Patrice Evra has revealed he pleaded with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to give Brandon Williams an opportunity in the Manchester United first-team.
Williams is enjoying a meteoric rise to fame, having only made his first-team debut for the club back in September. The 19-year-old was not included on the club's pre-season tour last summer but hit the ground running while featuring for the reserves at the start of the season.
A number of impressive performances at youth level saw the teenager make his debut against Rochdale in the Carabao Cup last year, before he finally broke into the first-team a month later.
Williams' rise has been so impressive United have even halted their plans to sign a new left-back, but things could have been different had Evra not advised Solskjaer.
"He's got the Mancunian fight, spirit, desire," Evra told COPA90.
"I'm doing my coaching badges at Manchester United, I go like two weeks per month to do my course, and someone sent me a video about Brandon.
"I was watching it and was like 'wow, he has got something I really love'. I went to the training and actually he was with the U21, and they made me do a session as well with the U21s.
"So, I saw him, and he was tough, and after the training session I went with the first-team and I saw Ole. I said 'Ole, do you know about that kid Brandon Williams?' 'Yeah, they say he is good.'
"I said 'trust me Ole, since I left I can see he can play he can play at left-back.' I said please give him a chance.
"To be fair he is playing so well and he is not disappointing anyone. He is the future."
