Manchester United are maintaining a watching brief on Russian super junior Sergei Pinyaev.

Just 14, Pinyaev recently had successful trials with United, where he played in a friendly against Bari U15 - and scored five goals on the day.

The forward plays for the Chertanovo Academy, where director Nikolai Larin has revealed a second training spell is being organised for early next year.

He told Sport-Express: "We have a good relationship with MU, we liked the training conditions.

"The next internship in Manchester is scheduled for the end of January-beginning of February 2019."

Larin, however, admits United will face competition should they make a formal offer to Pinyaev's family.

He added: "Yes, there are even official requests for Pinyaev from several European teams. I will not name them, I can only say that one of them is from the championship of France."