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Throughout the summer there’s been a real buzz about the youngsters coming through at Manchester United, showing the future of Old Trafford is in safe hands.
Players like Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho have already established themselves as top names on Erik ten Hag’s team sheet, already being nominated for this year’s Golden Boy award.
Garnacho came back from his post Copa America vacation this week, coming off the bench in the Community Shield match up against Manchester City, with Mainoo starting the match. The Argentinian quickly made his mark on the game, scoring a Messi-style goal to give United the lead.
Unfortunately the game ended up in penalties, with City taking the victory, in a reverse result of the FA Cup final which saw United lift the trophy.
The Community Shield match up also saw ten Hag give chances to both Facundo Pellistri and Toby Collyer. Collyer has delivered a number of strong performances this pre-season, looking set to be on the same projection as Garnacho and Mainoo to break into the senior squad this year.
Defender Harry Amass has also been incredibly strong this summer, with many having expected him to start in the Community Shield match in the absence of Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia.
The academy are also looking at massive boosts with wonderkid Chido Obi-Martin signing from Arsenal and Samuel Lusale from Crystal Palace.
However, it’s another youngster that’s caught the eye of one of United’s transfer targets this summer.
Jeremie Frimpong praises Untied youngster, JJ Gabriel
Academy Scoop has taken to X to highlighting praise coming from Bayer Leverkusen right-back Jeremie Frimpong.
The 23-year-old posted on his Instagram story a shout out to JJ Gabriel of Manchester United’s Under-14s team.
The caption read “JJ is normal” with a shrug and heart emoji, praising his performance.
This isn’t the first time Frimpong has linked with United stars on social media, with him recently commenting on his countryman, Joshua Zirkzee, signing for the Red Devils.
When Zirkzee posted an image of himself in the United dressing room after signing, the defender commented on Zirkzee’s post by saying: “Joshyyyyyy,” with two love heart emojis, showing his support of Zirkzee’s Manchester move.
The link between Zirkzee and Frimpong is fairly obvious, with the pair playing at international level for Netherlands together. However, many are querying the link between Frimpong and the United youngster.
Several people have taken to comments querying if they are somehow related, however the real link is much more exciting for United fans.
A number of people have taken to the comments to clarify that the pair share the same 1 to 1 coach.
Having seen the progress and standard that Frimpong has been delivering, this definitely makes the prospect of what 14-year-old Gabriel can be in the future an extremely exiting idea for the Red Devils.
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