Championship - Davey delight at double signing

Eurosport - Sun, 29 Jun 14:46:00 2008

Barnsley manager Simon Davey has hailed the double signing of Argentine Hugo Roberto Colace and Frenchman Mounir El Haimour.

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Colace, 24, who has joined from Newell's Old Boys subject to international clearance, captained the Argentina Under-20 side that contained Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano, while El Haimour, 27, signed from NE Xamax on a two-year deal.

Davey told the club's official website: "This is a massive coup for the club. Hugo is a tremendous talent and has a very good pedigree after playing for the Argentinean national team right through to Under-21 level.

"He is technically an outstanding footballer and we cannot wait to start work with him here.

"We are delighted to have brought him in and sure that he will have a big part to play for us next season.

Davey added: "Mounir is an exciting player and is naturally left-sided, so he'll add something to our squad which we were missing last season."

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