Slumdog midfielder: Teenager, 16, whose mother is a prostitute, to train with Manchester United

Rajib Roy, 16, lives in the red light district of Kolkata, West Bengal

Rajib shares a single-room home with his mother, a prostitute, and brother



Now set to play football at Old Trafford after being spotted by talent scouts

He and 10 other Indian teens starts a two-week training camp this weekend

The teenage son of a sex-worker who grew up in the slums of one of India’s largest cities has been chosen to train with Manchester United.

Rajib Roy, who shares a single room with his mother and brother in the red light district of Kolkata, West Bengal, is set to play football at Old Trafford after being spotted by talent scouts.

The 16-year-old is one of 11 teens arriving in the UK this weekend to spend two weeks training with Manchester United’s coaches.

Dazzling dribbler: Rajib Roy, 16, from Kolkata, West Bengal, is set to arrive in Manchester this weekend to take part in a training camp at Old Trafford after being spotted by talent scouts

Rajib is pictured with his few possessions in the family's single-room home in the Kolkata slum, the largest red light district in Asia, where he grew up with his prostitute mother and younger brother

Humble beginnings: Rajib is pictured with his mother Rekha in the small single room they share in Sonagachi, the suburb known as Kolkata's red light district, which is home to 12,000 sex workers and their families