Cameroon international Eric Djemba Djemba is expected to sign for Manchester United on Thursday. The Cameroon midfielder has already agreed personal terms with United, after the Premiership champions agreed a £3m fee with French First Division club Nantes.
Djemba will have his medical on Thursday and then sign but instead of being officially unveiled as an Old Trafford player, he will immediately fly to Cameroon for the funeral of international team-mate Marc-Vivien Foe.
Foe died after collapsing on the pitch during a Confederations Cup tie last Thursday.
Djemba Djemba was also part of Cameroon´s midfield during the Confederations Cup and featured in the Indomitable
Lions´ 2002 World Cup squad.
He is said to be seen by Sir Alex Ferguson as a long-term replacement for Roy Keane and admitted the Irish midfielder is one of his footballing heroes.
"If you tell me I am going to play with Keane I would be very happy," Djemba Djemba told the club´s official website.
"He´s a strong character and it would really make me happy to play alongside him.
"He plays hard. He is a role model for me along with Claude Makelele and Patrick Vieira."
Djemba would be Man Utd´s second signing this week, after Ferguson wrapped up the capture of French winger David Bellion from Sunderland, for a fee to be agreed by tribunal.
