MADRID, Aug 4 - Real Zaragoza have taken
Manchester United defender Gerard Pique on loan for the next
Primera Liga season, the two clubs said on Friday.
The 19-year-old centre-back has just returned from helping
Spain win the European Under-19 championships in Poland.
Pique becomes the club's fifth recruit under new coach
Victor Fernandez along with Argentine midfielders Pablo Aimar
and Andres D'Alessandro, and defenders Sergio Fernandez and
Juanfran.
Zaragoza finished 11th in the league last season and lost to
Espanyol in the final of the King's Cup.
Pique played seven times for United last season -- one full
match against West Ham United and two substitute appearances in
the Premier League and four domestic cup games.