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Keane twins hoping to follow Nevilles
William Keane featured for Manchester United U18 in their 1-0 win at Barnsley.
William and twin brother Michael both signed scholarship forms with United over the summer. Following in the footsteps of the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil, the duo are avid United fans and have three-year contacts by the end of which they hope to have moved off the Old Trafford terraces and onto the pitch. Michael is a defender, while William plays as an attacking midfielder and said: "It would have made it difficult if one had made it and the other had not. There’s nothing I’d rather do than be a professional footballer. I would love to be able to win the Premiership. When you train it’s great to see the United players like Rooney on the next pitch, they are all so good. "Our parents were delighted as we got offered our new contracts just before our birthday, so we had a double celebration that weekend." Keane twins hope to follow Neville brothers into Man Utd first team | Premiership News | tribalfootball.com Don't know much about most of the acadamy lads but trying to keep more upto date and maybe getting MUTV, what do people who have seen them think of these two lads? can they make it? nothing better than lads coming through the acadamy who have always supported the club. |
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Michael Keane has hardly featured at Academy level, and had limited time in the Milk Cup so it's unfair for me to assess him on that evidence.
Will Keane looks very promising, he plays off the front man and is very creative and adroit on the ball. He plays in a similar way to a Sheringham/Berbatov type. Him and Cofie look quite a good combination at Academy level. |
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So we can conclude that they are not so much "following in the footsteps of the Neville brothers" as following in the footsteps of a load of other brothers who've joined the club since Neville Neville's lads.
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Since the Neville's we have also had: Stephen and Michael Rose Dominic and Mark Studley Adam and Richard Eckersley to name a few. |
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According to Ben Hibbs' twitter, Will Keane has just signed a professional contract.
Very much deserved IMO. He's having a cracking season. |
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Thats good. I dont know much about him but he keeps making headlines with the youngsters. The contract shows his rate of progress and I will definitely watch out for him now.
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But he is also very much a player who can drop off in between the lines and create from there. |
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Capello keeping tabs on Man Utd whizkid Keane
Capello keeping tabs on Man Utd whizkid Keane | Premiership News | tribalfootball.com
England coach Fabio Capello is keeping tabs on Manchester United's U17 international Will Keane. Keane, from Stockport, has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the last 12 months that has seen him break into the reserve team at Old Trafford just a year after leaving St Bede’s College to join United's academy. Capello personally requested a DVD of England's opening game at the UEFA Under-17 Championships to watch during World Cup preparations at their training base in Irdning, Austria, which featured Keane. Head of football at St Bede’s College, Steve Fallon, told the Manchester Evening News: “Will has had a fantastic year at United and everyone at the college is delighted to see him making such excellent progress. “I have been tracking his progress and I have seen him score some stunning goals. “As a lifelong United fan I cannot wait to see him in the first team.” Proud dad Aidan said: “We are absolutely thrilled that Will won the Young Player of the Year award. “He was nominated alongside two other second year academy players so to win the award at such a young age was a major achievement.” |
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United youngster Keane for success - Manchester Evening News
United youngster Keane for success June 07, 2010 Will Keane is only 12 months into his professional football career – but he’s already caught the attention of top managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Fabio Capello. The 17-year-old striker left St Bede’s College last summer to begin a two-year apprenticeship with Manchester United. A year later, and the Reds’ young player of the year award and an Under-17 European Championship winner’s medal are safely locked away in Keane’s trophy cabinet. It’s not a bad start to a blossoming football career. “My first year couldn’t have gone much better,” said Stockport-born Keane. “We won the Milk Cup and the reserve play-off final with United and the European Championships with England. “On a personal level I won the young player award as well which was great. “I thought I was in with a chance but all the other players who were nominated had great seasons as well so it was still a bit of a surprise. “It doesn’t really sink in until you look at the other names on the trophy like Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Wes Brown.” And lifting the Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award – named after the man credited with unearthing the Busby Babes – isn’t the only way Keane has followed in famous footsteps this season. When England came from behind to beat Spain 2-1 in the Under-17 European Championship final in Liechtenstein on May 31, it earned the three lions their first title for 17 years. That triumph – at the Under-18 European Championships in 1993 – featured Scholes, Gary Neville and Nicky Butt, and Keane is determined that his career will continue to follow a similar path. “It is the first youth trophy England have won for a while and that was something we spoke about before the game,” said Keane. “The players who won that trophy have gone on and had great careers so hopefully we can do the same. Rooney inspiration “Before the game we got good luck messages from Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard and it really inspired the players. It was nice that they took the time to wish us luck and you almost want to win the game for the them. “We even had the entire Spain first team watching the game. “It was great to win it against some of the best teams in the world,” he added. “We beat France and Spain who produce some very good players so to beat those teams and win the trophy was a great achievement. Spain and France had some great players and they were both tough matches.” So impressive were England’s performances that Fabio Capello requested DVDs of the games to watch during his World Cup preparations. Sir Alex Ferguson is also keeping a close eye on his young star and Keane is confident his fledging career is in safe hands at the club he joined as an 11-year-old. “Sir Alex came over to say well done at the player of the year awards which was nice,” said Keane, whose twin brother Michael is also on United’s books. “We see quite a lot of him around the training ground and he always stops to say hello and ask how we are doing. It’s one of the reasons United is such a great to club to learn at. “The first-team players are always nice too,” he added. “It’s the best place to learn because, as a centre forward, you get to learn from the likes of Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov. “They’re some of the best players in the world and it can only help being around them and watching what they do.” Keane is hoping to get a closer look at his senior United colleagues next season by getting the chance to line up alongside them. He says he’s got the perfect blueprint to follow in Italian centre forward Federico Macheda, who made a timely impact as the Reds chased their third straight title in 2009. “I’m hoping to progress next year and get a regular place in the reserve team and maybe even get a call into the first-team squad,” added Keane. |
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Winger11 from the newbie forum has kindly compiled a William Keane goal compilation 09/10.
Keanes :: ÷ÉÄĹĎ ÎÁ RuTube - 3 or 4 real peaches in there. |
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