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PAIN AND POTENTIAL

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
6 November 2014

The story of Giuliano Maiorana
MICHAEL GARVEY charts the astonishing rise and fall of a ‘Fergie Fledgling’

Sir Alex, Maiorana and Bryan Robson

With the likes of Paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett being given a chance in the Manchester United first team in recent weeks, we take a look at the story of Giuliano Maiorana, one of the original ‘Fergie’s Fledglings’ whose rapid rise from Non-League football to the Manchester United first team is likely never to be repeated.
When Giuliano first heard United were looking at him, he thought it was a joke; he was pla...

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