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David De Gea is excited by the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Manchester United and expects the former Sweden striker to settle into Premier League life quickly. Ibrahimovic, 34, scored in the first four minutes of his United debut during the 5-2 friendly win against Galatasaray. And De Gea has been impressed by what he has seen of his new teammate in training and on the pitch so far. De Gea told MUTV: “It’s really good to have Zlatan already here, training with the team. You can see he’s a top player. He’s massive, very big, with a lot of quality and of course he is a top striker. “I think he will settle in very quickly. You can look and it seems like he has been playing here many years already and it’s the same with the other guys we’ve signed.” De Gea believes United’s trio of summer signings, which includes Eric Bailly and Henrikh Mkhitaryan as well as Ibrahimovic, have energised the squad and he is looking forward to the Community Shield against Premier League champions Leicest...

Following the attempted regime overthrow attempt in Turkey on Friday, Barcelona have reassured the public that Arda Turan, along with former players Carles Puyol, Deco, Eric Abidal, Samuel Eto’o and past executive Alejandro Echeverria are all safe. All of them were on Turkish soil set to participate in Eto’o’s charity match that is scheduled to take place on Saturday in Antalya. Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, also expected to play in the event set up by their Cameroonian ex-teammate, had not yet travelled to the country, and now won’t. Other football personalities whose presence is in doubt for the Eto’o Charity Match are Xavi, Fabio Capello, Diego Maradona, Jose Mourinho, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Karim Benzema, Didier Drogba, Demba Ba, Geremi, Eden Hazard, Nwankwo Kanu, Kolo Toure, Lassana Diarra, Louis Saha, Marcel Desailly, Michael Essien, and Jay-Jay Okocha. Turan, arguably the most recognisable Turkish player at the moment, uploaded a photo of his national flag to his In...