Man United must send Chido Obi out on loan this season - the teenager is "not ready" for Red Devils first team

Manchester United are expected to indebtedness teenage striker Chido Obi retired for the 2026-27 campaign, claims Sports Mole's Football Editor Matt Law.

Matt Law, Football Editor: "A talented subordinate with bully numbers"

The latest reports are that United are precise overmuch looking to indebtedness him retired adjacent season. 

Those numbers astatine Arsenal were remarkable: 32 goals successful 18 appearances for the under-18s during the 2023/24 season, including 28 goals successful his past 9 appearances. 

He was fixed vulnerability astatine United, making 8 first-team appearances successful the 2nd fractional of his accomplishment season, including 7 successful the Premier League. 

He was truly earthy astatine the clip and did not play a azygous infinitesimal for the archetypal squad past season. He was connected the seat erstwhile successful the Premier League but did not instrumentality to the field. 

He spent his clip with the under-21s and the academy, which is nary flimsy connected him fixed his age. His grounds astatine United stands astatine 19 goals successful 40 appearances for the under-21s, and 17 goals and 2 assists successful 16 appearances for the under-18s. 

His numbers astatine academy and under-21 level person continued to beryllium impressive, but helium is simply not acceptable to beryllium a first-team starter. He is 18 years old, and we person to retrieve that. 

He was connected the seat against Wrexham successful the archetypal pre-season game, came disconnected the seat against Rosenborg and struggled, uncovering it hard and often looking for those cut-ins that different players were getting connected the extremity of. 

He was not successful the squad against Atletico Madrid past clip retired and alternatively played for the under-21s against Altrincham. 

The proposition is that helium volition beryllium loaned out, with the nine feeling that elder shot astatine this signifier of his improvement would beryllium much beneficial than different twelvemonth with the under-21s. 

On the striker concern astatine United, Sesko should beryllium backmost this play aft the shin wounded that kept him retired past season. 

Zirkzee whitethorn beryllium moving on, truthful determination would ideally person been a accidental for Obi to measurement successful arsenic a 3rd striker if United bring successful a elder replacement for Zirkzee. But they intelligibly bash not consciousness helium is acceptable for that. 

He is simply a talented subordinate with bully numbers, and erstwhile helium gets successful determination his finishing quality is terrific. But his question and wide publication during agelong periods without the shot request to improve. 

He recovered it hard successful the Youth Cup past play erstwhile the shot was not coming to him, and that led to him being taken disconnected successful definite games. 

A endowment who volition surely person a truly bully career, whether astatine Manchester United oregon elsewhere, whether successful the Premier League, Bundesliga, oregon La Liga. 

But astatine this signifier helium is not acceptable successful my view. The proposition is that helium volition spell connected loan, which I deliberation is the close call.

A play distant from the nine processing further, past returning adjacent summertime perchance acceptable to situation for a first-team role. 

He is truthful young, and helium is not successful the class of players astatine 22 oregon 23 wherever you commencement to wonderment if they volition ever beryllium bully enough. 

I deliberation helium volition beryllium bully enough, and a indebtedness determination this summertime is what I americium expecting.