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Sergio Romero has admitted there were no other offers on the table before Manchester United snapped him up this summer.

The 28-year-old arrived at Old Trafford on a three-year deal last month after leaving Sampdoria.

And despite a lack of regular club football during the last two seasons, he's kept two clean sheets in his first two games after deputising for David De Gea.

Louis van Gaal worked with Romero at AZ Alkmaar and watched the Argentine help knock Holland out of the World Cup in Brazil.

Romero says he's delighted to be reunited with his former manager, and revealed United's offer saved him from the scrap heap.

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He told the Sunday Mirror: "I am back with my old manager and I am so happy. I owe Louis van Gaal so much. I will tell you what I told the boss the first time we worked together, that when you have an Argentine in your team, you get a never-give-up mentality.

"I find it incredible that I am now at this club after the year that I have had. I wasn’t wanted anywhere else, but I am coming towards the strongest and best part of my football life.

"It was Van Gaal who made me an international player.

"I will never forget the morning he told me that he had been speaking on the telephone to a certain Mr Maradona and that the coach of Argentina wanted to select me.

"I am so proud of where I stand today. My wife and my two kids are so proud. And I know for sure that my father, who is in heaven, is also proud."

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