Rochdale boss Jimmy McNulty is delighted landing Manchester United pair Sam Mather and Sam Murray.

The pair joined Dale on-loan to June.

McNulty told the club's website: “We're delighted to welcome the two players into our squad.

“It's a real bespoke loan experience that Manchester United have put together, to help their young stars benefit from experiencing first team football.

“With where we're at numbers-wise, the two players will be a definite help to us, as much as we'll be a help to them.

“We won't have access to those players all of the time, that will be at United's control, which it should be.

“Initiatives like these are really useful for clubs in situations like us, whereby we are extremely tight on numbers.

“We've had to be incredibly flexible with guys we do have so far, in terms of playing players out of position, who have done an amazing job. Any niche initiatives from big clubs like this, can only be helpful us."