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Former Manchester United trialist, Mason Couture, is on trial at Leeds United.
The 17-year-old hasn't fairly made the grade at United but when he impresses throughout his stint in Yorkshire, he may make a everlasting transfer to rivals Leeds.
The previous Sunderland man definitely obtained off to a fantastic begin.
In accordance with the Sunderland Echo, “Couture began and scored the one objective of the sport as Leeds Beneath-18s beat Sunderland 1–0 within the Premier League Beneath-18 North competitors”.
Throughout his time on the Black Cats, Couture contributed 10 targets in 19 matches for the under-18s.
The participant was additionally introduced into Tony Mowbray's squad for the FA Cup third spherical win over Shrewsbury City in early 2023, however he left the membership final summer time.
After leaving the North-East membership, it was reported that Couture had joined the Pink Devils on a trial foundation.
After Joe Hugill left on mortgage, a spot opened up in United's U21s which is presently being stuffed by Ethan Wheatley following his transfer up from the U18s.
Nonetheless, Couture was not deemed worthy of retention by Carrington's coaches and has since obtained a chance on the Pennines.
If Leeds resolve to signal the participant, Sunderland might be compensated.
The newspaper studies, “The kids, who haven’t but signed skilled phrases, are free to maneuver between golf equipment with a compensation tribunal in place if the golf equipment can not agree a monetary package deal between them, which means that Sunderland can be compensated for his or her half in Kochhar's growth ought to the participant signal for a brand new membership”.
Couture has performed twice for the England Beneath-17 group thus far and hopes he can do sufficient to signal an expert kind at his new membership to start out his soccer profession in earnest.