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Aged 23, Danny Welbeck made the summer deadline day move to Arsenal from Manchester United .

When he returned to Old Trafford as an Arsenal player for the first time, Welbeck scored to show Louis van Gaal why he was wrong to let him go. Ironically, as the years have progressed, the decision to sell the academy graduate has looked even more of a mistake.

Ahead of United's clash with Brighton, MEN Sport spoke to one of the academy coaches who played a pivotal role in Welbeck's development.

"I was the director of the centre of excellence," Paul McGuinness explains when asked about the first time Welbeck appeared on his radar. "In those days it was not as big as all the academies now, we had just started having teams so the organisation wasn’t as big but my role was i

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