[Doug7518]

Certainly not someone you would look to for an immediate impact but the rumor is floating around for a week or two now and seems to be persisting.

MLS Rumors - For the time between the games

File this under, "Wow, where did that come from?" It seems the 18 year old FC Dallas player could be on his way to Old Trafford.

British website, The People is reporting the following:

Alex Ferguson is chasing big Brek Shea - the new rising star of United States football.

Manchester United's top scout Jim Lawlor is preparing to fly to the States to watch the giant 18 year old, who is skipper of his country's youth team, on the orders of Old Traf ford boss Ferguson.

The 6ft 3in Shea, who plays for FC Dallas in the MLS, caught United's eye at last month's Toulon tournament in France, where he stood out despite being years younger than most in the under-23 category.

The powerful Shea, whose family is of Norwegian stock, can play at centrehalf or in midfield and has been outstanding in his first season as a professional in America.

Shea is a colourful character who used to have a Samuraistyle haircut until he was told to get it trimmed by a national youth team coach.

He now sports a more conservative look that would meet the approval of strict disciplinarian Sir Alex Ferguson. The billionaire Glazer family, who own United, would love an all-American boy to sign because the potential spin-offs would be huge.