Febian Brandy: If it wasn’t for Ole I wouldn’t have recognised my ability

From being a star in the Manchester United youth team to not getting paid in Greece, Febian Brandy has experienced the best and worst of football. And now he is using those experiences to help today’s young players with his app, Scouted.

As a youngster Brandy courted interest from Barcelona, scored the winner in the Champions Youth Cup final against Juventus and was one of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first charges as United reserve team manager.

But since leaving Old Trafford in 2010 the striker has never spent more than a single season at a club, representing a further nine in total.

He is living proof of football’s short-termism and admits it has taken its toll mentally at times, but Brandy will always have fond memories of his early career progressing through the ranks at his local club, who just so happened to be one of the biggest in the world.

“I don’t have any regrets about how my career panned out at Man United,” Brandy tells Planet Football.

“When the Barcelona interest came in, I was 13 or 14. It was a time when United and Barcelona were on the same level and I was a Manc lad doing well at the club, one of the biggest in the world.

“I was travelling all over for tournaments and winning awards, my development was going in the right direction, so it wouldn’t have made sense to go abroad when I was already thriving in my current environment.”

I remember this picture like it was yesterday. Here I am with with the Boss, One of my long term friends and the man to the far right is the person who got me into the football industry. I am forever grateful. #SirAlex #football #ManchesterUnited #Youth #ThrowbackThursday pic.twitter.com/yXXrmUu94p

— Febian Brandy (@FebianBrandy) February 28, 2019

There is no doubting that