A FOOTBALL fan was spotted holding a lifelike toy gun while patting one of Manchester United’s most talented teenage stars on the arm.
The supporter was seen with , who is only 15, after his side’s televised 2-1 FA Youth Cup semi-final win over Crystal Palace.
JJ Gabriel is one of Manchester United’s most talented teenage stars Credit: Alamy
A supporter was spotted holding a lifelike toy gun while patting him on the arm Credit: Supplied
Gabriel often makes a playful gun hand gesture after scoring Credit: Getty
The fan waved the gun about when Gabriel came over after the game at on Friday.
Wonderkid Gabriel, who has played for England under-17s, often makes a playful gun hand gesture after scoring.
He did so after he netted earlier on Friday.
A club source told The Sun the gun was a plastic toy.
They said the youngster would have gone through a metal detector to get in.
They added that there had been no reports of a weapon at the game.
is not the only flavour of the month in the Manchester United academy.
Midfielder Jim Thwaites was included in Michael Carrick’s first-team training squad in Ireland last week and the Cumbrian brought some first-team tempo to United’s FA Youth Cup semi-final with .
Thwaites, 18, has a different kind of momentum and is crucially playing in an area United are planning to overhaul in the summer.
is close to scrawling his signature on a new contract but is going and could follow him out.
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