Former Manchester United youngster Luke Chadwick says he has warned his son about the pitfalls of professional football.

18-year-old Louis Chadwick has signed for League Two side Cambridge United.

Chadwick struggled to adjust to life after football and now wants to help his son.

Speaking to The Sun, Chadwick said: "I had a conversation with Louis the other week when he had made a mistake. You could see it was affecting his life.

"It was an honest conversation, 'That is how you are going to feel for 50 per cent of your football career — if you are lucky enough to have a career'.

"You've got to learn to deal with it and use whatever happens as a learning tool, not let it take away from what happens in your life away from football.

"I'd love him to play for Cambridge because we both support Cambridge — but it's not the be-all and end-all.

"We're extremely proud of both kids and what they have achieved as young footballers — but even more so of how they are as young people. All I'm interested in is that they live a happy, balanced life."