Manchester United youth star rocked up to training in his full school uniform just hours before lifting the FA Youth Cup with his fellow Red Devils.The life of an elite footballer may be distant from reality, and perhaps that will one day be the case for 16-year-old youth player Louis Jackson.
But for now he remains an academy star, and was forced to turn up at United's Carrington training ground straight out of history class.That's according to The Athletic, who reported that Jackson was a late addition to the United FA Youth Cup winning squad after Tyler Fredricson missed out through illness.
And Jackson was called up at the last moment, while he was in the middle of history class.Fredricson had been a major part of United's youth team this season, but a sickness bug ruled him out of their cup final against Nottingham Forest.
The defender was just making his return from injury, when he became ill 24 hours before kick-off.The defender had been given until lunchtime on the day of the cup final to recover, but after it was clear that he was too unwell to play, Jackson was next in line.
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