'They'll see a different player' - What Charlie McNeill has done to impress Manchester United during loan spell
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt doesn't take League Two defenders long to find out about Charlie McNeill when they prepare to come up against the Manchester United loanee for the first time.
The 19-year-old has been with Newport County since January, earning his first taste of senior football in the school of hard knocks.
It only takes a quick Google search for any unsuspecting opponents in the fourth tier to find out this is a player with 600 goals for Manchester City at youth level and a £750,000 transfer fee taking him back to United as a 17-year-old.
But McNeill's age-group exploits are now a thing of the past. The counter has been reset to zero, not that the forward was ever taking his academy record for granted when it came to securing a career in senior football. READ MORE: Ten Hag could soon start United's strongest XI One source close to McNeill told the Manchester Evening News that the chatter around his 600-goal youth career was "b**locks".
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk