'Why would we?' - Manchester United fans split on Noam Emeran transfer decision

Manchester United supporters have given a mixed reaction to the update on Noam Emeran’s future at the club.

The 20-year-old forward is yet to make a senior appearance for the club but impressed during pre-season, scoring against Leeds United in Oslo. United fought off competition from PSG and Juventus for his signature in 2019 but Emeran is now set to enter a new stage in his career.

The Manchester Evening News understands United have agreed to sell Emeran to Dutch side FC Groningen as he searches for first team football. The deal is understood to include a sell-on clause which would give the Reds another opportunity to reap some rewards if he succeeds in the Eredivisie.

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Emeran is believed to have been the subject of loan interest but a permanent switch was considered to be more beneficial and continues a theme of United’s transfer business this summer. The club have opted to cash in on several academy prospects, rather than sanction loan deals, with Zidane Iqbal, Matej Kovar and Charlie Savage among those to bid farewell to Old Trafford.

While some supporters are in favour of the club looking to shift out youngsters, with the caveats of sell-on and other potential clauses, another section of United fans are irate at the decision not to give youthful prospects, like Emeran, opportunities in the senior side. Here is what United fans had to say about the Emeran deal on social media:

@JossStarkie: Correct decision on this one, nowhere near the levels required and people will only say otherwise because of that one game in pre season

@PaSheikhnaS: Another young star gone just for peanuts. Naom Emeran I thought was too valuable to