When Noam Emeran made the choice at 16 to leave Amiens SC to sign for the iconic Manchester United, the son of former Rwandan defender Fritz Emeran Nkusi did not take the shortest and easiest path to reach the highest level. But the twirling left winger by dint of work and self-sacrifice finally reaps the fruit of hard work.
Extended last season by two seasons, Emeran continued to perform with the Manchester United U23 team, scoring 7 goals, delivering 2 assists in the professional reserves championship by showing off his slick technique and incredible free-kick ability where his left foot is formidable and dreaded. If in France few people know this young and promising player trained in Saint-Denis Saint-Leu, he knew how to make a place for himself in the excellence of the Manchester United academy. Erik Ten Hag, who internally praises his progress, did not miss any of his performances and therefore decided to take him with the first team for the first training camp of the season in Norway to compensate for the absence of many executives.
Elected man of the match for his first with Manchester United!
And the least we can say is that the former Amiens knew how to seize his chance. As Manchester United played their first game of the season against Leeds United, notably fielding Mason Mount, Raphaël Varane, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jadon Sancho and Lisandro Martinez, Emeran unlocked the game in the second half in a team of MU deeply overhauled and mainly composed of young players. After opening the score with a flat foot after a face-to-face full of composure against the Leeds goalkeeper, Emeran, the third Frenchman from Manchester United, delivered a laser pass for Isak Hansen-Aaroen, another hope of the scoring club at him in Oslo.
A performance that earned the MU left winger to be crowned player of the match and to receive congratulations from the team’s executives, starting with Raphaël Varane. It must be said that the 2018 tricolor world champion has taken young French talent under his wing. Interviewed after the meeting by MUTVthe Mancunian hopeful said he was necessarily proud of this first goal, the first of a long series to come for him. “It’s always a proud moment for me to wear the shirt and play for this club in a big stadium like this. Of course, I’m happy and proud to have scored a goal, for my family too. I just have to keep going, it’s the first of a long series.”
Several clubs want him back on loan, so Anderlecht and Strasbourg
A match which therefore marked the spirits internally and which could well open the door to an extension for the young talent “made in France” of the Red Devils, it is in any case the trend of the moment. According to our information, this could also allow this formidable dribbler, capable of quickly eliminating one-on-one, to grab playing time away from Old Trafford. Several Belgian clubs including Anderlecht have taken information, as well as Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands or Coventry and Sunderland in the Championship. Finally, Strasbourg also requested the player’s availability from MU. Enough to allow Noam Emeran to definitively transform the test and return even stronger to Manchester United…
