Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free A Manchester United coach had an 'inappropriate relationship' with a 16-year-old female youth player, it has been revealed.
The matter was reported to the club in 2003 after the player's parents found text messages the coach had sent to the girl. An investigation was launched and the coach was suspended.
The coach told the investigation the relationship was non-sexual, but there was 'banter' between them and he gave her lifts home, which the parents were aware of.
But after her 16th birthday the texts became more intimate and sexual in nature and he left a voicemail telling her he loved her.
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