Kai Rooney showed his illustrious footballing heritage by scoring a brace for Manchester United Under 15s against Chelsea.
United’s youngsters beat the Blues’ 3-1 to win the Premier League National Floodlit Super Cup, having previously beaten Manchester City 4-3 in the Northern final.
Rooney was also at it in this game; he capped off a remarkable turnaround as United unravelled City’s 3-0 lead with 12 minutes left to force extra-time against their rivals – and it was Rooney who bagged the winner in extra-time.
The winners of the Northern and Southern final face off in the National final, with Chelsea booking their spot after beating Southampton 5-0.
However, the west London side were denied the glory of becoming back-to-back winners of the competition by Rooney, who was instrumental in United’s victory.
Not only did the 15-year-old score twice to help his side win, he also assisted Jodie Nganga, playing a hand in all three goals.
Kai Rooney scored a brace and provided an assist for Manchester United’s academy on Friday
United beat southern rivals Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League National Floodlit Super Cup
Kai, 15, joined United’s academy in 2020 and has been a standout performer for the Red Devils
Rooney is doing his best to follow in the footsteps of his father Wayne and is making waves in the Red Devils academy, having initially joined in 2020.
He clearly has talent – in his first full season he scored 56 goals for the youth set-up. Over the summer fans even jokingly called for him to join the first team at Old Trafford after seeing him take part in some drills, with a video showing his great finishing.
But earlier this year, the youngster’s mother Coleen, revealed that he is already feeling the heat because of his footballing heritage and gets abused by fans because of his father.
Foul chants are something his father has had plenty of experience of over his career as a player and manager.
Wayne is a tough act to follow but Kai appears to be making good inroads at youth level.
His dad is a five-time Premier League champion, United’s all-time top scorer with 253 goals, and even won the Champions League in 2008.
After Kai recently scored a spectacular solo goal for United’s U17s against Real Sociedad, Wayne took to social media to show his support.
He wrote: ‘Proud of @kairooney.10. Great comeback from his team last night and an extra-time winner always special. Keep working hard son.’
