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Anthony Elanga youth coach reveals he almost joined Man City over Manchester United
20.01.2022 - 17:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Rising Manchester United star Anthony Elanga nearly signed for arch rivals Manchester City, according to his former youth coach.
The winger has featured in six first team games for Ralf Rangnick’s side this season after earning his senior debut against Leicester in May last season.
He went on to score his first goal for the club against Wolves on the final day of the campaign.
The youngster made his first Premier League start of the season against Aston Villa on Saturday having featured as a substitute against Crystal Palace and Wolves earlier in the campaign.
Elanga then backed that up with a well taken goal in last night's 3-1 win at Brentford and he is currently the name on the lips of Manchester United fans everywhere.
But the 19-year-old could have very easily been lining up in City blue having had a few training sessions with the club after moving to England from native Sweden in 2013.
Ian Forder, who used to coach Elanga when he played for Hattersley FC aged 11, said it wasn’t long before both big Manchester clubs came calling.
"City showed interest at first and he had a few training sessions with them," he told The Sun.
"I had the Under-14s team then and I really shouldn't have played him – but I wasn't going to let him play for anyone else.
"Straight away I could tell he had something, he was outstanding.
"He picked the ball up in his own half, went past seven players, around the goalkeeper and side-footed it in. I turned to John (local businessman and friend) and said, 'Did you just see that?'
"One of the parents was a scout and he contacted United's chief scout, who looked at him. I think it was an 8-1 defeat but Anthony was outstanding."
Forder then explained how he first met Elanga, who had initially
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