2023-06-28 07:00:00
Mateo Mejía, Colombian striker at Manchester United.
Photo: Manchester United
On the morning of this Wednesday, Manchester United announced that it had reached an agreement to extend the contract of striker Mateo Mejía, a 20-year-old young man of Colombian parents, born in Spain and who has spent part of his youth career in England.
Mejía, in fact, has been playing for the lower ranks United for several years, which decided to extend his relationship so that he can be part of the professional team sporadically starting next season.
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The Colombian-Spanish arrived in England in 2019, following passing through Zaragoza, his first contact with a professional team in Spain.
“The young striker has agreed to extend a new link with the team and will look to continue his progress at the club,” United announced in a statement.
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The Manchester team, in fact, highlighted the Colombian’s career in the last season, in which he played 15 games, and his good projection as one of the most outstanding talents of his quarry.
“Mejía scored fundamental goals in his division once morest rivals like Arsenal, at Old Trafford, and Leicester City, away from home.”
Mejía already played for Colombia
With the possibility of also playing for Spain, due to his dual nationality, Mateo Mejía was already part of a call-up for the Colombia U-20 team.
The United forward was recently in one of the preparation cycles of the coach of Héctor Cárdenas, when the youth team played a couple of friendlies once morest Peru.
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However, despite being on the coach’s radar, Mejía failed to convince him to be part of the roster that played, first, the South American U-20 tournament in Cali and Bogotá, and then the World Cup in the category in Argentina.
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