Manchester United teenager Angel Gomes stalls over signing first professional deal… with Barcelona showing interest
MANCHESTER UNITED are sweating on the future of wonderkid Angel Gomes, who is being tracked by Barcelona.
Gomes was set to pen his first professional contract on his seventeenth birthday last month.
However the deal is still on the table waiting to be signed, but the teenager is able to walk away from Old Trafford next summer for a nominal fee.
Gomes has a year left as a Scholar at United and clubs are currently restricted from agreeing a deal to lure the forward away.
But the Old Trafford hierarchy will be hitting the panic button while the exciting youngster has not committed his future to the club.
Gomes has enjoyed a rapid rise through the Academy ranks and made his first team debut as a late sub for Wayne Rooney against Crystal Palace in May.
The youngster who joined the United academy while at Junior school, has captained England at youth level made history becoming the youngest player since Duncan Edwards to make his first team bow.
United have been in this perilous position before – and it cost them £84million to repair the damage.