Welcome to Manchester! Summer shower greets United new boy Kagawa for medical

Shinji Kagawa was given an early taste of the weather he can expect in Manchester after arriving for his United medical during summer downpour.
The Japan international agreed a £17m move from Borussia Dortmund to United earlier this month, but has been on international duty, helping his country to a 6-0 win over Jordan and draw with Australia.

 

 

Welcome to Manchester: Shinji Kagawa arrives at a Manchester hospital for his medical

Kagawa follows Junichi Inamoto, Kazuyuki Toda, Hidetoshi Nakata and Ryo Miyaichi, but stands to be the one to at last shatter once and for all the stereotypical view that Far Eastern players are bought solely as a marketing tool.
Last season as Dortmund secured back-to-back Bundesliga titles, Kagawa was at the fulcrum of everything good in their play, carrying the burden of creativity in the absence, for the most part, of Mario Gotze.

Pedigree: Kagawa has been helping his country secure passage in World Cup 2014 qualification

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In fact, no midfielder was involved in more top flight goals in Germany in the second half of the season than Kagawa, who this year alone registered nine goals (he scored 16 in total) and four assists.
He even scored against Arsenal earlier this season in the Champions League.
So with his acclimatisation period being accelerated thanks to the appalling British summer time, all signs point to a successful year ahead of Kagawa.