You joined Manchester United’s academy as a teenager. How did that come about?
As a 14-year-old, I was spotted playing and invited up to Manchester United for a week's trial with a group of other lads from around the country. We took part in a trial match against Luton and it went well. Then Sir Alex Ferguson came into the dressing room and introduced himself. We had no idea he was there. I was thinking, ‘Oh my goodness, what is happening here?’ At the end of the week, my mum picked me up from the train station and told me that Sir Alex had been on the phone to ask if I’d sign – he rang personally. I was absolutely gobsmacked. It was a mark of the man that he
