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Bailly joins Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports as Utd defender is welcomed by Lukaku

  /  autty

Eric Bailly is the latest big name to join Jay-Z's management agency Roc Nation Sports.

The Manchester United defender was welcomed by team-mate Romelu Lukaku and Bayern Munich's Jerome Boateng having made the move official.

Bailly posed alongside New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia as the pair swapped signed shirts to welcome the Ivorian to the Roc Nation 'family'.

More to follow.

Bailly is joining a group of footballers at the agency that started with Boateng from Bayern.

Given it is an American company, the bulk of Roc Nation's clients have emerged from American Football, Basketball and Baseball.

Jay-Z's talent stable originated as Roc Nation, an entertainment company, before branching out to Roc Nation Sports and Bailly is the second Premier League addition after team-mate Lukaku. 

Writing on his Instagram page, the Manchester United striker welcomed Bailly to the team in a post that read: 'A big welcome to the newest member of the @rocnationsports family. My brother and teammate @ericbailly24 #RocBoys'

Bailly joined United from Villarreal for the 2016-2017 season and quickly became a key part of the side at Old Trafford.

He appeared in 38 games across all competitions that season but has since fallen out of favour during the tenure of the recently sacked Jose Mourinho. 

A mix of injuries and suspensions has seen Bailly make just 11 appearances so far this season but he has come back into contention under interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. 

United are currently away training in Dubai as they gear up for the biggest test of Solskjaer's reign to date when they travel to Wembley Stadium on Sunday to take on in-form Tottenham.