Manchester United’s latest Carrington star is already impressing fellow soccer fanatics.
The Pink Devils have a behavior of manufacturing fantastic expertise from their academy system with Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo simply two latest examples. It’s a custom that’s woven into Manchester United’s DNA and has finished for years and years.
New head coach Ruben Amorim is eager to hold on that sample and one 16-year-old, who featured for the membership’s Underneath-21s final evening, already appears to be like tailored for first-team soccer.
Godwill Kukonki sends followers into overdrive with very good defending vs Oldham
Godwill Kukonki is making waves at Manchester United regardless of his tender age of 16 (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Manchester United’s Underneath-21s have loved an outstanding marketing campaign on this season’s new competitors the ‘Nationwide League Cup’ having crushed the likes of Forest Inexperienced, Rochdale, Altrincham and now Oldham Athletic.
Their 5-0 victory towards the Latics final evening featured targets from Sam Mather, Victor Musa and Chido Obi-Martin however it is not the ball hitting the again of the online that has gone viral.
Godwill Kukonki in motion for Manchester United’s Underneath-18s (Picture credit score: Getty Pictures)
Shared on-line by @mufcacademy91 and as seen on MUTV, Kukonki’s sensible piece of defending at 0-0 within the sport with Oldham on Wednesday has left followers calling for his first-team debut beneath Amorim.
Displaying terrific tempo and defensive ability, he makes use of his energy and pace to bully Oldham teenager Abubakar Muhammed off of the ball earlier than persevering with to play the ball out from defence.
It’s clear to us now why Amorim has been impressed by Kukonki, particularly given he’s solely 16 and is already exhibiting satisfactory skills within the males’s sport. United’s Underneath-18s have been in high quality kind once more this marketing campaign and are but to lose within the U18 Premier League.
They received the treble final yr and Kukonki has featured closely in 2024/25 when he isn’t required within the Pink Devils’ matchday squads for the first-team.
In FourFourTwo’s view, we solely see it now as a matter of time earlier than Kukonki makes his first-team debut this season, particularly given the damage issues Victor Lindelof and Jonny Evans have handled.
FourFourTwo understands Evans will quickly name time on his skilled profession at Manchester United as a consequence of a seamless again damage that has curtailed his progress this season.
