Ex-Man United wonderkid Marc Jurado seals transfer to third-tier Spanish group


Former Manchester United starlet Marc Jurado has accomplished a transfer to third-tier Spanish aspect FC Cartagena.

Jurado’s time at United

Jurado joined United in 2020 from Barcelona as a part of the membership’s push to safe the signings of the most important and greatest abilities in Spanish soccer.

He arrived on the membership concurrently Alvaro Fernandez, who has simply signed for Actual Madrid, and Alejandro Garnacho.

Jurado was a daily within the United youth groups, lining up for the Underneath-18s and Underneath-21s. He made 31 Underneath-18 Premier League appearances and 34 in Premier League 2 throughout his three-year stint at Outdated Trafford.

The 21-year-old was instrumental for the Underneath-18s as they gained the FA Youth Cup. He captained the group twice throughout that unimaginable run to the ultimate.

Regardless of his progress within the youth ranks, Erik ten Hag seemingly didn’t suppose Jurado was able to make the leap to first-team soccer. He left United in 2023 and returned to his native Spain, becoming a member of Espanyol.

Jurado indicators for FC Cartagena

Jurado began out in Espanyol’s B group, earlier than making his bow for the senior aspect simply two months later. Nevertheless, he was unable to construct on this and from there, he discovered minutes at that stage onerous to come back by.

He made only one look for the Espanyol first group earlier than they offloaded him.

Cartagena have now confirmed the signing of Jurado, revealing that he has signed a two-year contract with the membership.

Jurado will definitely be hoping to seek out much better fortunes at Cartagena than he did at United and Espanyol.

A few of his friends, like Garnacho and Fernandez, have moved on to larger levels, and he’ll be hoping Cartagena can present the platform he must lastly take his profession to the following stage.

In the meantime, United are again in motion within the early hours of Thursday morning once they tackle Bournemouth within the second recreation of their Premier League Summer time Sequence.


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