Man Utd signing Isak Hansen-Aaroen learning English thanks to Busby Babes | OneFootball

Isak Hansen-Aaroen's personal coach has lifted the lid on how Manchester United landed the former Tromso midfielder.

The 16 year-old signed for United earlier this year - prior to making his first team debut with Tromso at 15 years of age,

Former pro Jonas Johansen works with Hansen-Aaroen and told the Manchester Evening News: "They've been following him since he was 13, they saw him at a local football school here and he was the best player. He was given a trip to Manchester and he actually played at Old Trafford, a small training game there for children.

"They've followed him closely ever since. When he was 14 he had his first trial there. They've been close with him, his agent and family since then. He completed the pre-contract when he was 15, they had a good eye on him for a while before he signed.

"The way he was treated the first time he was at Carrington convinced him this was the right place for him."

On his protege's English lessons, Johansen revealed: "We did the United history lessons, instead of talking about pronunciation we just started talking English. Every time he was in Manchester he was outside Old Trafford and he saw the Munich clock, he took an interest in the club's history.

"It was exciting for me because I know a lot of the history, so I taught him about Munich, told him about Duncan Edwards and gave him a relationship to what United is and the DNA.

"So I told him about Eric Harrison, the Class of 92, he took a lot of interest in knowing United's history. I think it's important for him to learn the history if you want to be part of the new history."