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How Jose Mourinho surprised Angel Gomes before his Manchester United debut

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Angel Gomes has revealed a Manchester United steward had to tell him he was about to come on and make his debut. Gomes, 19, became the fourth-youngest player in United history at the age 16 years and 263 days against Crystal Palace in the final Premier League game of the 2016-17 season.

Jose Mourinho handed debuts to Demetri Mitchell and goalscorer Josh Harrop, as well as maiden career starts to Joel Pereira and Scott McTominay on a day when 12 United academy graduates were selected in the squad.

Gomes had trained with the first-team two days earlier but seemed set to be unused when Matty Willock prepared to emerge as the final substitute late on due to an injury to Eric Bailly.

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