{"id":249994,"date":"2025-11-07T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249994\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T20:46:13","slug":"man-utd-wonderkid-gets-two-assists-for-england-in-8-1-thrashing-at-u17-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249994\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd wonderkid gets two assists for England in 8-1 thrashing at U17 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week has seen the U17 World Cup in Qatar begin, and there have been plenty of noteworthy outings for Manchester United.<\/p>\n

Scouts have been dispatched by Manchester United<\/a> to look out for \u2018tomorrow\u2019s GOAT\u2019 as branding around the Aspire pitches in Qatar has emphasised.<\/p>\n

This has led to several talents catching the eye of United<\/a>, including Argentina\u2019s Felipe Esquivel and Brazil\u2019s Dell.<\/p>\n

\"mailJoin our newsletter for news & smart analysis. <\/p>\n

Along with prospective signings, United\u2019s 2026 arrival, Cristian Orozco has been impressive<\/a> for Colombia. Now, a youngster already at Carrington<\/a> has had a standout performance for England.<\/p>\n

\"BenditoPhoto by Simon Holmes \u2013 The FA\/The FA via Getty ImagesBendito Mantato gets two assists for England<\/p>\n

Following England\u2019s 3-0 defeat to Venezuela on the opening match day of the tournament, the Three Lions needed to bounce back with a win against Haiti.<\/p>\n

The U17s answered with a thumping 8-1 win over the Caribbean island nation, and involved in this huge defeat was Bendito Mantato<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The United Academy<\/a> talent started at right back and was responsible for two assists in the big England win.<\/p>\n

Mantato created two big chances and impressed defensively, looking very composed and no doubt winning a spot in the starting line-up after being on the bench for the first game<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old is United\u2019s only current player at the tournament, and he is certainly flying the flag well for the club, with Ruben Amorim<\/a> surely watching.<\/p>\n

Bendito Mantato could be Manchester United\u2019s left wing-back solution<\/p>\n

This season has seen Mantato used more and more as a left-back for United<\/a> and also for England, which will be a massive benefit for him, as that is the current weakest point in Amorim\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Mantato\u2019s performances will be on Amorim\u2019s radar<\/a>, given the prestige of the tournament and the interest United have in players across several teams. So scouts will also be judging Mantato.<\/p>\n

Left wing-back is a position United needs to fix, with plenty of debate currently around Diogo Dalot and fans wanting to see a change.<\/p>\n

Well, more performances like this one for Mantato will only boost his chances of Amorim taking note and could even fire him into first-team contention in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Next up for Mantato will be England vs group leaders Egypt, in which the Three Lions need to win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week has seen the U17 World Cup in Qatar begin, and there have been plenty of noteworthy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[83542,218,101,56,104234,54,55],"class_list":["post-249994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-bendito-mantato","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-under-17-world-cup","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}