At the time, he could have moved to Manchester United, but was convinced by Simon Francis and Neil Moss to move to Bournemouth.
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On joining this past winter, the 17-year-old told club's official matchday program: A 15-minute Zoom call with (assistant technical director) Simon Francis and (head of goalkeeping) Neil Moss.
I traveled to Manchester and met the people from Manchester United the day before deadline day.
That night, I had the Zoom call and was invested in coming here.
The following morning, the guys from United came to take me to the training ground and I told them it wasn't what I wanted.
They tried their best to persuade me, but I wanted to come here."