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'They'll see a different player' - What Charlie McNeill has done to impress Manchester United during loan spell
11.04.2023 - 06:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It doesn't take League Two defenders long to find out about Charlie McNeill when they prepare to come up against the Manchester United loanee for the first time.
The 19-year-old has been with Newport County since January, earning his first taste of senior football in the school of hard knocks. It only takes a quick Google search for any unsuspecting opponents in the fourth tier to find out this is a player with 600 goals for Manchester City at youth level and a £750,000 transfer fee taking him back to United as a 17-year-old.
But McNeill's age-group exploits are now a thing of the past. The counter has been reset to zero, not that the forward was ever taking his academy record for granted when it came to securing a career in senior football.
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One source close to McNeill told the Manchester Evening News that the chatter around his 600-goal youth career was "b**locks". It's not necessarily unusual for a forward to plunder hatfuls of goals as a child. McNeill himself knows it means very little now. As the same source said: "He knows he hasn't cracked it, but he knows he can be a game changer."
Unfortunately, the teenager hasn't managed to do that in his returns to Greater Manchester since heading to South Wales. Five weeks ago he lasted 64 minutes of a 3-1 defeat to Salford City. At least he played the full 90 minutes on Easter Monday, but Newport's six-game unbeaten run was ended by Stockport County, who cruised to a 4-0 win.
But those trips back closer to home don't tell the full story. He's scored twice for the club, played regularly and earned the trust of manager Graham Coughlan and his teammates.
"Charlie's had a real positive impact since he's come into the
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