Angel Gomes signs for Lille [Sending emotional message thanking the United fans]

Former Manchester United u-23 captain, Angel Gomes has finally signed for a club after leaving United in June. The youngster is a graduate for United’s academy and has been at the club since the beginning of his footballing days. United wanted Gomes to stay at Old Trafford, but the Englishman wanted to move elsewhere in search of proper game-time.

The 19-year old has found minutes hard to come by for a couple of seasons now after making his debut in 2016. Gomes is a respected player in the u-23 circuit and is known for his silky touch and piercing passes. But because of his small height and lack of physicality, Solskjaer wasn’t sure about fielding Gomes in the Premier League.

In his last days at Manchester United, Gomes was offered a new contract but the youngster denied signing it. The midfielder was reportedly unhappy about United showing interest in signing players of his age group and position. The growth of Greenwood and Williams also didn’t help Gomes’ confidence, who was ultimately released by United by the end of June.

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It’s took me a while because it’s not been easy to put my emotions into words. Sadly the time has come to end a beautiful chapter that has been my life for 14 years. Being from Salford, Manchester United is all I have ever known. I went from playing on my estate, pretending to be Wayne Rooney to being in the academy And doing the same. May 21st 2017 I made my premier league debut for the club of my dreams aged 16 replacing the legend himself ‘Wayne Rooney’. I want to thank every single individual at the club for the help and encouragement I received, from the very first time I signed at the club. I want to thank all the coaches from every age group that looked after me from 6 to now. To all the kit men, Kath the receptionist, The media team, the security, the staff at the cliff, the staff at Littleton road, the staff at Carrington to the cleaners, you all played a part in getting me to where I am today. It is time I take the next step in my career, I hope you can all be proud off what I go on to achieve. I wish the club and everyone involved the best of luck, you will all be missed more than you can imagine. I also want to thank the fans, your SUPPORT hasn’t gone unnoticed. Once a RED always a RED 🔴🔴🔴 UTID Angel Gomes

A post shared by Angel Gomes (@angel.gomes10) on Aug 4, 2020 at 7:55am PDT

 

After a month of being without a contract, Gomes has been finally signed by Lille, who could immediately loan him out to Boavista. Following his signing of a new contract, the English prodigy has sent an emotional message thanking the United fans.