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Whereas the senior Manchester United crew has actually seen higher days, each on and off the pitch, the youth crew continues to blossom.
After falling behind earlier attributable to a scarcity of consideration and funding, United have made nice strides within the division.
The rise of Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo, simply to call two, is an instance of youth improvement carried out proper.
United nearly added one other wonderkid to their youth ranks within the just lately completed switch window in Sunderland’s Chris Rigg.
The Individuals’s Particular person had reported that Sunderland’s asking value went past what United had been snug paying so the deal didn’t go additional.
Nonetheless, inews reviews that United retain an curiosity within the teenage prodigy.
Alongside Newcastle United, the Crimson Devils have been scouting and monitoring his progress on the Championship membership.
Rigg was just lately in comparison with Jordan Henderson by Head Coach Tony Mowbray attributable to his combative type of play and blossoming management qualities.
Like Rigg, Henderson additionally got here via Sunderland and impressed sufficient to leverage these performances for a transfer to Liverpool.
Rigg turned Sunderland’s youngest-ever league scorer when he netted on the age of 16 years and 76 days. He’s the second-youngest soccer league scorer of all time solely after Jude Bellingham.
The 16-year-old midfielder is getting pretty common sport time on the Stadium of Mild at present so it was unlikely he’d transfer from there to play for U21s at Outdated Trafford.
Nonetheless, if he retains up his meteoric rise for lengthy, will probably be a matter of time earlier than the massive golf equipment come calling.
In such a situation, United continuously being in contact, be it by way of scouting or monitoring, may lend them an higher hand in the case of ultimate negotiations for his signature.
