Pupils from Manchester United Foundation’s partner schools had an afternoon to remember at Carrington last month, as stars from Ruben Amorim’s first-team squad joined them in a series of football activities at Carrington.

Young people from several of the Foundation’s partner high schools had the chance to hone their skills alongside Bruno Fernandes, Amad and Noussair Mazraoui and more of their team-mates.

The Foundation’s three-versus-three inflatable pitch hosted games where players got stuck into the action, and there were other games; one testing our young people’s passing ability and ball control, another that measured their reaction speed, and finally, one transporting them into another dimension by wearing virtual reality headsets!

“They’re all too good, every single one of them!” said Sofyan, one of the pupils from Dean Trust Abraham Moss school, after taking on some of United’s stars in the games.

“My favourite part of the day was meeting captain magnifico, Bruno. On the passing machine challenge, he got 48 points, the highest score of the day. Playing with him, it was a dream come true, and a feeling I will never forget.”

Bruno himself was not shy of showing the young people his own skills, offering plenty of entertainment on the three-versus-three pitch.

He said: “We’ve done some games, VR, technique games, reaction games, and playing with the kids. “It was good to see them and it’s always good to do some work with the Foundation. We know it’s very important for these kids to see us and spend some time with us, so I’m very fortunate to have the chance to do this.”

Some of the schools in attendance are supported by the PFA with additional funding as part of the Foundation’s partner school programme.

Another participant, Victor, from Kingsway Park High School, added: “I’ve enjoyed meeting the players and doing the different activities. It was very surprising and I got very excited. I met Bryan Mbeumo, he’s a very good player and I’ve always wanted to meet him, and today I had the chance to do that.”