 Kershaw then telephoned Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and recommended that the club sign the Silva twins.Manchester United got in touch with Fluminense and asked permission for the twins to travel to Manchester to train with them in 2005.Shortly afterwards, a scout claiming to represent Arsenal visited the twins and asked them to come to England to train with Arsenal without the permission of Fluminense; however, they were dissuaded from this by their mother, who reminded them that they had been with Fluminense since they were 11, and that they should show the club some loyalty.