15 Sep 2026 14:30:25
JJ Gabriel has told Man United that he wants to leave the club and wants his registration cancelled immediately.
Who can blame him.

1.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 15:58:20
Well, based on the club's stance, we only want players who want to play for us, excluding Rashford, that is.

2.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 16:37:33
Twenty, Brilliant!

3.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 17:27:13
The rumour is he's going to City... lol, it just gets better.

4.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 18:31:02
We've taken quite a few youth players from City, Arsenal, etc. recently. So, can't really complain when it goes the other way, I guess.

5.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 19:18:55
When I said a few weeks ago, if he was not put in the squad and given some minutes, he would be off, you all told me I was crazy when I said he would be gone if not. Ken, you listening?

6.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 19:33:33
I would be surprised if this is to do with minutes on the pitch for a 15yr old.

7.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 19:37:18
It's indicative of how poorly managed the club is and how it is perceived by some players.

If he goes on to fulfil his potential, we will regret this, but he is only 15, and potential does not always turn into reality.

Ultimately, the club will survive his leaving, but the reputational damage to the academy will take a while to heal.



He must have been tapped up by many clubs, and if he cannot see himself performing and winning within the next few years at Utd, I understand his motivation.

8.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 19:40:58
#freejjgabriel
Let him go. It's the same reason I was against Mainoo. You can't be calling the shots at 19, or, in JJ's case, 15 yr old. Do we want attitudes like that? Is it a good look for the club to be pandering to a 15 yr old? How many players have been the next Messi at that age, and ended nowhere.

9.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 20:16:29
I'm with twenty in this. You can't be having a 15-year-old and his family call the shots. I think the club have shown their faith in him, by playing up the age ranges. He has made a senior appearance, albeit in a pre-season game. He was supposed to be in the squad tomorrow for a competitive game, and no doubt would have got a kick, even for the last few minutes.



I don't think this damages the club or the academy's reputation at all. It's someone who has had too much exposure too soon, and it's clearly gone to his head.

One thing players need to remember is that the badge on the front of the shirt is bigger than the name on the back.

10.) 15 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 22:37:13
Jsu, you got it spot on, and I didn't argue with you that he would be off; I argued that at q5 it's unlikely that he will play him too early. If he wants to go, and he did try to leave a year ago, then that's his prerogative.
I think he should have been in squads, and in and around the qst team more, no doubt, and get the chance to prove himself with them more often than he has.
There are some freaks of nature. He could be one.
I hope he goes on to be great. The potential is there, by all accounts.


Massive shame to lose him, but he wanted to move last year, and he obviously has a better offer on the table. Massive loss, and it doesn't look like it's going to change. The mind boggles sometimes, looking from the outside, as to how this can happen. It's up to the club and manager to make sure they are all on the same page, but they haven't been, for some time obviously.
A 15 yo should not be refusing to train, imo. He is getting bad advice in that regard.

11.) 16 Sep 2026
15 Sep 2026 23:58:38
I worry for the lad, there has been rumours circulating for the last 18 months or so around the club regarding his father specifically, and him growing ever more demanding.

The issue I see is if he will end up at City or Madrid, and won't be any closer to starting regularly for the first team, and then his development will stall as he plays less and less.

There was talk last week that, when he didn't play against Shabba, he would try to force the club to play him with an ultimatum.

I mean, it's fully 5 games into the season, and the 15-year-old has yet to play a minute. I can see why the family has thrown a wobbly..... I feel this was inevitable at some point, given the people around him.

12.) 16 Sep 2026
16 Sep 2026 00:09:32
To all the people blaming the club when it's a case of this lad needs to go if that's his attitude. A 15-year-old can't look after himself for a week, never mind think he's bigger than Manchester United.

13.) 16 Sep 2026
16 Sep 2026 05:29:55
We do not know the circumstances, so we should not be blaming the father, the advisors, or the club. What I do know is some of it is not about mins on the pitch for the first team, it's to do with broken promises, plus some other issues.
The kid is not trying to hold the club to ransom at all.


He could be a generational talent, he might not, but I would have rather we found that out at United, but alas that's not to be, so good luck to him.
But don't barrack his father or the kid without knowing the circumstances.