Article: Football: City target Cooper has learned his trade from the best at United; Dallas striker could be Bluebirds' Major summer signing up front.(Sport)

Byline: Terry PHILLIPS

AMERICAN striker Kenny Cooper has had a lot of help in becoming, at the age of 23, one of the most feared strikers in America's Major League Soccer.

Now Cooper, due to fly in for talks with Cardiff City this week on a pounds 2m transfer from FC Dallas, is quick to thank those at Manchester United who have played a big part in his development.

And the list is impressive - Sir Alex Ferguson, Roy Keane, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy and United chief scout Jim Ryan.

It was Ferguson who took the teenage Cooper from ...

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