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Manchester United Under-21 boss Adam Lawrence has made an exciting admission about youngster Shea Lacey.

Meteoric rise

Lacey has been making waves in the United Academy for a number of years now, due to his incredible talent and impact at youth level.

He has taken significant first-team strides this season. He made his senior debut under Ruben Amorim in December before the Portuguese coach was relieved of his duties as head coach and replaced by caretaker boss Michael Carrick.

Lacey made his senior bow as a six-minute second-half substitute in the 2-1 loss at Aston Villa, four days before Christmas.

The 18-year-old was then named on the bench for three first-team games but saw action in the two matches that Darren Fletcher took charge of. One of these was his impressive cameo in the 1-1 draw with Burnley. Lacey came agonisingly close to grabbing a late winner for United.

The forward received a red card in the FA Cup exit at the hands of Brighton and has not appeared for the club since. He sustained an injury following that incident, from which he has now fully recovered.

Lawrence spoke to the BBC and revealed that Lacey...