Manchester United have signed six youth players from Marcus Rashford's former club Fletcher Moss Rangers, with the 22-year-old proving an inspiration to an abundance of up-and-coming payers.
United hold a long-term affiliation with the Manchester-based club, with Rashford, Danny Welbeck, Wes Brown and Ravel Morrison all playing there as youngsters before eventually signing for the English giants.
Seven players from the Fletcher Moss' Under-9s side have been signed in total, with rivals Manchester City also striking a deal with a member of the team that lost just four games this season while picking up 15 trophies in tournaments across the country.
According to the Manchester Evening News, Cole Umebuani, Teddy Sherwood, Jaice Dore, Rafael Smith, Dane Mullings and Ka’eo Ingram will join United, with Tolani Raheem joining City.
Fletcher Moss coach Remi De Jonge told MEN Sport: "They've all done absolutely superb this season, they competed a year up in the East Manchester Junior Football League, so they are in academic Year 3 playing Year 4 football.
"That’s amazing in itself, and across the course of the season only narrowly losing four games is absolutely brilliant as we don't consider it a loss more a learning curve."
"The boys know, these are their idols, Marcus Rashford is their idol," De Jonge continued.
"They have that in the back of their mind that Marcus Rashford has done an almost identical journey as them or the start of it, so that gives them a boost in confidence.
"But before you even consider signing there's a lot of groundwork to do, a lot of training."
