{"id":175255,"date":"2025-06-11T09:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175255\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T09:10:15","slug":"fa-youth-cup-winner-sam-murray-sends-message-after-manchester-united-release-is-confirmed-kobbie-mainoo-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/175255\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Youth Cup winner Sam Murray sends message after Manchester United release is confirmed, Kobbie Mainoo responds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manchester United confirmed nine players will leave the club when their contracts expire at the end of June.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-retained-list-announced-as-tom-heaton-update-confirmed-youngster-signed-last-year-departs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nine departures<\/a> is FA Youth Cup winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/sam-murray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Murray<\/a>, who has been unable to make the first team.<\/p>\n<p>Murray was a starter in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/manchester-united-youth-cup-winners-2022-starting-xi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United\u2019s run to winning the trophy in 2022<\/a>, alongside Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho.<\/p>\n<p>But the members of that team have had mixed success, with Marc Jurado playing for Espanyol\u2019s B team and Isak Hansen-Aaroen last seen on loan at Danish side Aalborg.<\/p>\n<p>Now uncertainty awaits Murray, when he officially becomes a free agent on June 30.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"718\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2209796723-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Manchester United\/Manchester United via Getty Images\" \/>Photo by Manchester United\/Manchester United via Getty ImagesSam Murray on Manchester United exit<\/p>\n<p>Before looking ahead to find a new club, Sam Murray has looked back towards Manchester United to say his goodbyes.<\/p>\n<p>He penned a message sent out on Instagram, writing: \u201cAfter 7 years, my time\u00a0@manchesterunited\u00a0has come to an end. I would like to thank everyone at the club for your support, especially my coaches and teammates over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a privilege to represent this club, and I will forever be grateful for the opportunities and experiences this club has given me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wish everyone the best of luck for the future! Once a red\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A number of Murray\u2019s academy colleagues past and present reached out to him to wish him well, including first team star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/tag\/kobbie-mainoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobbie Mainoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Maxi Oyedele: \u201cmy guy, good luck brother \u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Dan Gore: \u201cGood luck bro\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Kobbie Mainoo: \u201c\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Wheatley: \u201cAll the best bro\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Louis Jackson: \u201cAll the best bro\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Willy Kambwala: \u201cGood luck my bro\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Finley McAllister: \u201cGo get em son\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Joe Hugill: \u201cAll the best Muzza, some boy \ud83e\udef6\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>His message follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/time-to-move-on-man-utd-talent-admits-release-is-right-five-years-after-signing-for-red-devils\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Wooster\u2019s goodbye to United<\/a>, and departure messages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/academy\/once-a-red-james-nolan-and-jack-kingdon-send-emotional-messages-confirming-man-utd-exits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from Jack Kingdon and James Nolan<\/a>, also released.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Murray\u2019s journey at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United signed Sam Murray from Huddersfield Town\u2019s academy in 2017. He made his under-18s debut for United in a 4-0 win over Leeds in 2020, aged 16.<\/p>\n<p>He also featured in the UEFA Youth League, and made his under-21s debut at 17.<\/p>\n<p>But first team opportunities never followed, despite the club\u2019s desperate need at times for a new left-back.<\/p>\n<p>Last season it became clear that younger prospect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedinfocus.com\/news\/harry-amass-sends-message-after-making-man-utd-debut-mason-mount-and-bruno-fernandes-respond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Amass had overtaken him<\/a>, after he was given more opportunities in pre-season and then made his first team debut.<\/p>\n<p>Murray had a brief loan spell at non-league Rochdale in 2024, but did not make an appearance.<\/p>\n<p>He made 51 appearances for United\u2019s under-21 side, but at 20-years-old, the time is right now for Murray to get some senior starts, somewhere, and kick on.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United confirmed nine players will leave the club when their contracts expire at the end of June.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,39473,79,16,8857,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-175255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sam-murray","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-under-21s","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114663957431765479","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}