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According to my Auntie:

Aston Villa have signed former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.

The Dane has agreed a one-year deal at Villa Park, with an option to extend it by another year.

Schmeichel's contract with Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon finished last month and the Dane is available on a free transfer.

Villa sold David James to West Ham for £3.5m on Wednesday and Schmeichel is set to go straight into Villa's first team.

Villa boss John Gregory said: "Peter Schmeichel is a winner through and through and he is as hungry as ever to be successful.

"He has a fantastic reputation in the Premiership from his time with Manchester United and he is not going to want to have any stains on that reputation.

"He will come in as my number one goalkeeper for this season.

"I've already put pressure on him because he has won a Championship medal at every club he has been at.

"He is purely here to keep goal although he has liked to move up field occasionally."

Hmm - I hadn't even realised Jesse had gone to the Wham concert :-(

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