The teenaged defender had been touted as a transfer target for Real Madrid, the newly crowned European champions, who identified him as the premier talent in his position and age group.
It was thought that he’d be the perfect successor to the likes of David Alaba and Antonio Rudiger, providing Los Blancos with a defensive centrepiece for the next decade or more. But in United swept and there was rightly a huge deal of excitement and buzz around our new signing.
This only grew after seeing Yoro in a red shirt for the first time, in the 2-0 friendly win over Rangers in Edinburgh.