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Manchester United u18s featured an unfamiliar face on Saturday as Mason Cotcher joined the membership on trial.
The 17-year-old featured off the bench within the u18s’ convincing 4-0 win over Leeds United.
Previously with Sunderland, Cotcher left the northeast membership in the summertime and has been trialling with various golf equipment.
The ahead has already hung out with Arsenal and Rangers this season, the previous of which he educated amongst the primary crew squad in accordance with The Telegraph after “Mikel Arteta invited him for periods along with his senior gamers final week.”
They reported that “Rangers are additionally interested by signing the 17-year-old and shifting “cross-border” to Scotland can be for a lot decrease compensation than to an English crew.”
Cotcher featured for Arsenal’s u18s earlier within the season however is now at Carrington the place he got here off the bench for half an hour on Saturday morning.
Discovering the online throughout his trial debut with Arsenal, Cotcher couldn’t fairly replicate the feat within the pink of United.
After having one shot blocked after approaching, he got here shut once more when his shot from the best aspect of the field got here off the keeper’s leg and flashed throughout the face of the objective and large.
Usually a striker, Cotcher may also play large which is the place he featured off the bench for United on the left wing.
An England youth worldwide, Cotcher was capped on the u17s degree final 12 months and now seems to be to be taking his time to find the best membership for his subsequent stage of growth.
After the mortgage departure of Joe Hugill, an area has opened up in United’s u21s which has at present been stuffed by Ethan Wheatley stepping up from the u18s.
However whether or not Cotcher would slot into the u18s or u21s instantly, if he can impress throughout his trial he could favour the transfer to Manchester contemplating the dearth of striker choices at Erik ten Hag’s disposal which provides him a transparent path to forcing his method into the primary crew.
