Man United wonderkid Sekou Kone breaks silence after injury and hits back at transfer claim

Manchester United youngster Sekou Kone has opened up on his move to Manchester United and claimed that doubts over his progression will be proven wrong soon enough. Kone is yet to play for the senior team since his move from Mali outfit Guidars FC but arrives with a strong reputation.

At 18, Kone is still at the very early stages of his career but was picked up by United despite interest from other big European teams. Injury has so far curtailed his start in England but there are high hopes for the midfielder, who has shown flashes in his brief outings so far.

With just over 100 minutes of academy football to his name, it hasn't been the first few months that Kone would have dreamed of at United. He is still in a determined mood regardless.

Speaking to Africafoot, Kone took the chance to send a message to those who think it was wrong of him to move at such an age. "I understand the concern about my short-term future but I'm not worried about it at all," he said, emitting words of confidence.

"A lot of youngsters have been launched like Cristiano Ronaldo, [Marcus] Rashford and most recently [Kobbie] Mainoo and the new manager is a believer in the beautiful game, he loves youngsters too. I just have to work really hard and take my chance when it comes."

Kone trained with the first team shortly after arriving, which is a sign of his talent, but he is still raw and currently lacks the physicality to truly stand out at age-group level. Speaking earlier this season, Under-21s boss Travis Binnion admitted just how much of a positive impact he has made, regardless.

"He's a high potential player, there's no doubt about that, his games to this point have been 20 minutes at Sunderland in a game we were poor in, 45 minutes in a