straight to your inbox every day for free Angel Gomes admits leaving Manchester United involved making a "sacrifice" but his desire to play first-team football convinced him the time was right.
The attacking midfielder rejected a new deal at Old Trafford to move to Ligue 1 club Lille in the summer and he has since been sent out on loan to Boavista in Portugal.Gomes has scored three goals in six games there and the 20-year-old is enjoying a regular stint of first-team football for the first time in his career.
The England Under-20 international had spent 14 years at United and admits it was difficult to leave his boyhood club, but he was determined to seek out a new challenge. “It’s such a special club but I just wanted to be able to play.
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