New Manchester United signing Jack Butland admits his feelings of pride at having joined the club.

Butland, on loan from Crystal Palace, will serve as the no.2 for United behind David De Gea.

As he secured his stay at the club for at least the rest of the season, Butland spoke with club media about his feelings.

He stated: ''I am over the moon. It has been a whirlwind few days but to call yourself a Manchester United player, is pretty awesome and I don't think it has quite sunk in yet.''

He added on why he signed: ''I don't think that is a difficult question to answer, to be honest. It's arguably the best club in the world, it's a club I grew up watching as a kid. I had the shirts, my name and number seven on the back, even though I didn't end up as a winger. It's always been a bit of a fairytale thing for me and the opportunity to come here, in the sort of upturn that club has sort of had after a difficult few years, you could say. With the history, the power and the presence the club still has, there is never a bad time to join Manchester United. I think things seem to be progressing in a very pleasing direction. What an opportunity it is to be a part of that.''

Asked when he first became aware of the move, he stated: ''There had sort of been rumblings all year, they started in the summer. Then, ironically, I broke my hand playing against United in Australia on the pre-season tour which put a bit of a stopper to that. I have really just focused on getting fit again and then here we are. The last sort of week, it's bubbled up again and the contact was there. The opportunity then became an option and we took it.''

On the first impressions of United's training facility, he finished: ''What do you expect? The people firstly, there are way too many names to remember all at once. People have been incredible with me already, all of the staff and I have obviously met quite a few of the players already. Everyone is so welcoming, and lovely and positive - that's sort of the backbone of it. Yes, the facilities are wicked and the training facilities, and the people and the history of the club, which is huge. It's been a great first few hours and I am excited to see what the rest is going to be like.''