Scanlon meets Supporters' Club in Gibraltar

The talented forward, who has 10 caps for Gibraltar, took time out after his morning training session with his team-mates to spend half an hour conducting a meet and greet with passionate local Reds fans.

In addition to signing shirts and merchandise, the teenager presented the supporters with the shirt he wore when scoring his first senior international goal, against Liechtenstein last September.

There is clearly a lot of local pride in Scanlon's progress - former Reds defender Danny Higginbotham also represented the country during the end of his career.

James had a maiden call-up at first-team level for United when Ruben Amorim named him on the bench for the recent Europa League round-of-16 victory over Real Sociedad. The wide player is also a key part of our Under-18s side that is still chasing FA Youth Cup glory, with Aston Villa next up at the semi-final stage of the famous competition.

Gibraltar open their World Cup qualifying campaign with an away game against Montenegro on Saturday, before a second Group L encounter at home to Czech Republic on Tuesday night.

Best of luck to James as we hope he can add to his collection of caps!