{"id":615217,"date":"2025-12-06T04:40:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615217\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T04:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T04:40:47","slug":"manchester-united-complete-signing-of-young-goalkeeper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/615217\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United complete signing of young goalkeeper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd have added another high-potential prospect to their academy ranks with the signing of a goalkeeper.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_CharlieHardy.png\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Charlie Hardy has signed for United.(Image: @charliehardygk via Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Manchester United have officially completed the signing of young goalkeeper Charlie Hardy. United were waiting for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> ratification for the move to be sealed and the transfer has now been signed off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Hardy has signed scholarship terms at United and was pictured with Steve Higham, head of academy operations, who presented the youngster with his United club suit at Carrington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">He wrote on Instagram: &#8220;Proud to sign for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a>, the hard work continues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">The 16-year-old goalkeeper played for Derby&#8217;s Under-18s last season and represented England&#8217;s Under-16 side. In the summer, Hardy announced he was leaving Derby, writing on Instagram: &#8220;After almost a decade at Derby County, the time has now come for a new chapter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">&#8220;It\u2019s been an incredible nine years here. I just want to thank everyone at the club who has supported me throughout my journey and helped me to become the player and person I am today. I\u2019m grateful for all the memories I\u2019ve made throughout my time at the club and the lads I\u2019ve played alongside, I wish everyone at the club the best for the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Hardy is expected to play for United&#8217;s U18s, who are coached by former midfielder Darren Fletcher. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-united-academy\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">United&#8217;s academy<\/a> is regarded as best-in-class and the club&#8217;s youth scouts are tasked with finding youngsters who have the potential to make the first team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"men\">Scholarship deals are offered to promising young players and represent a milestone on the way to potentially being offered a professional contract, which can be signed at 17.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd have added another high-potential prospect to their academy ranks with the signing of a goalkeeper.Charlie Hardy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,2465,17092,423,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-615217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-manchester","12":"tag-manchester-united-academy","13":"tag-manchester-united-fc","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115670790522394743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615217","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=615217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}