Manchester United's new Spanish whizkid Arnau Puigmal is already making an impact.

The 16-year-old finalised a move from Espanyol when the paperwork was processed last month and scored a beautiful free-kick on his debut against Newcastle United.

"Free-kicks are something he likes practising," U18 coach Kieran McKenna told ManUtd.com. "He takes them for his national team quite a bit and likes to practise shooting after, before and during training! He likes to hit the back of the net, especially from that sort of range. It's something he'll keep working on to try to become a real specialist on set-pieces from all areas."

Certainly, the debut against Newcastle was a superb start for Puigmal, who followed it up by helping the Reds earn a 1-1 draw at Everton's Finch Farm last weekend.

"We are really pleased with him," added McKenna. "I think it was a big challenge to come in to a game like that as Newcastle are a physical, strong team who were experienced with a lot of second years.

"He is still a young guy, he's just turned 16 this year, and adapted really well to the physical side of the game. He showed a lot of good things technically and obviously popped up with a great goal as well. He could not have got off to a much better start.

"I'm sure he would have liked us to have seen out the game and made that goal the winner but it wasn't to be. However, he's off and running now and I'm sure he's looking forward to getting stuck into more games."