Will Keane has revealed how Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson always keeps tabs on the club's junior players.

Ferguson is keeping a close eye on his young star and Keane is confident his fledging career is in safe hands at the club he joined as an 11-year-old.

"Sir Alex came over to say well done at the player of the year awards which was nice," Keane, whose twin brother Michael is also on United's books, told the Manchester Evening News.

"We see quite a lot of him around the training ground and he always stops to say hello and ask how we are doing. It's one of the reasons United is such a great to club to learn at.

"The first-team players are always nice too," he added.

"It's the best place to learn because, as a centre forward, you get to learn from the likes of Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov.

"They're some of the best players in the world and it can only help being around them and watching what they do."