Man Utd defender Axel Tuanzebe: The manager has shown faith in me

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Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe has been named as the Denzil Haroun Reserve Team Player of the Year for 2016/17.

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He collected 84 per cent of the votes from the Reds fans to claim the award ahead of second-placed Josh Harrop and Demi Mitchell.

As the 19-year-old won the Jimmy Murphy trophy in 2014/15, he is only the third player to scoop both accolades after Mark Robins (1989 and 1990) and Giuseppe Rossi (2005 and 2006).

"It's my dream to be a leader and role model at this club," said Tuanzebe after collecting his accolade. "Winning the Jimmy Murphy award and now this one is an honour for me, so thank you for voting.

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"The manager [Jose Mourinho] showed faith to play me and I've been helped by youngsters like Marcus and Jesse, who've taken me under their wing. It's been good so far and hopefully it can continue next season.

"You always have an end goal to what you want to achieve but in the meantime, it's really just showing the manager what I'm capable of, that he can trust me to play in future games."

Source: tribalfootball.com