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Leny Yoro: Why the world’s most expensive 18-year-old chose Man United over Real Madrid
If it has been a problem for Manchester United that many a signing has not quite been who they seemed to be, Leny Yoro has a confession to make. He is not named after the bare-chested American rock musician Lenny Kravitz. “No, that’s not true,” he said. The source of such a seemingly outlandish suggestion came rather close to home: it was his own mother. “She wanted something for the media. She liked Lenny Kravitz, but she didn’t take his name. It’s just storytelling.”
And so the more pertinent part of his name may be the second half. It might become still more familiar with his brothers…