Eric Ramsay's journey to Manchester United as 'unbelievably good' coach linked with exit

Manchester United coach Eric Ramsay has been been linked with a move to America.

The Welshman is being linekd with taking charge of MLS side Minnesota United - and people who have worked with Ramsay believe he is not just an ordinary coach. He was born in Oswestry, near the Welsh border, and grew up in Llanfyllin, Wales.

And when he couldn't become a professional football player, he turned his attention to coaching. His coaching journey has taken him from Loughborough to Swansea City, Shrewsbury, Chelsea, and Manchester United.

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Professor Chris Cushion first met Ramsay when he was studying for a degree Sport Science with Management at Loughborough and invited him to join the university football team's staff.

Cushion used to be the assistant coach at Loughborough, and he had a great team of helpers. These included Ramsay, Kieran McKenna (who is now the boss of Ipswich Town) and Matt Prestridge (who is now a first-team coach at Watford).

"Loughborough is a really good place for players, but also coaches and analysts before entering the professional game and part of our role there was to bring in aspiring young coaches to work with the team," Cushion told the Manchester Evening News.

"We ran the team for three years and had our highest-ever non-league finish, we won one league cup, we were university champions and had a really successful period and we took on Kieran McKenna, Matt Prestridge and Eric for that role.

"We were really happy that those guys came on board. It was a mentoring opportunity and I know we're here to talk about Eric, but Kieran [McKenna] was an unbelievably good coach, even back