Last weekend we launched our five-part series Season of the Superkid - profiling the most exciting young talents in the Premier League with Chris Bascombe on Liverpool's Rhian Brewster, James Ducker on Manchester City's Phil Foden and Sam Dean on Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah. You can sign-up for a free 30-day Premium trial to read this and the rest of the series here.

May 9, Old Trafford, the night of Manchester United’s end-of-season awards. After one of the most disappointing campaigns in recent memory, there was not an awful lot to celebrate, but there was one award that garnered a huge cheer and was most definitely something to shout about.

Mason Greenwood, fresh from scoring 30 goals in 29 games for United’s under-18, under-19 and under-21 sides and just three days away from becoming the club’s youngest player to start a Premier League match, had won the club’s coveted Jimmy Murphy Award. Ryan Giggs and Marcus Rashford are among the previous recipients of United’s academy player-of-the-year prize and Greenwood was full of pride as he posted a picture of himself with the iconic silver salver on Instagram.

What he was not expecting was for one of the first replies to come from Julia Roberts, the Hollywood actress who introduced this quiet, unassuming 17-year-old striker to her 6.5 million followers with three clapping emojis. Roberts’ two boys, Phinnaeus, 14, and Henry, 12, are among Greenwood’s growing fan base but, even then, a message from the star of Pretty Woman and Notting Hill required a double take.