JJ Gabiel has stunned Man Utd by asking to leave the club and he now won’t make his first-team debut against Brighton on Wednesday night.
Manchester United are in the dark over JJ Gabriel’s decision to try and quit Old Trafford after the 15-year-old refused to train on Tuesday ahead of what could have been a first-team debut this week.
United had planned to name Gabriel in their squad to face Brighton in the Carabao Cup third-round on Wednesday, but the teenager has decided against training with Michael Carrick’s squad after asking to leave the club.
Gabriel would have become United’s youngest-ever player had he featured against the Seagulls, but he has left the club in a state of shock after sending a formal notification that he wants his registration to be cancelled.
United officials are unclear what has caused Gabriel to demand to leave the club he has played for since the age of 11. He made his UEFA Youth League debut against Sabah last Thursday and scored a hat-trick as his remarkable rise up the ranks continued.
Despite Gabriel’s request and his decision not to train, which effectively rules him out of a senior debut this week, United still feel the situation is rectifiable given the time remaining on his contract. A United source said Gabriel cannot be de-registered, despite his request.
He can’t sign a professional contract until he turns 17, or a scholarship agreements until he is 16, which Gabriel does not do until October 6.
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