Manchester giants lose out on young League One starlet

When Manchester United and Manchester City lose out on a young player, you expect him to be going to someone of the ilk of Barcelona, Real Madrid or even Arsenal considering their excellence in producing young players.

This time however the Manchester giants have been pipped to the signature by none other than Sheffield's second team, Sheffield United!

According to the Sun, the League One outfit have beaten their more illustrious (to say the least rivals) to the signing young Diego De Girolamo.

The little deviation to the story is that the 17-year-old striker has already spent 10 years as a youth player at Brammall Lane but that remains a decision that certainly takes balls of Sheffield steel!

Adam Mazrani

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