Club Futebol de Manchester Unido ?

I foresee interesting times for ManU. For one, there are 4 players currently in the squad who are native Portuguese speakers- Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani (Portugal), Anderson (Brazil), and Manucho (Angola), plus a fifth in the youth team- Evandro de Carvalho Brandao (Portugal), another striker. Add to that Carlos Tevez who is Argentinian (and Spanish is for the better part, mutually intelligible with Portuguese).

Summer transfer rumors notwithstanding, Miguel Veloso, also Portuguese, is a very likely ManU transfer target this summer. Potentially, we could have a situation next season where the entire midfield (Ronaldo, Nani, Anderson, Veloso) and the forwards (Tevez, Manucho) can all communicate to each other in Portuguese. Of course, that makes it difficult for the English speaking minority to communicate to the Portuguese speaking attackers. Essentially a very similar situation to Arsenal (French) and Liverpool (Spanish).

The way ManU are playing right now, who's complaining of the Portuguese connection?

Though I do foresee a potentially interesting fallout of this come 2010 when it seems Fergie might actually retire finally. Jose Mourinho for the manager post, anyone ?

Update: In the dying hours of the transfer window, ManU signed Brazilian teenager Rodrigo Possebon from Inter. I wonder how that escaped the radar of the footballing world. Another Portuguese speaking footballer in the kitty. No wonder Carlos Queiroz is more at home in Manchester than Madrid.