Manchester United fullback Fabio Da Silva looks finally set to be separated from his twin brother Rafael Da Silva after his agent confirmed that he is now leaving to Manchester United in order to put the final touches to the loan deal to Benfica. Fabio Da Silva has been regularly playing with this brother Rafael Da Silva since his childhood, but they now have to deal with the prospect of separation after it has been revealed that Benfica have shown an interest in the 20-year-old as a makeweight for the Gaitan move to Old Trafford.
The 24-year-old Gaitan is expected to arrive at Old Trafford in a £ 24 million deal, which will also see Fabio Da Silva move the other way in a loan deal till the end of the season. The same as also recently confirmed by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who has been unable to give regular game time to Fabio Da Silva due to the form of Patrice Evra. However, Patrice Evra is coming to the end of his career. Ferguson will be willing to play Fabio Da Silva more regularly than in the future if he gets regular first-team experience.
“Yes on May 14, I’ll travel to London and two days later I will meet in London with the leaders of Manchester United to discuss the future of Fabio. It is true that so far Benfica is the only option. Moreover, (Sir Alex) Ferguson himself has said this. Let’s see what happens, but our idea is to solve this issue during the meeting we will have. I think everything is well underway to having an agreement with Benfica,” Fabio Da Silva’s agent Cassiano Pereira told in a recent interview given to O Jogo. Federico Macheda is also expected to leave Old Trafford.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that even though most of the players at the club are under the age of 25, he feels that they have a lot of experience with them to guide through the rest of the Premier league season as they have been involved with Manchester United for many seasons now.
Rafael Da Silva is one such example according to Sir Alex Ferguson. The Scot states that the Brazilian has been playing with Manchester United for 2 to 3 seasons as the first choice right back. It has provided him with valuable experience about the Premier league, despite the fact that he is still very young.
Ferguson also said that the quite substantial early form shown by Manchester City has now proven to be irrelevant in the title race, as they have relinquished their lead to Manchester United in recent weeks. United currently lead the Premier league table by three points. Ferguson has said that the early season form of Manchester City, which included a 6-1 drubbing of Manchester United at Old Trafford, is not relevant now because their form has dropped and the league title is decided over a season and not over three months.
“They were playing great football in the first half of the season. We felt the brunt of it when they beat us 6-1. But a season lasts for a bit longer than three months. There are young ones who are not accustomed to it like Danny Welbeck, Ashley Young, David de Gea, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling. Other boys like Fabio da Silva and Rafael da Silva have been here for two or three years, so they’re used to being involved,” Ferguson said ahead of this weekend’s fixtures in the Premier league, in which United will be facing Blackburn Rovers.
Sir Alex Ferguson has given a strict warning to Fabio Da Silva. Fabio has been quite impressive on the field, but has been pulled up by Sir Aelx because of his aggressive style of play, which often leads to him being involved in reckless and sometimes dangerous tackles.
By rushing into challenges, Silva is putting his fitness at risk, which is why he has been warned by his coach, especially becuase Fabio has already suffered a lot of injury problems in his short career.
Previously he has injured his calf and shoulder in tackles. A player spends most of his time injured and in the physios room isn’t much use to the team, so Fabio needs to make sure he is not putting himself at unnecessary risk when he goes into tackles.
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Manchester United defender Rafael da Silva has said that he is not worried about the lack of first-team opportunities as of now. Rafael da Silva is not the first team right back for Manchester United. However, the Brazilian defender and his twin brother Fabio da Silva have revealed that they are not worried about the absence of regular first-team opportunities due to the fact that they believe manager Sir Alex Ferguson will provide them with plenty in the future. The Brazilian twins have been at Manchester United for four seasons now. Combined, they have made more than 120 appearances for Manchester United.
As a result, they have said that they have no reason to believe that their future at Manchester United is bleak. Following the retirement of Gary Neville in the summer, it was initially thought that Rafael da Silva could become the permanent fixture at right back. However, many injury problems and suspensions have meant that manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been unable to pick the Brazilian more often than not. In order to retain the consistency within the team, players like Phil Jones and Chris Smalling have been used at right back this season. Meanwhile, Fabio Da Silva has struggled to replace left back Patrice Evra.
“One target is playing for Brazil at the World Cup and, for that, we need more games for United, but we’re relaxed. We’re young and, here, maybe only Rooney can play every week, maybe Patrice. You have to understand it’s part of being at a big club,” Rafael told the Sunday Times. The Brazilian defender also said that it would be feasible that both the twins would be interested in playing for different clubs in the future. So far, they have not been separated, but if the situation arises, they will not be unwilling to separate.
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that both the Brazilian twins Fabio Da Silva and Rafael Da Silva are extremely fearless the challenges they put in. However, both these players have been spending a considerable amount of the season on the injury table and it is something Sir Alex Ferguson wants to avoid.
Due to their fearless challenges, Fabio Da Silva has been picking up a number of injuries along with his twin brother. He says that in order to become established in the Manchester United squad, both these players should learn to control themselves when it comes to challenges.
Fabio Da Silva is capable of playing both on the right back position and the left back position, while his twin brother Rafael Da Silva is capable of playing only in the right back position. Still, Rafael Da Silva has found himself picked by Sir Alex Ferguson more often than not due to the fact that Fabio Da Silva is facing competition from Patrice Evra at left back.
Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he expects Fabio Da Silva to become the permanent left back for Manchester United once Patrice Evra leaves the club. The French left back is coming to the end of his career. “They are a wee bit too optimistic in the challenges they make. They always put their foot in attacking-wise, they don’t see danger. Bryan Robson was that way. The two of them are terrific talents but you hope maturity eradicates all these things they have,” Sir Alex Ferguson said when asked about the number of injuries both these players were getting in recent times.
Rafael Da Silva is set to return to the first-team action for the match against QPR, which could see Manchester united draw level with Manchester city at the top of the table.
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May 12, 2012 11:25 am | 
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