Moises Caicedo showcases talent against Manchester United – Samuel Luckhurst

Moises Caicedo must not ever have envisaged gracing the identical pitch as Manchester United with The Whistling Wren pub looming within the distance.

However right here was the Ecuador worldwide, at Leigh Sports activities Village, bossing the midfield for Brighton Below-23s two months after he was planning on a possible transfer to Manchester.

Discussions over a transfer for Caicedo, 19, have been compromised by the involvement of varied intermediaries and a supply advised the Manchester Night Information the deal grew to become ‘too messy’ for United to proceed.

One other supply revealed Caicedo was keen to work with whoever may engineer a switch to United and described negotiations as a ‘clusterf—‘. United have been cautious of the variety of intermediaries at an early stage of discussions and Caicedo ultimately moved to Sussex for round €6million.

At a surprisingly seasonable Leigh, Caicedo imposed himself in opposition to a United XI that includes simply two 20-somethings and lowered to 10 males following the early expulsion of captain Will Fish.

He has the bodily presence of his compatriot and former United captain Antonio Valencia and United’s reticence enabled Caicedo to showcase his spectacular passing vary.

Caicedo seldom overexerted himself in such a secular event however his high quality was apparent, drawing a save from Matej Kovar and a cynical foul from Charlie McCann.

He’s but to make his full debut for Brighton and should have to attend till subsequent season amid the fraught surroundings of a relegation scrap. Brighton have struggled to attain objectives and stop them, however a 19-year-old Ecuadorian can be a wildcard choose to remodel their fortunes.

Had United given the intermediaries their slice of the Caicedo pie there may not have been room within the ir first-team coaching bubble for Shola Shoretire, again with the U23s forward of an inevitable bench function in opposition to West Ham on Sunday.

Shoretire, 17, has been within the final six United squads and their assault is so depleted Amad is poised to make his full debut this weekend. Shoretire was denied an FA Youth Cup look in Salford on Wednesday evening in anticipation of his involvement in opposition to AC Milan on Thursday however wanted minutes and had an underwhelming 64 minutes at Leigh.

Brighton have been with out Reda Khadra, a quick trialist with United in the summertime denied an look with the U23s at Doncaster as a consequence of confusion over paperwork. Kovar, again with United after his mortgage with Swindon in League One was curtailed, was authoritative and saved properly, foiling Brighton impressively on 4 events.

United had a reliable outlet within the prolific Joe Hugill to purchase them time. Hugill, 17, is in with an outdoor probability of a first-team promotion in opposition to West Ham with Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and Edinson Cavani all prone to be sidelined by harm.

Hugill solely joined the United academy in the summertime and, because of the strict coaching bubbles, has not rubbed shoulders with the first-team at Carrington. illon Hoogewerf, the diminutive Dutch ahead recruited from Ajax, was as vibrant because the Leigh solar however neither aspect have been capable of break the impasse.