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Samuel Luckhurst

'He knows the club' - why Manchester United have turned to Tom Keane in the transfer window

April 2017 and kick-off between Manchester United and Chelsea is imminent. In the directors' box, William and Michael Keane shuffle along the aisle adjacent to the press box and take their seats.

The Heaton Moor-born twins, FA Youth Cup winners with the United academy in 2011 and both played by Sir Alex Ferguson, have long since left but are stood and applauding their boyhood club. Will started and scored in Jose Mourinho's first friendly at Wigan but is at Hull permanently and Michael is back in the Premier League with Burnley.

The twins are accompanied by their brother, Tom, a qualified lawyer. Michael's attendance turns heads as United have shortlisted him among the centre halves under consideration ahead of the summer transfer window.

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