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Wed 04 Apr 2003United set to win race for Duff's signature
SOCCER/Transfer news: Damien Duff is set to disappoint Liverpool by moving to Manchester United this summer. The 24-year-old Blackburn Rovers winger is wanted by both clubs, but United manager Alex Ferguson appears to have won the battle and Duff is expected to leave Ewood Park for a fee as high as £10 million at the end of the season.
The United chairman Peter Kenyon said yesterday that Ferguson would have to sell players before he can recruit, but the Old Trafford club are still in a strong position financially. Although the club's profits, announced yesterday, were not as high as anticipated, they were nonetheless £31 million for six months.
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