Club believe unique facility can help to combat high number of players missed through long-term injuries.
Manchester United are aiming to address their recent injury problems by opening a state-of-the-art £13 million medical centre at the club's Carrington training ground in November.
The facility is expected to fast-track Sir Alex Ferguson's players back to fitness and ensure quicker, and more private, injury diagnosis on site rather than rely on nearby hospitals.
The medical centre will be supplied with CT and MRI scanners and other cutting-edge equipment as part of a five-year agreement with the Japanese company Toshiba.
It is set to be the first of its kind in the Premier League, with United planning to emulate the physiological and sports science benefits enjoyed by AC Milan at their world-renowned Milanello complex.
Research carried out at the end of last season by the sports injury website physioroom.com showed that United had the worst injury list in the Premier League during the 2011-12 campaign, with the club suffering 39 significant problems - those lasting for at least two weeks - which amounted to a total of 1,681 days lost to injury by Sir Alex Ferguson's squad.
In comparison, champions Manchester City suffered just seven significant injuries, costing Roberto Mancini's squad a total of 186 days lost to injury.
United manager Ferguson issued a staunch defence of the club's medical team last season following criticism from former midfielder Owen Hargreaves over his treatment during lengthy injury problems, with the Scot insisting "some of the best sports medical staff in world sport" are employed at Old Trafford. But with United believing the club has now outgrown the existing medical facilities at Carrington, which opened in July 2000, plans were drawn and approved last year to build the new complex.
United have cited the rapid advancements in sports science and medicine and Ferguson's demand for the club to possess a competitive advantage in the field of rehabilitation and fitness as the justification for the medical centre. Having targeted an opening date at the end of 2012 for the centre, United are now planning to open its doors in two months.
Meanwhile, United have completed the £4 million signing of Chilean forward Angelo Henriquez from Universidad de Chile after receiving international clearance for the 18 year-old.
Henriquez underwent a medical last month and agreed personal terms, but United have been forced to wait for red tape to be cleared before finalising the signing.
"Angelo has made a tremendous impact on the game in his short career so far," Ferguson said of the Chile Under-23 international. "His pace is a great asset and he reads the game really well for someone of such a young age."
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