Manchester United had Gabriel Martinelli on four trials before refusing him to keep with the club; the player later found his career with Arsenal.
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Gabriel Martinelli has gained fame with Arsenal after giving impressive performances for the club recently. The 18-year-old player signed a long term contract with the Gunners in June 2018 and since then been regarded as a promising talent.
Martinelli netted his 10th goal of the season against Chelsea after running from his own box to score a sensational individual effort. Surely, the player seems a bright prospect for Mikel Arteta in the coming years.
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However, it has been recently revealed by Martinelli he spent two months on trial at Manchester United, where he joined up with the club “four times for around 15 days at a time” when Jose Mourinho was in charge.
The young striker even played a friendly game against Lincoln City, where he played the final 30 minutes of the game alongside the likes of Brandon Williams.
“From 2015 to 2017, I went to train there [at United] four times for around 15 days at a time,” he told ESPN Brasil.”As everyone trains at the same training centre and is in the same cafeteria, I saw all the professionals.”
“I asked to take pictures for [Patrice] Evra, [Marouane] Fellaini and others. [Paul] Pogba knew I was Brazilian and asked if everything was OK and where I played. We took a picture together.” said Martinelli
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Despite being at the Old Trafford for a prolonged time, he was refused by the Red Devils only to be picked up by Arsenal, where he is having a successful start to his career.
Probably Manchester United failed to spot something in him which their North London rivals noticed and decided to give him a huge break at the Emirates Stadium.
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