Manchester United had Gabriel Martinelli on trial four times before rejecting it

Manchester United had Gabriel Martinelli on four trials before refusing him to keep with the club; the player later found his career with Arsenal.

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.

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.

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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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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