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Rooney & Carrick Sons Earn Man Utd Scholarships
6 Jul
Summary
- Kai Rooney and Jacey Carrick signed scholarship deals.
- The teens join eight other young players inducted into the PDP group.
- Scholarship deals are the final step before potential professional terms.
Manchester United has officially backed the burgeoning careers of Kai Rooney and Jacey Carrick, offering them scholarship deals. These talented teenagers, sons of club legends Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick, are among eight players who have been formally inducted into the Professional Development Phase group. This significant step was celebrated at the annual scholars night.
Rooney and Carrick were present to witness their sons take this crucial early stride. A scholarship deal represents the penultimate stage for young players at the club, preceding the opportunity to sign professional terms, which typically becomes possible from a player's 17th birthday. Other notable young talents who have secured scholarship contracts include Gazik Ibragimov, Edson Dejonge-Seiros, Harlem McLaughlin, Pharell Silvester, Connor Laurie, and Jaume Camacho.
