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Victor Valdes: Ex-Barcelona goalkeeper to train with Man Utd

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Victor Valdes
Victor Valdes has spent all of his 12-year senior career at Barcelona

Former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes will train with Manchester United as part of his rehabilitation from a knee injury.

Spanish international Valdes, 32, tore his anterior cruciate ligament in March and missed the World Cup in Brazil.

The club confirmedexternal-link Valdes's recovery will now be supervised by United's medical staff.

Valdes is a free agent after turning down the offer of a new contract at the Camp Nou in the summer.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal previously worked with Valdes at Barcelona in 2002-03, although he only became the Catalan club's first-choice goalkeeper under Van Gaal's successor Radomir Antic.