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Report that Manchester United are interested in the Leicester youth player (who turned 18 yesterday) who QPR released earlier this year.
News of the World
"Alex Ferguson is ready to make a fourth bid for Leicester wonderkid Ricky Sappleton, 18. The Manchester United boss has already had a £500,000 bid rejected for the striker, who had trials at arch rivals Liverpool and Middlesbrough. " Report
Sappleton recently made his Leicester Debut - QPR Report: Debut For Sappleton
June 2007 - Sappleton Joins Leicester
March 2007 - Released QPR Youth, Ricky Sappleton to Middlesbrough?
Jamaica Gleaner Profile of Sappleton (when at QPR) and his brother
Leicester Profile -
Leicester City beat off competition from a number of Premiership clubs to complete the signing of 17-year-old striker Ricky Sappleton in June 2007.
The former Queen's Park Rangers player, who has had trials at Middlesbrough and Liverpool, chose to join the Foxes over a host of top flight clubs. Leicester
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