Manchester United are reportedly closing in on the signing of 14-year-old Town academy youngster Silva Mexes, the son of former Norwich City and Cardiff City striker Robert Earnshaw.

According to TheSecretScout, the forward has been watched by all the bigger clubs in the country with the Red Devils getting close to taking him to Old Trafford.

TWTD understands the parties involved have been in talks for some while but with no conclusion yet reached. If a deal is confirmed, it’s likely the Blues would receive a sum up front followed by milestone top-ups as his career progresses.

Town have lost a number of young players to top Premier League sides in recent years. Just under a year ago, defender Calum Logan joined Tottenham Hotspur, while forward Marcelo Flores, now a full Mexico international and playing his club football with Tigres UANL, joined Arsenal in 2019.

Another forward Ben Knight signed for Manchester City in 2018, the Blues having lost striker Charlie Brown, who is now with Morecambe, to Chelsea the previous year.

Harry Clarke moved to the Gunners in 2015 before returning to Town just over a year ago.

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backwaywhen added 16:09 - Mar 15 And another one bites the dust …….I suppose one day one will become a superstar rather than come unstuck further down the food chain .
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johnwarksshorts added 16:14 - Mar 15 Shame, but you can't stop the big clubs doing this and what young kid wouldn't want to go to Man U.
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tractorboybig added 16:25 - Mar 15 off to ambiguity and anonymity then
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cressi added 17:00 - Mar 15 I wouldn't as a Town fan maybe later after I had player for Town first like Dyer happy to live in Suffolk
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Linkboy13 added 18:36 - Mar 15 What is the point of running an academy when you keep losing your best youngsters to the top clubs. When was the last time we produced someone with huge potential we could get excited about Baggott don't make me laugh he's struggling at Bristol Rovers people on here will still be saying he's a youngster of great potential when he's 26. Instead we get young players of great potential from the likes of Chelsea on loan.

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slobfeatures added 19:16 - Mar 15 Elkan Baggott is 21 not 26
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Portman51 added 00:09 - Mar 16 It is disappointing when good youngsters see a better future elsewhere, but I can't immediately recall anyone who has left as an academy player and really gone on to great things. Probably Gibbs at Norwich has made the most progress. Chirewa is on the fringe of the first team at Wolves. Ben Knight, said by some staff to be the most talented player we had ever had at 15-16 years old, is now 21 and on loan at Stockport in League 2, after only 6 appearances on loan for Crewe.

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Cakeman added 13:16 - Mar 16 Linkboy13 I fully agree with you. I’ve been slated in the past but what do we get from our academy? Not many of our current excellent squad are from the academy. We spend lots of money enhancing young players but our first team seldom benefits from it. The attraction of Man Utd is obvious but is he really going to get a game?
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