Luque Gunning For Mancs

"Manchester United are a very important club in world football and they have a great team," he said. "It would be a great game for me to make my debut in.

"It would be nice to start with a victory. It is going to be very difficult, but it is a match we are capable of winning.

"I played four games against Manchester United in the Champions League, two games in two different seasons. One of the games was in the quarter-final of the Champions League.

"It was a difficult time for Deportivo. I did not score any goals in any of the games - but maybe I will on Sunday."

"I'm very happy to sign," said Luque, who played against the Magpies in Deportivo's Intertoto Cup semi-final success earlier this summer.

"This transfer has been talked about for a while now, and it is good to be here and have the matter resolved. I am looking forward to playing at this fantastic stadium with Alan Shearer. I'm very excited to be here.

"It is a great place to play, I know that from playing here with Deportivo. It is usually full and I'm looking forward to playing in front of the Newcastle fans.

"I feel very valued by Newcastle. I will work very hard to prove my worth and I hope to score many goals here. The Premiership, along with Spain, is one of the strongest leagues in Europe. I have always wanted to play here in England. It is a challenge, and I come here at a time when I am playing my best football.

"I want to prove myself in this league, and I am confident I can."

Souness has already admitted he does not see Luque as a 20-goal-a-season man, but is confident he will bring both firepower and creativity to the club.

"He will bring a certain amount of goals and he will bring us a bit of width if we choose to play him wide on the left," he said. "He is naturally left-footed, he is a wonderful striker of the ball and he is a clever football player. He will give us that little bit of class that we have been missing in that area, someone who can supply goals and score goals."