Man Utd Welcome 15-year-old ‘kid Messi’ To Senior Training

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Highly rated 15-year-old imaginable JJ Gabriel was invited to subordinate successful pinch Manchester United’s first-team training this week, it has been revealed.

Dubbed ‘Kid Messi’, nan young forward, who only precocious celebrated his 15th birthday, is wide hailed arsenic 1 of nan astir breathtaking talents successful world football. United precocious fought disconnected title from a number of rivals to support Gabriel and stay successful negotiations complete a longer-term contract.

Part of United’s scheme for Gabriel, who has 7 goals successful conscionable six appearances for United’s Under-18s this season, is to expose him to Ruben Amorim’s elder side, and that began connected Thursday erstwhile he featured successful a 11 vs. 11 friends successful first-team training.

Reports person claimed Amorim has taken a liking to Gabriel, regularly reviewing nan youngster’s academy performances arsenic portion of United’s ongoing attempts to beryllium to nan teen that he should stay astatine Old Trafford.

Those efforts of persuasion saw Gabriel invited to nan director’s container to watch nan crippled against Arsenal earlier this season.

Gabriel caught nan oculus successful training. / Instagram/jjnr10

Gabriel’s stunning shape astatine academy level, wherever he plays good supra his property group, has seen galore telephone for nan teen to beryllium fixed a chance successful nan first team, pinch comparisons to nan likes of Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and, much recently, Max Dowman of Arsenal.

Crucially, however, Premier League regulations forbid Gabriel from making a elder quality this play and he is simply excessively young.

All Premier League players must person turned 15 by August 2025 successful bid to beryllium eligible, and Gabriel missed that deadline by conscionable 2 months.

He will, therefore, only beryllium eligible to play for United’s elder broadside from nan opening of nan 2026–27 campaign, astatine which constituent clubs from crossed nan globe will apt beryllium moving to effort and person Gabriel to return his talents elsewhere.

The pathway United tin coming to Gabriel will beryllium important to his adjacent statement situation, pinch nan teen free to return his talents wherever he wants astatine minimal costs to immoderate imaginable employers.