Manchester United 'ready to offer Birmingham starlet Jude Bellingham first-team role' as club look to usher in youth revolution with signings of Sunderland striker Joe Hugill and Barcelona right-back Marc Jurado

Manchester United reportedly want teenage sensation Jude Bellingham to challenge for a first-team spot if they seal a deal, while they get set to sign fellow youngsters Joe Hugill and Marc Jurado.

Bellingham has emerged as a huge talent for Birmingham, featuring 35 times for the Championship outfit in all competitions this season despite only being 16 years old.

And according to the Standard, United are prepared to offer the teenager a first-team role at Old Trafford if he signs on the dotted line.

Manchester United reportedly want teenage sensation Jude Bellingham to challenge for a first-team spot if they seal a deal, while they get set to sign fellow youngsters Joe Hugill and Marc Jurado.

Bellingham has emerged as a huge talent for Birmingham, featuring 35 times for the Championship outfit in all competitions this season despite only being 16 years old.

And according to the Standard, United are prepared to offer the teenager a first-team role at Old Trafford if he signs on the dotted line.

Bellingham, who has also attracted interest from the likes of Borussia Dortmund, has held talks with United and was recently invited on a tour of the club’s Carrington training ground, where he met legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Birmingham want upward of £35million for the promising midfielder, and he would be the highest-profile recruit of an operation to bring in some of the best talent around at the moment.

Sunderland’s 16-year-old striker Hugill is also reportedly set to sign, but he will go down the more traditional route of progressing through the ranks at Old Trafford.

United have agreed a £250,000 deal for Hugill, an old-fashioned style centre-forward seen as one who could develop and give United’s youth ranks a different dimension.

Bellingham, who has also attracted interest from the likes of Borussia Dortmund, has held talks with United and was recently invited on a tour of the club’s Carrington training ground, where he met legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Birmingham want upward of £35million for the promising midfielder, and he would be the highest-profile recruit of an operation to bring in some of the best talent around at the moment.

Sunderland’s 16-year-old striker Hugill is also reportedly set to sign, but he will go down the more traditional route of progressing through the ranks at Old Trafford.

United have agreed a £250,000 deal for Hugill, an old-fashioned style centre-forward seen as one who could develop and give United’s youth ranks a different dimension.