Chido in 'golden period to develop' but needs to 'learn the game'

Manchester United youngster Chido Obi has attracted plenty of attention in his short career so far, now his coaches are beginning the process of teaching him the game.

Chido came to prominence at Arsenal due to the huge number of goals he scored.

The 17-year-old has carried that on since his move to United at the start of last season, which propelled him into Ruben Amorim's first-team to make seven appearances last term.

Despite going on both the post-season tour of Asia and the pre-season trip to the United States, Chido has not even been on the bench at senior level so far this season after United signed £200m-worth of attacking players.

It hasn't stopped him being selected for the Denmark Under-21 squad for matches against Norway and Wales during the current international break. He was also on target for United in their 2-1 Premier League 2 victory against Manchester City at Leigh on Sunday.

United's under-21 boss Travis Binnion feels Chido is moving into a different phase of his career.

"We have not even scraped the top of the iceberg with him yet," said Binnion. "There is loads to come.

"When you have scored as many goals as he has in his short life, you can define yourself by goals.

"Only two or three strikers in the world get two goals in every three games. If you have been used to scoring two goals in every game, recognising what his role is, what his identity is and how he goes about it, takes a little bit of time.

"The good thing is he is dying to be a footballer. He is hungry. He is learning the game. He is learning how to project himself and how to play in a team.

"It's hard. Chido will get opportunities to train with the first team because he is a really important player but here, he gets the opportunity to work at his game and we can work with him.

"When you are in the first-team squad, all that matters is matchday. He is not a priority in that. That is normal. For us, he is a priority. He is 17. He needs to understand this is a golden period to develop his game."