Manchester United have successfully signed the Charlton Athletic youngster Sean McGinty a ‘rugged centre-back who puts his body on the line and combines excellent man-marking and aerial ability with a composed presence on the ball.’
While Charlton fans are disappointed, they also understand that such an opportunity comes only once in the entire career and are happy for their player.
The clubs chairman, Richard Murray sees eye-to-eye with the fans,
“To have a club like Manchester United tracking your youth players clearly shows the quality that our academy is currently producing,” said Murray
“Of course, nothing would have made us happier than Sean coming through the ranks and representing our first team, and our coaches had high hopes for him. We did our utmost to persuade him to stay, but joining such a big Premier League club is obviously an attractive prospect, and Sean and his family made it clear that they wanted to move north to United.”
“Manchester United have behaved entirely honourably throughout the process, and I’d like to thank them for that.”
Although only 15, McGinty represented both Charlton’s U18 side and reserves last season. The promising centre-half had been offered scholarship terms by the London club but with the Reds having tracked him for some time, McGinty has opted to switch to Old Trafford.
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