard and Paul Pogba were coming through.

Crawley's Director of Football Selim Gaygusuz said: "Gyliano has got a very good pedigree and is someone we have been looking at for several months.

"In the summer we made contact and although he had other options in Europe, he is very keen to play in England.

"Fortunately for us, he knows our former player Enzio Boldewijn well and Enzio could not have been more helpful with regards to his positive comments about the club.

"He has worked on his own fitness for the last few weeks so it may take him time to get up to speed but we think he is going to be a real asset to the squad and a player, like Denzeil Boadu, whom the fans will really love."

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