Young stars do not reach their potential if they have a nightmare parent behind the scenes‚ Jamie Carragher has warned. The pushy parents issue has been in the spotlight after Man United's prodigiously talented 15-year-old‚ JJ Gabriel‚ stunned the club by informing them that he wants out - a play orchestrated by his father Joe O'Cearuill. Daily Mail Sport on Wednesday lifted the lid on O'Cearuill's behaviour being a nightmare for the club‚ riling up families and making a number of outlandish demands.

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When a young player wants to leave a football club‚ it is a default mechanism in the culture of English football to blame the kid for being a prima donna with ideas above his station or‚ more often‚ point the finger at a pushy parent or an unscrupulous agent for putting dollar signs ahead of development. And so it has been with JJ Gabriel. When the news broke on Tuesday afternoon that Gabriel‚ who is 15-years-old and perhaps the most feted young player at Manchester United since Ryan Giggs‚ had asked to leave the club ahead of his 16th birthday next month‚ it was greeted with a mixture of dismay and horror at Old Trafford. But instead of blaming the kid or his parents or an intermediary‚ or all three‚ the breakdown in relations between Gabriel and the club feels more like yet the latest symbol of the decline of a club that is learning the hard way that more than a decade of mismanagement at the top of the organisation comes with consequences.

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ISAAN KHAN AT PORTMAN ROAD: In the red half of Manchester‚ a 15-year-old child in JJ Gabriel is trying to force a way out of his club. It's a markedly different story in the red portion of London‚ Max Dowman‚ 16‚ lighting up Portman Road to further bolster his case of regularly breaking into the Arsenal first team. That is not a given‚ for the likes of World Cup winners Mikel Merino and Martin Zubimendi have yet to start in the Premier League this season‚ for example. Yet‚ Dowman is a mercurial talent‚ one who we'll see plenty of in the months ahead.

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JJ Gabriel has sensationally asked to leave Manchester United. Less than a week on from the 15-year-old scoring a hat-trick in the UEFA Youth League against FK Sabah‚ becoming the youngest player in United history‚ it's understood Gabriel has informed bosses of his desire to leave. Daily Mail Sport understands that United's hierarchy are stunned at the request and are unsure what has triggered such a move given he has been become a key part of plans in first team training sessions.

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NATHAN SALT: To watch JJ Gabriel at work inside a near-empty Leigh Sports Village each week feels akin to being given the first look at the next Oscar-winning movie from the back room of your local cinema.

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Wayne Rooney says Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhaes was 'extremely lucky' not to be sent off for a kick to the head - with the centre back's antics being picked apart in the wake of their 2-1 win over Chelsea. The Gunners secured a turnaround in their third Premier League game of the season with goals from Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard cancelling out Morgan Rogers's second-minute opener. But much of the focus from fans has been on Gabriel - who Rooney says could have seen red inside just six minutes with Arsenal already 1-0 down. And punditry partner Ashley Young suggests the incident was 'not properly studied' by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).

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Internacional defender Victor Gabriel has been handed an unusual suspension after seriously injuring Cruzeiro forward Gabriel Pec‚ a Brazilian court said on Tuesday‚ with the ban lasting a maximum of six months or as long as it takes Pec to recover. During a Serie A match between the sides on July 22‚ Victor Gabriel was sent off after committing a rash challenge that led to a fracture of Pec's left tibia. Pec‚ who moved to Cruzeiro from Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy this month‚ was making his debut in the match eventually won 2-1 by the visiting Cruzeiro.

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