Nine goals in six, wonderkid reminds Man Utd of his qualities after summer exit
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9-second readManchester United's Louie Bradbury, a former academy player, has scored nine goals in six games for Stoke City's U18s, prompting him to share his success on Instagram after leaving United last summer.
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Manchester United's Louie Bradbury, a former academy player, has scored nine goals in six games for Stoke City's U18s, prompting him to share his success on Instagram after leaving United last summer.
Bradbury's decision to leave United for Stoke City was driven by the hope of securing a first-team berth more quickly at the Championship club, where he signed a scholarship deal.
Bradbury's prolific scoring form at Stoke City's U18s, including a hat-trick on debut against Manchester City, has drawn attention to his potential and suggests a possible first-team debut at Stoke before the season ends.
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Manchester United oversaw the exits of multiple players last summer, but one wonderkid is keen to remind them of what they lost. An unwanted key tenet of Ineos’ transfer market philosophy is their eagerness to cash in on academy products in the name of “pure profit”. Selling Scott McTominay to fund Manuel Ugarte has aged like milk, and now, another wonderkid who left Old Trafford last summer is making his mark. Unlike McTominay, he is also happy to advertise his success story after he took a bet on himself. Scoring comes naturally for Louie Bradbury, as he was one of the most prolific players at Carrington as well, but you can’t really take those numbers at face value.
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