Brandy signs for the Bulls

Febian Brandy has signed for the Bulls. He's a 19 year old 5ft 6in striker from Manchester United who recently had a loan spell at Swansea City.

He will become the second Manchester United player at Edgar Street. Young midfielder Sam Hewson joined the Bulls a fortnight ago.

The length of the loan appears uncertain. The Official Site says an initial one month loan but another source says for the rest of the season.

This profile of Brandy is from Wikipedia:

Febian Earlston Brandy (born 4 February 1989 in Manchester) is an English footballer currently playing for Manchester United. His regular position is as a striker.

Brandy has been at United since the age of nine, having been invited down to the club's old training ground at The Cliff, after he was spotted playing for his local team, West End Boys. Having recovered from various injuries, including a broken leg, that ruled him out of much of the 2005–06 season, Brandy is now a regular starter in the United reserve team, and scored his first goal for the reserves against Bolton Wanderers in October 2006.

Brandy started up front for United against Liverpool in both legs of the FA Youth Cup final, winning a penalty in the first leg – which Sam Hewson converted – but missing a chance when through on goal in the second leg, which his youth team manager Paul McGuinness described as a "key moment" in the tie which Liverpool won on penalties. Brandy was also the scorer of the only goal in the 2007 Champions Youth Cup final against Juventus.

On 17 January 2008, Swansea City claimed that they had signed Brandy on loan until the end of the 2007–08 season. This was confirmed by Manchester United the following morning, and Brandy made his Swansea debut in their match against Port Vale on 19 January 2008, coming on as an 82nd-minute substitute for Paul Anderson.

Brandy returned to Manchester United for pre-season training in July 2008, but was sent out for a second six-month spell on loan at Swansea on 22 July 2008. He returned to Manchester United on 12 January 2009.

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