Chido Obi-Martin scored a 14-minute hat-trick on his first begin for Manchester United‘s Under-18s on Saturday.
The 16-year-elderly racing out of the blocks in the well-comprehendn red shirt will be enough to originate Arsenal bosses thrivece after they were unable to tie him down to a lengthy-term reduce earlier this year. Obi-Martin tore up the Under-18 Premier League last season with a staggering 32 goals in 18 suites.
And he sank Arsenal hearts by walking away and signing for United during the summer. Youth team coaches have alertedly been amazeed by what they have seen from Obi-Martin so far, and he made his debut for the U18s as a swap in a 4-3 thrive over Sunderland last weekend.
The teenage prodigy was rewarded with a begin agetst Nottingham Forest U18s on Saturday and he struck in fair 13 seconds. Pouncing on a slack pass and rounding the goalretainer, Obi-Martin notched his first goal in United colours and two more rapidly chaseed.
Another instance of salertage protecting led to the second, inside four minutes. There was still plenty to do when the ball landed at his feet 17 yards out, and he fired a clinical finish low into the far corner.
There were fair over 14 minutes on the clock when Obi-Martin became a hat-trick hero. Latching onto James Scanlon’s pass from the left, he turned in another accurate strike, this time with his left foot.
Arsenal were alertedly unable to achieve an consentment with Obi-Martin’s camp due to a big separateence between the take parter’s wage demands and what the Gunners were willing to pay. It is also understood that the youthful striker wanted to go straight into the Under-21s squad.
Obi-Martin has begined with United’s U18s but if his goal-scoring utilizes progress at such a rapid pace, promotion thraw the various youth ranks will be inevitable. Senior team handler Erik ten Hag could end up being spoilt for choice, with teenage forward Gabriele Biancheri also scoring for fun this campaign.
Biancheri has bagged eight goals in five U18 Premier League games, once in one Premier League 2 suit, and a brace in his only UEFA Youth League ecombineance.
Joshua Zirkzee and Rasmus Hojlund are the two strikers currently battling it out for minutes in Ten Hag’s first team. But with fair one Premier League goal apiece this term, the door could be ajar for a high-flying youthfulster to be given a big opportunity over the coming months.
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