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Gernacho and Fred Visits Foundation Partner School

In a heartwarming video, Alejandro Garnacho and fred can be seen surprising students at Manchester United Foundation partner school Loreto in Chorlton, in a community visit at the end of the 2022/23 season.   Garnacho and Fred met with Loreto school staff, including Romone, the Foundation’s High School Partnership officer, before participating in a variety of school lessons with excited students. Alejandro began his visit by getting involved in a Spanish lesson, before joining Fred in a Q&A workshop with sports leaders in the library. The pair then headed outside to take part in PE lessons, playing football and joining a girls' rounders game, much to the enjoyment of the students.  The players spent over an hour interacting with students and teachers at the school, where they engaged with more than 100 pupils. In his first external school as a senior player, Alejandro expressed his joy at getting out into the local community: “I really enjoyed meeting everyone on my...

Tuanzebe set to Exit United at the End of Contract

Axel Tuanzebe will say farewell to Manchester United this summer, upon the expiry of his current contract. The defender has been a Red since he joined the Academy at the age of eight, and has captained the club at every level, eventually finishing up with 37 senior appearances between 2017 and 2021.   Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, before moving to Rochdale as a young boy, he quickly established himself as a powerful, skilful and an authoritative leader at Carrington, winning the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award in 2014/15 and then scooping the Denzil Haroun Reserve-Team Player of the Year prize in 2016/17.   That latter season also brought his competitive debut for the first team, when he came on as a substitute during a 4-0 win over Wigan Athletic in the fourth round of the FA Cup. His career ignited during the second of two loan spells with then-Championship club Aston Villa, as he helped the Midlanders to promotion during the 2018/19 campaign. He was ...