Everton defender Mason Holgate has lifted the lid on trials with Manchester United.

Before making the move to Everton in the summer of 2015 from Barnsley, Holgate had a trial with Premier League giants Manchester United.

The defender has discussed the trial conducting an Instagram Live interview on New Era Global Sports's page.

The Blues man said: "Yeah I went [to Man United] for a week, then I got injured and went back to Barnsley. It was in pre-season, the first team was away and I was just with the under-23s

"At the time, I wanted to go somewhere and feel like part of a first team. I felt like if I tried to go to one of the bigger clubs I would have been back into a U23s setup, which isn't what I wanted.

"I'd just played 20 games in League One at 18 years old, which obviously as a defender is good. So I felt like it would have been a step backwards to go to 23s football.

"I wanted to feel like I was going in to, not starting every week, but being in a first team setup."