Former Burnley youth coach Mike Hargreaves is delighted seeing Dan Gore prove himself at Manchester United.
Gore left Burnley as a 13 year-old for United and made his senior debut this season.
Hargreaves told the Manchester Evening News: "I worked with Danny at Burnley from Under-9s to Under-12s and I took that age group all the way through, so I worked with him for quite a while, and outside of Burnley with my own coaching," Hargreaves said.
"Some of the things I've seen him do for United, he's been doing since back then. He's dropped deeper now, but when he played up front for Burnley he'd score over 100 goals each season and I'm not even exaggerating.
"There was a game at Blackburn once when we built possession well, Dan picked the ball up inside his own half and he just started running past people and he ended up finishing it off, which was unbelievable. There was another time when he faced someone up, stopped the ball dead and did the Yannick Bolaise showboating thing when he bent down and flicked the grass, so he had a little bit of cheekiness about him.
"He was a matchwinner and they were a really good group. I always thought It was just a matter of time before United would come in for him and I always expected that. I can't think of many times he didn't have a good day."
Hargreaves continued: "His real stand-out qualities were he was hard-working, aggressive, he put himself about and he was a really exciting dribbler. He was fantastic with the ball and capable of sprinting repeatedly. His speed endurance was phenomenal, even at those ages. His attitude was great and he was demanding of his teammates and the standards of the session.
"Towards the end of Under-11s, we had a tournament on Blackpool's pitch and it was a full-day affair. We played United in the final of that and Danny scored. They were just completely top draw that day as a group.
"I remember building up to that tournament for a few weeks and reiterating what we were building up to and you'd see a change in him, almost like a switch being flicked and a refocus. You could see he wanted to win."
Fellow former Burnley coach Lewis Craig also said: "He's captain material I'd say.
Almost like your old-school Roy Keane type with hard challenges, but he's got unbelievable quality on the ball because he was a forward in the past as well.
"In that Under-21 group at United, there have been the likes of Shola Shoretire and Isak Hansen-Aaroen but it seems like there's been something missing in them, which doesn't seem to be the case with Dan. If you leave him in an environment long enough he thrives and I think it's fair to say that Dan wasn't a Burnley type of player, in the sense that he was probably beyond Burnley in terms of his ability.
"He would have played for Burnley's first-team if he was still there and Sean Dyche would have been all over him, but there was always an acceptance of Dan was Salford, Man United and there were murmurings going on in the background. Kids get poached in academies all the time, but I think Burnley got looked after with the deal when he did go over. And I think he was given certain guarantees because United knew the talent they were getting."
