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Former Manchester United defender Demetri Mitchell has revealed some amusing tales about former United star Adnan Januzaj.
The pair shared time collectively at United
The 2 gamers have been concerned within the youth staff shortly across the time of Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013.
Mitchell joined the academy in 2013 and made one senior appearance earlier than leaving for Blackpool in 2020. He at the moment performs for Exeter Metropolis in League One.
In a latest alternate on X, he revealed some attention-grabbing tales about his former teammate, Januzaj.
The Belgian worldwide has had a extra profitable profession, playing 63 times for the United senior staff and scoring 5 targets.
He later moved to Actual Sociedad and Sevilla in Spain. The winger additionally performed on the World Cup for Belgium and has 15 caps for his nationwide aspect.
Januzaj’s unfulfilled potential
The thrilling winger broke onto the scene within the 2013-2014 season, scoring two targets in a 2-1 win over Sunderland.
His rise caught the creativeness of followers, particularly within the context of falling to seventh place after Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement the earlier season.
Nonetheless, he by no means actually lived as much as his billing and loads of this failure to fulfill expectations might have come from an underlying overconfidence in his personal capability.
Talking on X, his former teammate Mitchell acknowledged that, “Adnan as soon as stated to the supervisor Why do I would like health club I’m going to win the ballon dor.”
Adnan as soon as stated to the supervisor Why do I would like health club I’m going to win the ballon dor 😂 https://t.co/JT5bJpo833
— Demetri Mitchell (@demetrimitche11) July 15, 2025
He additionally confirmed the story that Januzaj and Andreas Pereira have been as soon as instructed off for not taking a reserve sport significantly by capturing from corners and doing pointless methods in the course of the match.
Mitchell did reward the Belgian’s capability although and claimed, “he had that pretend shot on lock although.”
One other poster then claimed that the participant nonetheless had a good profession and Mitchell responded, “should respect it he was totally different gravy.”
Nonetheless, Januzaj is yet one more cautionary story of how expertise received’t get a footballer to the highest alone.
Many who performed with him and noticed his rise within the United ranks would defend his capability however he didn’t put within the onerous yards to maximise each ounce of the immense expertise that he possessed.
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