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Shriek at great volume, welcoming United's star player (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cruyff

'star player' is the definition.
(Jordi Cruyff, footballer)

'shriek at great volume welcoming united's' is the wordplay.
'shriek' becomes 'cry'.
'at great volume' becomes 'ff' (musical direction).
'welcoming' means one lot of letters goes inside another (in sense of 'inviting in').
'united' becomes 'u'.
'cry'+'ff'='cryff'
'cryff' enclosing 'u' is 'CRUYFF'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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