Salvador Cabanas claims he agreed Manchester United deal

Manchester United had a deal to sign former Paraguay star Salvador Cabanas before he was shot in the head. He said: "I had signed a pre-contract agreement for £1.3m)for a transfer to Europe. They told me my destination would be Manchester United. "Club America doubled my salary and gave me one apartment in Acapulco and another in Cancun to try and keep me at the club." Cabanas was shot after an altercation in the nightclub bathroom and after brief stints with several South American clubs, he eventually retired in 2014.

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