United wannabes get to strut their stuff

Household names may be few and far between for the Manchester United XI that take on Cork City at Turner’s Cross this evening but United reserves manager Warren Joyce believes several of those on show can make the leap up to the Red Devils’ first team.

United are on Leeside for what is expected to be a sell-out friendly — following their 1-0 win over Longford Town on Monday night — before heading back to Manchester tomorrow morning, where more than half of the squad are expected to train with the remaining first team players that didn’t travel on the tour of South Africa and Asia.

Republic of Ireland U19 international Sean McGinty, who is going on loan to Oxford next month, is expected to feature in a team that also includes Brazilian duo Gladestony and Agnaldo, and highly-rated Norwegian Joshua King against Tommy Dunne’s Cork City side.