The 14-year-old Wonderkid JJ Gabriel of Manchester United has committed his future to the Red Devils after a crucial intervention of club heads.
Mail Sports understands that the director of the Red Devils Football Jason Wilcox and director of football negotiations Matt Hargreaves came in last week to convince the teenager – called 'Kid Messi' – to stay in the northwest.
In March it was revealed that various rivals from United were 'desperate' to get Gabriel who, when holding an Irish passport, were allowed to play in the European Union from the age of 16 when he would have to wait otherwise until 18.
Gabriel, full name Joseph Junior Andreou Gabriel, grew up in London and had spells in Chelsea, Arsenal and West Ham.
He has tightened his technique in Futsal as much as in football.
There is a significant hype around the young person, who, owned by Alfie Brooks, owner of Ole Futsal and Gabriel's specialized one-on-one coach, claims that he is already able to enter a Premier League dressing room.
'When he first started training, [his competitiveness] Was the striking feature, “Brooks said the Nathan Salt of Mail Sport.
'In my time I coached almost 1,000 Academy players – four of them in Josh Nichols (Arsenal), Josh Achampong (Chelsea), Sydie Peck (Sheffield United) and Tyrique George (Chelsea) made their senior debut – and JJ is ever.
“He could go to a Premier League dressing room at the moment and technically he would be better than them all. It would not even be close. '
At the age of six he spent a week focusing on his chair. Towards the end of that week he was able to do 1,000 in a row and quickly became the best player in games against players who are years older than he was.
On nine, Gabriel Viral went with a YouTube video in which he appeared under the name 'Kid Messi', a nickname that the young person would like to throw, and now he is called in the Under 18S at the age of 14 as United Press The Accelerator on his development.
It is Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar who believe many talent spotters that he mirror one day, even more than Messi.
When Cristiano Ronaldo JR was part of the United Academy, he made a very close friendship with Gabriel.
Together presented in Old Trafford with the No. 7 (Ronaldo) and no. 10 (Gabriel) shirts, they came close and often brought time together through the field through the mansion of Ronaldo SR with seven bedrooms.
The Portugal and the United Icon sparkled at the Young Gabriel and received a signed shirt as a farewell gift before he left Manchester for Saudi Arabia.
Dan Ashworth, who was taught last season by Sir Jim Ratcliffe as a sports director, was an admirer of Gabriel, while one teammate in the Under 18s spoke about 'blown away' by the 14-year-old in their training sessions.
Gabriel's career so far has been managed by the letter by his family with superstar in mind. His father, former Republic of Ireland International Joe O'Cearuill, turned the surname of the family in Gabriel into a nod to their religious beliefs and made the United Starlet more flammable.
The decision was also made to Gabriel to the home school to maximize his prospects in football, while following a very strict diet to improve performance. In all respects, he is already operating as a top professional and made his England under the 15 debut in February.