To watch JJ Gabriel at work inside a near-empty Leigh Sports Village each week feels akin to being given the first look at the next Oscar-winning movie from the back room of your local cinema.
Manchester United Under-21 coach Adam Lawrence has no intention of curbing JJ Gabriel's natural attacking flair. After scoring a memorable goal in each of his first two outings in Premier League 2, he marked his Uefa Youth League debut at Leigh on Thursday by becoming the youngest United player to score a hat-trick in the competition. Remarkably, if he had remained with United's under-18 side, he would still be their youngest player, and he doesn't turn 16 until next month.
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